Joplin vs Obsidian

A side-by-side comparison built from catalogue data. Both offer 4 of the same listed features, including Cross-device sync, Markdown support, Offline mode.

Comparison of Joplin vs Obsidian

App	Joplin Open-source note-taking app with Markdown and end-to-end encrypted sync.	Obsidian Local-first Markdown knowledge base with backlinks and a large plugin ecosystem.
Developer	Laurent Cozic	Dynalist Inc.
Pricing	Free, Freemium	Freemium
License	GNU AGPL v3	Proprietary
Open source	Open source: Yes	Open source: No
Self-hostable	Self-hostable: Yes	Self-hostable: No
Works offline	Works offline: Yes	Works offline: Yes
Privacy-focused	Privacy-focused: Yes	Yes

Feature rows list only features recorded in the catalogue. A missing check means the feature is not recorded for that app, not necessarily that it is unavailable.