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First Look: Obsidian Bases

• John

Bases is a brand new Obsidian feature that’s currently only available as part of the app’s early access program. However, I’ve been playing around with it this week, and the beta documentation is available to anyone, so I thought I’d share how it works for anyone who already has access and hasn’t tried it as well as for those who will be getting it soon.

If you’ve ever tried the third-party DB Folder or Dataview plugins, Bases is similar. But it’s a new core plugin that ships with the default Obsidian configuration, so you don’t have to hunt for it. At its core, Bases is a way to turn notes into databases, which are perfect for organizing large collections of similar notes, whether that’s something like a list of books you’ve read, entries in a journal, or a series of meeting notes.