@samurro I started out with Joplin, which was great! It really has improved since the last time I used it (which was 2 years before). So I started looking into plugins for Joplin and thought hey cool! Nice features!
Then I decided to take a peek at Obsidian and wow.. they're way more advanced. Especially backlinks is a great feature there, something which is only an afterthought in one of Joplin's plugins. Then I found out Obsidian has way more plugins as well, with much more potential.
Sorry, Joplin. I switched over to Obsidian. It's just way too smooth.
The only thing(s) I miss from Joplin are 1) that folders and notes are in seperate panes. 2) And that a note can contain characters that isn't possible in a filename, like ":", "/" etc, because of Joplin's way of storing files. 3) And because of (2) you can have the note names be part of a to-do list so that a folder becomes a to-do list in itself where each task is a note.
(1) can be possibly fixed in Obsidian if the devs will bother with separating, or if a great plugin comes along to fix that. However with (2).. I've learned to live with it, and Obsidian at least allows you to give an alias to a note. And with (3) being impossible because of (2), there are alternative ways of tackling this kind of thing thanks to some plugins.
The extra benefit of Obsidian is that they all use basic markdown files. Joplin encrypts everything (might be a bonus, depends), so you're stuck with Joplin and can't use any other markdown program or even a simple text editor to read the files. Icky if Joplin somehow stops working and you need the data.
That's just my 2 cents, because I've had a hell of a ride with both those software the past few months. :)
@samurro I've rechecked, and I think I worded a few things wrong due to me mixing up a few bits.
Joplin does have E2E but isn't default enabled. Good feature, though, if you need it.
Joplin stores its files in a database, not in seperate .md files. In case the DB is corrupt, or the system's wonky so that you can't use software anymore, you'll have trouble getting to your data.
You can export them to .md files (among many other options) at least, which is what I did to move over to Obsidian.
Obsidian is not open source, but they don't use proprietary formats either. Your files are all free .md files, and you can easily move on to another markdown software if you ever feel the need to. You can use external tools to automate stuff with your files, because they're all easily accessible. You can use any text editor to read your data if you wish to.
I decided for myself that I liked the flexibility of being able to access the .md files any time. Hope that cleared up a few things. :)
@trinsec How is optional encryption a drawback? Also #obsidian is not open source?