What do I mean when I say everything in Obsidian should feel instantaneous? No more than 0.1 seconds. The target was established in 1968 by Robert Miller and well described in 1993 by Jakob Nielsen here:

Performance is design, and every millisecond counts. Every update in 2025 trimmed Obsidian's load speed. This is quite complex given the number of different configurations and operating systems Obsidian supports. We employed many different solutions to speed up Obsidian across various syncing methods, operating syste... Show more

Obsidian 1.11.2 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile.

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what's one improvement you'd like to see in Obsidian in 2026?

Obsidian 1.11.1 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile.

Anything more complicated than this is procrastination

Obsidian 1.11.0 (early access) introduces widgets and a new mobile design. You can now instantly access Obsidian from your lock screen, home screen, control center, Shortcuts, and Siri. The new design gives more space to your notes, and helps you quickly navigate your vault.

if you want to watch me ramble for three hours about furniture design, Winamp skins, chocolate chip cookies, and other things:

it's that time of year again

If you've been waiting to buy Obsidian merch, now's the time. Our friends at Cotton Bureau have a sale from today until December 1. Free shipping in the US, or 50% off international shipping using the code THANKYOU25.

Obsidian 1.10.6 is now available to all for desktop and mobile with lots of small bug fixes. - Fixed external links overflowing in property editor. - Right-to-left languages: Fixed cursor positioning incorrectly when clicking at the end of a line. Also fixed several regressions with the interface, including the positi... Show more

making local files easy to adopt is filled with agony, luckily I like pain