Organize your thoughts with Obsidian

Learn how to use Obsidian to organize your thoughts

Obsidian is a powerful note-taking app that allows you to organize your thoughts in a way that is easy to manage and easy to search. It is a great tool for writers, researchers, students, and anyone who wants to organize their thoughts.

Philosophy

Zettelkasten is a method of note-taking that is based on the idea of creating small notes that are linked together. The notes are organized in a way that allows you to easily find the information you need.

Features

There are many features that make Obsidian a great tool for note-taking. Here are some of the most important ones:

  • Markdown
  • Full-text search
  • Graph with links and backlinks
  • Embed (page or image) into another page
  • Tags (search)
  • Templating (daily notes, custom templates)

Plugins

Besides the core plugins, there are many community plugins that add more functionality to Obsidian. Here are some of the most popular ones:

  • Custom Frames
  • Excalidraw (download community libraries, embed into page, search text)
  • Omnisearch (ctrl + o)
  • Advancd Tables
  • Advanced Slides
  • Advanced Code Block
  • Dataview
  • Jira Issue
  • And many more ...

Shortcuts

There are hotkeys for almost everything in Obsidian. For instance, you can toggle the left sidebar with cmd + b; you can toggle the right sidebar with cmd + ; and you can toggle the preview with cmd + p. It's up to you to find the shortcuts that work best for you.

For more information, visit the official website at https://obsidian.md/