Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text files. It's a tool for building a personal "second brain" where your data is always private, accessible offline, and yours to own forever. You are never locked into a proprietary format.
The core of the experience revolves around creating connections. You can link notes to each other to build a dense web of knowledge, just like your own personal Wikipedia. The interactive graph view helps you visualize these relationships, revealing hidden patterns and inspiring new ideas. This non-linear approach to note-taking helps you think more clearly and creatively.
What truly sets it apart is its flexibility. The application can be shaped to fit your unique workflow through a vast library of community plugins and themes. You can add features like:
While the core application is free, optional services like encrypted sync across devices and a publishing platform to turn your notes into a website are also available.
services:
obsidian:
image: lscr.io/linuxserver/obsidian:latest
container_name: obsidian
security_opt:
- seccomp:unconfined
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
- TZ=Etc/UTC
- CUSTOM_USER=abc
- PASSWORD=${PASSWORD}
volumes:
- ./config:/config
ports:
- 3000:3000
- 3001:3001
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