Download and install Obsidian

Obsidian is available for all major desktop and mobile platforms. Choose your platform below to get started.

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iPhone & iPad

Download the installer

Open your browser and go to obsidian.md/download. Under Windows, click Universal to download the installation file.

Run the installer

Open the downloaded .exe file and follow the on-screen instructions.

Open Obsidian

Launch Obsidian the same way you open any other application.

Download the disk image

Open your browser and go to obsidian.md/download. Under macOS, click Universal to download the .dmg file.

Install the app

Open the downloaded .dmg file. In the window that appears, drag Obsidian into the Applications folder.

Open Obsidian

Launch Obsidian from Applications the same way you open any other app.

Obsidian offers three packaging formats on Linux. Use whichever fits your system.Snap

Download the Snap package

Go to obsidian.md/download and under Linux, click Snap.

Install the package

Open a terminal, navigate to the download folder, and run:

snap install obsidian_<version>_<arch>.snap --dangerous --classic

The --dangerous flag is required because Canonical has not reviewed the package. The --classic flag allows Obsidian to access files outside the sandbox, where your notes are stored.

Open Obsidian

Launch Obsidian the same way you open any other application.

AppImage

Download the AppImage

Go to obsidian.md/download and under Linux, click AppImage.

Make it executable and run it

Open a terminal, navigate to the download folder, and run:

chmod u+x Obsidian-<version>.AppImage
./Obsidian-<version>.AppImage --no-sandbox

On Chromebooks, the libnss3-dev package must be installed, otherwise you may receive the error error while loading shared libraries: libnss3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.

Flatpak

Install via Flatpak

Run the following command in your terminal:

flatpak install flathub md.obsidian.Obsidian

Launch Obsidian

flatpak run md.obsidian.Obsidian

Try the sandbox vault

The first time you open Obsidian, you’ll be prompted to create or open a vault. If you want to explore the app before setting up your own vault, open the Sandbox vault — a pre-built vault that showcases Obsidian’s core features and formatting options.

The sandbox vault is a great way to explore Obsidian without touching your own files. Any changes you make to it won’t affect your personal notes.

Introduction

Editing & Formatting

Linking & Navigation

Files & Vaults

Download and install Obsidian

Try the sandbox vault

Next steps

Create a vault

Create your first note

​Try the sandbox vault

​Next steps

Create a vault

Create your first note

Try the sandbox vault

Next steps