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Obsidian regularly performs security audits with independent research firms to ensure that our code and procedures meet the highest security standards. Previously we shared audits assessing Obsidian's desktop and mobile apps in January 2024 and December 2024 . Two new audits are now available on our Security page assessing the Obsidian Sync API, server, and cryptography. These were completed by…
Today we're excited to launch Obsidian Community , the new directory and developer dashboard for Obsidian plugins and themes. Since the Obsidian API release in 2020, more than 4,000 plugins and themes have been created by our amazing community. Incredibly, Obsidian plugins have passed 120 million total downloads! Our goal is to make it easy and safe for anyone to build, distribute, discover, and…
Obsidian October is back! Every October, the community comes together to hack on plugins, themes, vaults, videos, and other projects. We'll host office hours on Discord to help you polish your creations, ship updates, or kick off that project you've been itching to build! Polish and release If you don't know where to start, take a look at our self-assessment checklists. We've updated these…
Supply chain attacks are malicious updates that sneak into open source code used by many apps. Here's how we design Obsidian to ensure that the app is a secure and private environment for your thoughts. Less is safer It may sound obvious but the primary way we reduce the risk of supply chain attacks is to avoid depending on third-party code. Obsidian has a low number of dependencies compared to…
People in over 10,000 organizations use Obsidian for work. Starting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. If Obsidian benefits your organization, you can still purchase Commercial licenses to support development. Nothing else is changing. No account required, no ads, no tracking, no strings attached. Your data remains fully in your control,…
Today we’re thrilled to announce the winners of our fifth annual Gems of the Year awards! After our panel narrowed down the selection and the community voted on the entries, we’re now excited to announce the winners. Thank you to everyone who participated, and congratulations to the winners! We will be in touch with winners soon so you can receive your prizes. This year's categories include: New…
2024 is over and that means it's time to nominate your favorite projects from the Obsidian community for our Gems of the Year awards! To nominate projects go here: Gems of the Year 2024 Nomination Nominations are due by January 11th, 2025. We look forward to your nominations! Voting will begin soon after. Project can be nominated in any of the following categories: Plugins Themes Tools — e.g.…
Early this year we shared our new Security page and first independent audit of Obsidian, coinciding with the release of Obsidian 1.5.3. Since then we've made numerous improvements to Obsidian. Continuing our commitment to security and privacy, we asked the Berlin-based security firm Cure53 to perform a second penetration test and source code audit of the Obsidian apps, across all platforms.…
A new design called "Fractal" is now available on the Softwear merch store. You can get this design on t-shirts and hoodies, silkscreened using high-opacity colors. The artwork was created by Obsidian user Shaun Yue . It is an anime-inspired fractal explosion of the Obsidian logo. Shaun is the VFX artist behind sci-fi interfaces you've seen in Andor, Rogue One, Prometheus, Pacific Rim, Mission…
Today, we're introducing Obsidian Web Clipper a new extension that helps you highlight and capture the web in your favorite browser. Anything you save is stored as durable Markdown files that you can read offline, and preserve for the long term. Web Clipper makes it easy to shape Obsidian into a recipe book, a personal movie database, a travel planner, or read-it-later inbox. It turns your…
