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Obsidian

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Obsidian is a versatile note-taking and knowledge management application that allows users to create, link, and organize their thoughts and information. It emphasizes local data storage, privacy, and extensibility through a rich plugin ecosystem. Users can sync their notes across multiple devices and publish them as online wikis or knowledge bases.

Features
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Must Have

4 of 5

URL Saving & Preview

List & Section Organization

Public Sharing

Instant Link Adding

Contextual Side Notes

Other

7 of 7

Minimalist Interface

Profile Gateway

Media Type Support

Sign-In & Authentication

Granular Sharing Permissions

Mobile Responsive Design

Embed Support

Pricing
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Sync Standard

$4.00 monthly
  • 1 synced vault
  • 1 GB total storage
  • 5 MB maximum file size
  • 1 month version history

Sync Standard (Monthly)

$5.00 monthly
  • 1 synced vault
  • 1 GB total storage
  • 5 MB maximum file size
  • 1 month version history

Sync Plus

$8.00 monthly
Popular
  • 10 synced vaults
  • 10 GB total storage
  • 200 MB maximum file size
  • 12 month version history
  • Upgradable to 100 GB storage

Sync Plus (Monthly)

$10.00 monthly
Popular
  • 10 synced vaults
  • 10 GB total storage
  • 200 MB maximum file size
  • 12 month version history
  • Upgradable to 100 GB storage

Publish

$8.00 monthly
  • Hosting for your site up to 4GB
  • Priority email support
  • Customizable theme and domain
  • SEO and mobile performance

Publish (Monthly)

$10.00 monthly
  • Hosting for your site up to 4GB
  • Priority email support
  • Customizable theme and domain
  • SEO and mobile performance

Catalyst

$25.00 one time
  • Early access to beta versions
  • Community badges
  • VIP channel

Commercial

$50.00 per user
  • Support development
  • Become a featured organization
Rationale

Obsidian is a powerful note-taking and knowledge management application that, with the help of its Web Clipper and various community plugins, can replicate many of the features of URList. While not a dedicated URL curation app, its extensibility allows for saving and organizing web content, adding notes, and sharing. The core Obsidian app is free, but features like Sync and Publish (for public sharing) are paid add-ons. The 'Web Clipper' directly addresses URL saving and preview, and the 'Publish' feature enables public sharing of notes (which can contain curated links). The 'Canvas' feature allows for visual organization, and the plugin ecosystem provides extensive customization for various organizational and content types. The 'Mobile' app ensures responsiveness across devices. The main difference is that Obsidian is a general-purpose knowledge base, not specifically a minimalist web app for URL curation, and some features require plugins or paid services.