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🎉 Noteey 1.60.0 is here! Databases now support Kanban view — organize your notes visually like never before. Update now and give it a try! 🚀 youtube.com/watch?v=9LaA4y…

We've just released a new version! Whiteboard export to PNG/PDF is now much more stable — what you see is what you get~

🚀 A new Noteey release just dropped! Mind Maps got a big upgrade! youtube.com/watch?v=bxUkPZ…

Noteey V1.56.0 released! - Task manager arrived! - Highlights page's source support card/journal/online video - Mindmap support undo/redo - Bug fixes youtube.com/watch?v=f1pCME…

@fortelabs @levifig Some in the Obsidian community seems a bit arrogant. Questioning its over-hyped file portability is seen as an affront to their beliefs, which is unnecessary.

@levifig Oh nice! Okay so I'm not taking (too many) crazy pills and am not the first to notice this

I want to debunk the claim that I see a lot around here that Obsidian is "just plain text markdown files" which means "you can take them anywhere and open them with any app" That simply isn't true Yes, maybe the raw text of the notes is markdown, but many other parts cannot be moved elsewhere and opened by other apps: 1. The .obsidian/ directory contains your JSON config with plugins, settings, hotkeys, workspace state, link format, attachment paths – those can't be moved elsewhere 2. Plugin state files – Readwise's path-to-ID map, Templater's settings, Tasks plugin's database, Excalidraw's drawing data – even if plugins can be recreated, these settings cannot 3. .canvas files – JSON, not markdown. They reference notes by path and won't survive a move 4. .base files – JSON-based database/views over your notes. Same path-fragility 5. .excalidraw.md files – markdown wrapper around an Excalidraw JSON blob. Looks like markdown, isn't really 6. The link graph itself – backlinks, graph view, "linked mentions" – all computed from filenames and link references. They survive because the references are in the markdown, but they require Obsidian (or an Obsidian-aware tool) to materialize 7. Plugin-managed folders – Readwise output, Web Clipper output, Daily Notes location, Templates folder. Each is a folder whose contents are owned by an external system tracked in plugin state 8. Sync state – Obsidian Sync, iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive each maintain their own state about what's where and what's been resolved. Move operations interfere with this state 9. Embedded query results – Dataview queries, Tasks queries, Bases queries. The query is in the markdown; the result is computed live and never persisted So technically you CAN move your files elsewhere, but you'd destroy most of what makes them valuable – the graph, the plugin state, the canvases, the embedded queries, the sync state, and any structural intent encoded in folder placement Which means you're just as locked in to Obsidian as any other "proprietary" app, it's just a hidden lock-in that's obscured by inaccurate marketing Saying "Obsidian is just markdown files" is like saying "your house is just bricks" The bricks are real and moveable – but the architecture, plumbing, and wiring aren't bricks, and those are most of what makes the house function

@fortelabs I think Tiago's complaint is a normal reaction to Obsidian's over-marketing of "Files over App" The transferable file are just Markdown, but canvases, bases, graph— the things that actually cost you significant time to build — are not portable at all.

Noteey V1.55.0 released! the Tag database is so much better now!

The four most important things for Noteey in 2026: - Web app - Mobile app - AI - Bug fixes & polish

Not a big fan of Obsidian's plugins system. So I liked this comment I still prefer out-of-the-box, seamlessly integrated systems, like Apple's.

I spent $500+/month on subscriptions, and every month I wonder which to cut. Not everyone can afford that forever. That's why I built Noteey: Pay-once and local-first thinking & learning tool.

Noteey V1.54.0 is now available! Much better Mindmap and many bugs fixed!

Big feature coming! Amazing time-saving for youtube video note taker, you can understand the key points of a video in one minute, so smooth and quickly, no friction any more~. video player + highlight + transcript + ai summary = most powerful turn key for video notes maker

Noteey V1.51.0 is out! Keep fixing, keep polishing. 🛠️

Noteey V1.50.0 is now available! Set board visibility when publishing your project, polished UI, and fixed some bugs.

Just shipped a quality of life improvement for our YouTube Note Taker Website: Drag to resize the video panel

Noteey is VMware for visual thinkers. Separate storage from apps. Make your knowledge device-independent. A visual knowledge OS you own completely — local, portable, yours forever. Capture → Organize → Distill → Express. Built for lifelong learners. No cloud. No lock-in.

In 1–2 months, Noteey is getting a powerful Task Management sub-app. Busy professionals manage dozens of tasks every single day, not just knowledge. And with Noteey's seamless linking system, your tasks and knowledge base work as one. Stay tuned. 🔗