Obsidian vs Trilium Notes
Thinking of swapping Obsidian for the open-source Trilium Notes? Here’s the honest trade-off.
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What you give up vs Obsidian
- Single-user oriented; no real-time multi-user collaboration.
- UI is dense and has a steep learning curve.
- No relational database/board views like Notion.
- Original Trilium is archived; users must migrate to the community TriliumNext fork.
What you gain
- • Full data ownership — self-host Trilium Notes on your own infrastructure.
- • No per-seat SaaS bill (Obsidian: paid sync and a closed-source core).
- • Open-source code you can audit and extend (AGPL-3.0).