Obsidian Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Obsidian for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Joplin, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Obsidian and loads of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Obsidian are Logseq, Anytype, Notion and Notesnook.

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  1. Zen Notes icon
     7 likes

    ZenNotes is a keyboard-first Markdown notes app with a shared product core and multiple runtimes:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  2. Notula icon
     11 likes

    A WYSIWYG Markdown editor for docs as code, so the whole team can read, edit and comment on the .md files in your git repository, not only the people who use git.

    13 Notula alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  3. Silverbullet icon
     18 likes

    Silver Bullet is an extensible, open source, personal knowledge management system. Indeed, that’s fancy talk for “a note-taking app with links.” However, Silver Bullet goes a bit beyond just that.

    96 Silverbullet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Heptabase icon
     13 likes

    Heptabase is a visual note-taking tool that helps you make sense of your learning, research, and projects. It helps you get into the flow of thinking and brings together everything you need to do better research.

    127 Heptabase alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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  5. notekpr icon
     4 likes

    The last note-taking application you will ever need, where obsidian meets notion. Private, self-hostable and agent friendly.

    48 notekpr alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    Good alternative?
     
  6. Octarine icon
     6 likes

    Octarine is a fast, lightweight tool for writing, planning, and organizing — in Markdown that stays yours.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  7. Inkdrop icon
     52 likes

    Inkdrop is an AI-native Markdown note-taking app for developers, available on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android, with end-to-end encrypted sync.

    49 Inkdrop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  8. nb icon
     8 likes

    CLI and local web plain text note-taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script.

    14 nb alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  9. #Pad icon
     5 likes

    Desktop notepad for Windows and macOS with #tag-based note organization, built-in TODOs, reminders, regex search, professional editor, clipboard and operation history, plugin support, file versioning, large file handling, and a free 14-day trial.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  10. Org-roam icon
     20 likes

    Org-roam is a Roam replica built around the all-powerful Org-mode.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • GNU Emacs
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  11. Darkwrite icon
     5 likes

    Notes as it should have been. Built for people who just want to write, without nonsense.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
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