3 best Free Obsidian alternatives

Tools similar to Obsidian (Private, local-first notes connected into a knowledge graph): 13 listed tools match Obsidian by shared tags — two or more shared tags (exact or near-synonym, weighted by tag position and rarity), or one strong shared topic tag plus the same category or pricing; ranked by shared-tag weight (rarer tags count more, same category adds a bonus), then same pricing; the first 12 of 13 matches are shown (12 of 77 Productivity tools). No votes, no paid placement. 3 of them are labeled Free.

Closest match by shared tags: Simplenote — shares #markdown, #note-taking ≈ #notes, same category (Productivity). Next: Logseq, Yana.

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