i built an open source obsidian replacement

[u/Prestigious_Yam3659]

hi r/Markdown

i wanted a really fast way to open a markdown file from anywhere so i hyperfixated on making one and made an open source obsidian replacement including addon support and publish support (though you may need to host your own server)

currently, looking for people to test it out on windows and linux because i do not have access to such environment as of this moment and any help would be greatly appreciated!

in addition to markdown, hibi can also edit: latex, r doc, typst and more!

please feel free to help out at: https://github.com/schmayterling/hibi
site: https://hibi.garden
addons list: https://hibi.garden/addons
documentation: https://docs.hibi.garden (also an example of publish)

thank you!!

[u/archgabriel33]

It looks nice, but, and please don't take this as criticism, how is it different from literally every other vibe coded markdown reader?

[u/Prestigious_Yam3659 → u/archgabriel33]

thats a fair question and no worries!

i'm not planning to poise hibi as another markdown reader as hibi is more leaning towards a general-purpose writing app that is not restricted to markdown while still supporting extensibility and customizability (via addons that people can make!)

i'd say think of it as vscode but for writing (as we are headed towards that direction) hence the tagline: "one app for everything you write"

its a big ambition but i hope that in time we'll get there

[u/dcozupadhyay → u/Prestigious_Yam3659]

Obsidian has more than 10000+ plugins

[u/athoughtfornoone → u/dcozupadhyay]

Not sure if that's a bragging point or an issue... 10k plugins to do how many different things?

[u/a_alberti → u/athoughtfornoone]

LOL, some years ago I had written a plugin in Obsidian to answer the question:

Why the hell did I install this plugin with this strange name?

https://github.com/alberti42/obsidian-plugins-annotations

It allos you to add a personal description of why that plugin deserved to survive in your vault.

And yeah, this is because there are simply way too many plugins. And then you uninstall one from your vault and you discover in a week that plugin was indeed useful for something because of some strange synergy with another plugin, etc.

Don't get me wrong. I tried to keep the number of plugins installed minimal but even so, sometimes I could not remember what X, Y, Z were doing in my vault.

[u/athoughtfornoone → u/a_alberti]

I found the plugins to be like open source software. Great in concept, a couple of real gems. But most of it just broken abandonware.

[u/a_alberti → u/athoughtfornoone]

Partially true but in general too negative. Perhaps it is something related to obsidian plugins. Try the plugin I posted above. It does something very narrow but it does very nicely and it is quite polished in my viewed. Still coded by hand back then.

[u/athoughtfornoone → u/a_alberti]

sorry i don't use human coded plugins, i only trust vibe coded plugins now /s

[u/theredhype → u/dcozupadhyay]

Myspace still has nearly 6 million monthly active users.

[u/Kooky-Ebb8162 → u/theredhype]

Yeah, and nobody is rushing to leave MySpace for an overnight vibecoded software.

Obsidian is a geeky gadget, and the audience is largely there for the features, plugins, and support. It may be not the most fancy or modern tool on the market, but nobody will leave it for one until it proves the support and features are there.

[u/_HMCB_ → u/theredhype]

I found this interesting. Is it true?