Obsidian and Anytype: 2 approaches to local-first notes

I placed three short Japanese notes on the isolated author Vault as input, added the reason for the relationship in the actual GUI, and created a new index. Put a link from the index to the two notes in the body, and reopen it after saving to make sure it matches the original file.

The following is the full text of the index that was actually saved. If you copy it, you can get the same text as the original file.

# 索引

この例で扱うテーマは、メモを書く段階と、関連を残す段階を分けること。

- [[20260930-01 入力と整理を分ける]] — 書き留める内容と整理する内容を分ける例。
- [[20260930-02 関係に理由を添える]] — 関連ノートへ進む理由を添える例。

In this example, the wikilink of the body represents the relationship to another note. Before adding a link, it became three notes and zero links, after adding the reason for the relationship, it became three notes and one link, and after adding the index, it became four notes and three links. The graph shows this saved content in a different way.

You can see that Markdown can be read as a file from this small actual storage example. Whether to interpret the same wikilink notation in other apps or reproduce additional functions is a different condition. The actual operation of detailed links, backlinks, and reading screens is summarized in Zettelkasten's author example.

Obtained the Linux AppImage of the official release v0.57.3, confirmed the match between the published file size 285,484,043 bytes and SHA256, and started it once. The following is the original PNG that observed the actual application for reading only.

The same entrance was displayed in the second observation following. The way the animation looks has changed, but it is not the result of opening objects, editing screens, or workspaces after logging in. Another possession window is a blank New tab and is not counted as evidence of the workspace.

The same startup screen observed the second time

This unique example of actual machine startup is up to the welcome drawing of the official Linux version. We do not create accounts, log in, operate keys, import, create objects, or export. The 0.57.3 version is an official release, identification of fixed source and acquisition files, and it is not a claim to have confirmed the version display on the screen.

v0.57.3 describes Anytype as a personal knowledge base, creates pages, tasks, wikis, diaries, etc., and defines your own data model and introduces how to use it. In addition, it lists composable blocks such as text, database, kanban, calendar, and custom Types. This is not a function observed from this welcome, but an explanation based on the official source.

“Offline‑first, local storage with optional peer‑to‑peer sync.”

“Composable blocks: text, databases, kanban, calendar & custom Types.”

Anytype v0.57.3's fixed commit・Official README

The same README describes end-to-end encryption and zero-knowledge encryption powered by any-sync. These describe a design involving local storage, optional P2P synchronization, and encryption. Our launch observation did not measure the internal storage format, communication with synchronization peers, encryption implementation, or key management and recovery.

For this reason, the Markdown preservation example of Obsidian and the design description of Anytype have different evidence. It can be used to determine whether you want to handle the text on a file basis or whether you want to design the type of information and display in a data model. The safety of both, the certainty of synchronization, and the ranking of reproducibility after export cannot be listed from this record.

1. I want to have a file-by-file basis: If you read the Markdown example below, you can specifically check the text and link notation saved in Obsidian. We will separately grasp the necessary status, including the dependence of additional functions.
2. I want to organize the same information by type and display: You can use the official data model description of Anytype as an entrance to consideration. The operation of the version you actually use and the entry and exit of the necessary data are separate confirmations from the saved example.
3. To use multiple devices: Evaluate storage destinations, synchronization, recovery, and backups as separate requirements. The label “local-first” alone does not establish how a product behaves on phones or during synchronization.

After looking at the startup screen of the actual app and the saved text, it is easier to compare if you decide whether the information you handle daily is mainly text or information with types and displays.

ZIP contains the index, two links, and four original Markdown of the temporary memo in Japanese file names. The wikilink destination of the index is included, and the text of the original PNG and the original Markdown has not been processed. Anytype exports, real apps, plug-ins, settings and account information are not included.

This is a content for practice made by the author. The operation of placing it on the reader's Vault or importing it into another application is not included in the actual verification of this record.

• Anytype is a one-time startup and two reading observations of the official Linux AppImage v0.57.3. The original PNG of welcome has been posted. Clicks and account operations on the actual GUI are zero.
• Obsidian is another Linux author Vault's real GUI editing, saving, reopening and real file. Three pre-inputs, API, and paths using state reading and original copies are distinguished by verification records.
• Anytype termination is a record of sending SIGTERM to the ownership process and confirming the release of the app and Xorg's real wait0. It is not the result of clicking Close on the GUI.
• The original PNG and the bytes of the distributed Markdown and SHA256 are matched. The official source of Anytype uses the saved text linked to the fixed tag, and no additional source acquisition is carried out this time.

• Anytype v0.57.3 official release・Linux AppImage
• Anytype's fixed commit・Official README
• Obsidian's independent author example and saved file
• Verification record that summarizes the correspondence between the original and public files this time

Anytype's synchronization, encryption, storage format, object editing, export, mobile, SimpleMemo, speed, productivity, and inflow effects have not been verified. We have not verified the identity of the reproduction build of the official source and the distributed binary.

If you want to see the text and links of Markdown specifically, proceed to the author example of the four notes. The comparison between SimpleMemo and Anytype, including sending short notes and emails from iPhone, is in a comparison article with a different purpose.