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Obsidian is not open-source?

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I just found out that Obsidian, the notetaking app, is not open source. I do not have a problem as I am already using tons of apps that are not open source, but to be honest, I always thought that Obsidian was a open source app.

I found out from this tweet, where the OP also thought it was open source until he found out.

I have used Obsidian for a long time, not so much recently, but still have installed on my computer and occasionally use it. As of now, I have started using the VS Code directly for taking plain-text notes and it's working fine for me.

Actually, the idea here is, I want to take notes which are:

Yes, I would definitely want these features from my notetaking app. And my current VS Code setup is giving me the flexibility to do all that.

So... I am all set.

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