Alternatives to obsidian-bases
obsidian-bases is an agent skill by kepano: Create and edit Obsidian Bases (.base files) with views, filters, formulas, and summaries. If it doesn't fit your setup, these 12 agent skills cover similar ground. They are ordered by how closely they match obsidian-bases and by our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness and documentation; money never changes the order. obsidian-markdown leads the list (repository has 50K stars; open source (MIT)). Each entry shows data reasons to switch, and you can open a side-by-side comparison with obsidian-bases.
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obsidian-bases
Create and edit Obsidian Bases (.base files) with views, filters, formulas, and summaries.
12 alternatives
Ordered by how closely each matches obsidian-bases (shared product, category or stated alternative) and by rank.
- 1obsidian-markdown
kepano
Create and edit Obsidian Flavored Markdown with wikilinks, embeds, callouts, properties, and other Obsidian-specific syntax.
- Repository has 50K stars
- Open source (MIT)
★ 50KLast active Mar 22, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
DFreshness: D–Security: not graded yet - 2obsidian-cli
kepano
Interact with Obsidian vaults using the Obsidian CLI to read, create, search, and manage notes, tasks, properties, and more.
- Repository has 50K stars
- Open source (MIT)
★ 50KLast active Feb 25, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
DFreshness: D–Security: not graded yet - 3obsidian
steipete
Obsidian vault: search/read/write notes, backlinks, Bases, Canvas.
- More recently active (freshness A)
★ 7.4KLast active Jul 17, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
CFreshness: C–Security: not graded yet - 4obsidian-paper-vault
Aperivue
Use when turning a folder of research PDFs into Obsidian notes, even if Obsidian is not named.
- More recently active (freshness A)
- Supports Python
★ 349Last active Oct 4, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 5obsidian-dataview
edonyzpc
Dataview plugin query syntax, inline expressions, DataviewJS API, and common vault analysis patterns.
- More recently active (freshness A)
★ 149Last active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 6obsidian-templater
edonyzpc
Templater plugin syntax, template commands, dynamic commands, user scripts, and startup templates.
- More recently active (freshness A)
★ 149Last active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 7obsidian-literature-workflow
Galaxy-Dawn
Use this skill for project-scoped literature review built on Sources/Papers, with synthesis landing in Knowledge, writing handoff in Writing, and the default…
- Supports Python
★ 5.9KLast active May 13, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
CFreshness: C–Security: not graded yet - 8zotero-obsidian-bridge
Galaxy-Dawn
Use this skill when Zotero is the literature source of truth and the project KB should receive source notes under Sources/Papers plus project-linked synthesis…
- Supports Python
★ 5.9KLast active May 13, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
CFreshness: C–Security: not graded yet - 9obsidian-skills-integrated
anbeime
内容创作者与技术写作员在让AI撰写Obsidian笔记时，使用此官方技能可精准处理双链、Callout及Bases数据库语法，一键生成格式零破坏的Canvas画布与专业笔记，彻底解决AI破坏专属格式的痛点。
- More recently active (freshness A)
★ 8.6KLast active Aug 26, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 10obsidian-vault-maintainer
openclaw
Maintain an Obsidian-friendly memory wiki vault with wikilinks, frontmatter, and official Obsidian CLI awareness.
- More recently active (freshness A)
- Larger repository (392.9K stars)
★ 392.9KLast active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 11obsidian-sync
Xiangyue-Zhang
Refresh Obsidian dashboard and daily notes from current experiment state
- Repository has 1.1K stars
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 1.1KLast active Apr 22, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
DFreshness: D–Security: not graded yet - 12obsidian-kb/ofm-guide
openakita
Guide for creating and editing Obsidian notes using Obsidian Flavored Markdown (OFM).
- Supports Python
★ 2KLast active Sep 15, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet