Be Careful with Obsidian

Be Careful with Obsidian

2025 Oct 23.

Just a few personal thoughts.

Notes to myself, to people who use and love this app everyday.

This is not an attack or hostility toward Obsidian or the talented engineers who created it.

Obsidian’s source code is closed.

Its macOS app is distributed as a .dmg file without any checksum.

Although Obsidian has an iOS version, it isn’t distributed through the Mac App Store. It’s unclear whether this is a design choice or due to technical or policy constraints. It's a point worth questioning.

Since Obsidian isn’t distributed through the Mac App Store, it isn’t required to use sandboxing,

Combined with the fact that its source code isn’t public,

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