Best Obsidian alternatives for Mac
Obsidian is a free-to-start app in Productivity and Writing & notes. We found 24 Mac apps that cover the same ground. Of those, 4 are completely free, 11 are free to start and 3 are open source. Drafts leads on overlap and community votes, followed by Craft and Logseq.
The app you want to replace
Obsidian
Markdown notes stored on your own disk
Free + in-app · Productivity and Writing & notes
24 alternatives to Obsidian
How we picked: every app here shares at least one category with Obsidian. Apps that also share features rank higher, and community upvotes break ties. Price and licence never buy a better spot. How we rank apps
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Drafts
Capture text first, decide later
38Free + in-appProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Also in Writing & notes
- Keyboard-driven
- 2Featured
Craft
Docs and notes with beautiful structure
163Free + in-appProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Also in Writing & notes
- 3
Logseq
Outliner for linked notes
54FreeProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Also in Writing & notes
- Free
- Open source
- 4
NotePlan
Markdown notes, tasks and calendar together
49SubscriptionProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Also in Writing & notes
- 5
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Notion
Docs, wikis and projects in one workspace
35Free + in-appProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Also in Writing & notes
- 7Featured
Things 3
Beautifully simple task manager
355$49.99Productivity- Also in Productivity
- Keyboard-driven
- One-time purchase
- 8Featured
Magnet
Snap windows into tidy layouts
242$4.99Productivity- Also in Productivity
- Keyboard-driven
- One-time purchase
- 9Hot
- 10Hot
Raycast
A faster launcher with superpowers
140Free + in-appDeveloper tools- Also in Productivity
- Keyboard-driven
- 11
Rectangle
Move and resize windows with shortcuts
91FreeProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Keyboard-driven
- Free
- Open source
- 12
Alfred
Keyboard launcher with custom workflows
60Free + in-appProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Keyboard-driven
- 13
BBEdit
Professional text and code editor
25Free + in-appDeveloper tools- Also in Writing & notes
- Keyboard-driven
- 14
BetterTouchTool
Custom gestures and shortcuts for everything
12PaidProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Keyboard-driven
- One-time purchase
- 15
iA Writer
Focused Markdown writing app
5$49.99Writing & notes- Also in Writing & notes
- Keyboard-driven
- One-time purchase
- 16
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- 19Hot
Unclutter
Notes, files and clips in a pull-down drawer
113$19.99Menu bar- Also in Productivity
- One-time purchase
- 20
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Typora
Markdown editor with live preview
103$14.99Writing & notes- Also in Writing & notes
- One-time purchase
- 22
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- 24Hot
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best alternative to Obsidian on Mac?
- Drafts is our top pick. It shares Productivity and Writing & notes with Obsidian and has 38 upvotes from the community. Craft and Logseq are close behind.
- What is the best free alternative to Obsidian on Mac?
- Logseq is the best-ranked free alternative to Obsidian. 4 of the alternatives listed here are completely free.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Obsidian?
- Yes. 3 alternatives are open source, including Logseq, Rectangle and MeetingBar.
- How many alternatives to Obsidian are there for Mac?
- Mac App Index lists 24 apps that share a category with Obsidian: 4 completely free, 11 free to start and 3 open source.