# Benefits of Obsidian - Free for both personal and professional use - Extremely fast - Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS) - Works wonderfully with AI (it's just text after all); cfr [[Use cases for AI and local knowledge bases]] - Mobile support - Faster and faster - Widgets and quick capture on iOS (support for Apple Shortcut) - Data stored locally - You own the data (great for security and privacy) - Works offline - Tons of awesome features for Knowledge Management - Links, backlinks, tags and nested tags, global/local graph views, automatic outlines, embedding, and MUCH more! - Support for databases (called [[Obsidian Bases]]) - Support for visualizations (infinite canvas) - Open specification: [[JSON Canvas]] - [[Markdown]] - Plain text - De-facto standard - Open and portable data format - Supported by all text editors - Highly customizable - Huge library of plugins and themes - Possible to create your own - Assign hotkeys for anything - Huge and friendly community (killer 'feature'!) - Mobile support - Various ways to publish and sync notes (e.g., Obsidian Publish, Obsidian Sync, etc) - Can be used for task management, basic and advanced, with or without plugins - No tracking or telemetry ## Related - [[Reasons to use Obsidian]] - [[Obsidian Starter Kit]] - [[Why Obsidian is All You Need - From Simple Notes to Complete Productivity (Article)]]