Obsidian

Obsidian is out of beta and available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad users. For the first part of how Federico is using Obsidian for research and writing, don’t miss his Extension column above. At its core, Obsidian is a Markdown text editor. Just point the app to a folder on your iPhone or iPad and you’re ready to get started. The app is based on web technologies, which means it is highly customizable. Obsidian supports a theming system, with a wide variety of themes provided by the app’s vibrant community of users and plugins to extend the app’s functionality. The app’s primary views are its editor and preview mode, which can be split into multiple panes both vertically and horizontally. Obsidian also supports saved workspaces that allow users to open a predefined group of notes easily, commands for quickly opening documents and accessing the app’s features, along with extensive, customizable keyboard shortcut support. Of course, notes can be linked internally, allowing for the creation of a wiki-like web of documents. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, which you’ll be hearing more about from Federico here in his special Obsidian Setup series and elsewhere on MacStories.