Notion vs Obsidian? Developers Comments.

I’ve been bouncing between Notion and Obsidian lately, and honestly—still not sure which one fits better long term.

• 🧩 Notion: all-in-one workspace, great for collaboration, docs, databases, and beautiful design
• 🧠 Obsidian: local-first knowledge base, uses markdown, backlink-powered with a graph view that feels like your brain

But here’s where I’m stuck:

Feature	Notion	Obsidian
UI/UX	✅ Polished, modern	🔲 Minimal, keyboard-first
Offline use	🔲 Limited	✅ Fully offline
Plugins	🔲 Built-in integrations	✅ Huge plugin ecosystem
Team-friendly	✅ Perfect for groups	🔲 More personal, solo-focused

I’d love to hear from you:

• 👉 Which one are you using?
• 🤔 Any specific workflows where one shines more than the other?
• 🛠 Do you mix them or stick to one?

Let’s chat in the comments 👇

I’m especially curious how other devs, writers, students, and creators use these tools differently.

Comments

[Tom Brown]

+1 for Obsidian.

• easily customizable UI (CSS/JS)
• love the keyboard shortcuts
• extremely fast (combined with shortcuts)

[jtravisp]

For me it's Notion and it came down to having a web client. I want instant access to my notes everywhere, even if I'm restricted from installing software.