Comparison
We'll tell you honestly when the other one is the better choice for you.
Obsidian's values are close to ours: local-first, plain format, no venture hype, a small bootstrapped team. We admire it. The difference is who has to do the work — and who it is for. Obsidian rewards one person willing to invest weeks building the web of their own thinking. Confinity is for a whole household, and it does the connecting for you: just name the people and places you love, and the links form on their own — nothing to set up, nothing to maintain. One parent can write with a little help finding the words, the other in their own plain voice, and a grandparent can add a photo without learning a thing. It all quietly gathers into a Yearbook. We share the same values. Where we part ways is the effort it takes, and who it's really for.
'Obsidian asks you to draw the connections. A family shouldn't have to.'— Confinity principle
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