Longevity

• Local files on your hard disk
• Plain text, no proprietary format
• Markdown for maximum portability
  • the most popular plain text format that can be edited in other apps

Foster knowledge network

• Internal links
• Link auto-complete
• See backlinks to and unlinked mentions of current note
• Graph view

Personalized

• We don't believe in a single, opinionated solution would work for everyone
• Obsidian is plugin-based
  • Enable or disable them based on your workflow
  • Looking to allow third-party plugins to be developed after v1.0.0