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Files.md

Open-source alternative to Obsidian

Details

External ID
48179677
Source
HN
Company
—
Product
Files.md
Website domain
github.com
Launched
May 18, 2026
Cohort
—
Upvotes
730
Upvotes percentile
0.9983844911147012
Tags
—
Fetched at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
Updated at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.

Enrichment

Theme
niche creative and graphics software
Vertical
Horizontal
Function
Content generation
Audience
B2C
AI stance
Not AI
Project type
Hobby / open-source project
Normalized one-liner
markdown note-taking application
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

Yes It is a local-first markdown note-taking app replicating basic Obsidian functionality using standard web/desktop technologies like Electron or Tauri, CodeMirror, and filesystem APIs.

Discussion

20 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: Obsidian, Joplin, Zettelkasten, Helix, mdterm

Concerns raised: Sync reliability between laptop and mobile compared to Obsidian's paid service, Unclear what specific problem it solves vs Obsidian's existing open-source approach, Free software restrictions despite not charging money, Most open source projects don't provide the value authors think they do, Risk of AI tools wiping notes during organization

Feature requests: Daily Note feature with templated notes and checklists (stretching, exercises, language practice), Better mobile and desktop sync capabilities, Remote image support, Plain text/Markdown file access on disk with UI features like Joplin

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one — 711 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #1 of 712 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 200 days after the earliest competitor.

Other launches for this product

Same idea, different domain

Nobody's really built a content generation tool for Government yet.