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Notion vs Obsidian

Side-by-side technology stack comparison.

Notion
Notion Labs
Obsidian
Dynalist Inc.

Quick Facts

Notion
Obsidian
PlatformmacOSmacOS
Runtimeelectronelectron
Versionv7.38.1v1.14.4
Size498 MB920 MB
ArchitectureApple SiliconUniversal (Apple Silicon + Intel)
Dependencies734
Releasedlast weeklast week
Scannedtodaylast week
Notion
Platform
macOS
Runtime
electron
Version
v7.38.1
Size
498 MB
Architecture
Apple Silicon
Dependencies
73
Released
last week
Scanned
today
Obsidian
Platform
macOS
Runtime
electron
Version
v1.14.4
Size
920 MB
Architecture
Universal (Apple Silicon + Intel)
Dependencies
4
Released
last week
Scanned
last week

Technology Stack Comparison

2 shared technologies. 61 unique to Notion. 2 unique to Obsidian.

TechnologyNotionObsidian
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electron-updater—
Cloud
Google Cloud—
Firebase—
Compression
fflate—
Cryptography
md5—
Database
SQLite—
electron-store—
Date & Time
luxon—
Desktop Framework
VS Code Extension API—
Error Tracking
Sentry—
Feature Flags
Statsig—
File System
fs-extra—
file-uri-to-path—
I/O
block-buffer—
Internationalization
FormatJS—
Logging
electron-log—
Machine Learning
LangChain—
Media
Jimp—
Observability
OpenTelemetry—
Parser
colord—
Platform Binding
bindings—
node-addon-api
core-foundation—
Runtime
Electron
Serialization
js-yaml—
State Management
Redux—
UI Framework
React—
Utility
debug—
semver—
safe-buffer—
path-to-regexp—
Validation
Ajv—
Web Server
Fastify—
Other
cf-prefs—
loudness—
scheduler—
@common/ai—
@common/utils—
@noble/hashes—
node-pipewire—
app-builder-lib—
email-validator—
@notionhq/shared—
@common/oauthPopup—
@hitarth-gg/devtron—
@common/recordModels—
@eneris/push-receiver—
@notionhq/shared-intl—
@notionhq/shared-icons—
@notionhq/shared-routes—
@notionhq/shared-sqlite—
@notionhq/shared-styles—
@photon-ai/imessage-kit—
@vercel/request-context—
@common/applecartRouting—
@notionhq/desktop-native—
@notionhq/test-framework—
@notionhq/shared-clientMcp—
@notionhq/shared-mcpFileTransfer—
@atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop—
@jasonscheirer/native-progress-bar—
@notionhq/electron-forge-maker-msix—
@atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop-hitbox—
btime—
get-fonts—

Auto Update

electron-updater
NotionObsidian

Cloud

Google Cloud
NotionObsidian
Firebase
NotionObsidian

Compression

fflate
NotionObsidian

Cryptography

md5
NotionObsidian

Database

SQLite
NotionObsidian
electron-store
NotionObsidian

Date & Time

luxon
NotionObsidian

Desktop Framework

VS Code Extension API
NotionObsidian

Error Tracking

Sentry
NotionObsidian

Feature Flags

Statsig
NotionObsidian

File System

fs-extra
NotionObsidian
file-uri-to-path
NotionObsidian

I/O

block-buffer
NotionObsidian

Internationalization

FormatJS
NotionObsidian

Logging

electron-log
NotionObsidian

Machine Learning

LangChain
NotionObsidian

Media

Jimp
NotionObsidian

Observability

OpenTelemetry
NotionObsidian

Parser

colord
NotionObsidian

Platform Binding

bindings
NotionObsidian
node-addon-api
NotionObsidian
core-foundation
NotionObsidian

Runtime

Electron
NotionObsidian

Serialization

js-yaml
NotionObsidian

State Management

Redux
NotionObsidian

UI Framework

React
NotionObsidian

Utility

debug
NotionObsidian
semver
NotionObsidian
safe-buffer
NotionObsidian
path-to-regexp
NotionObsidian

Validation

Ajv
NotionObsidian

Web Server

Fastify
NotionObsidian

Other

cf-prefs
NotionObsidian
loudness
NotionObsidian
scheduler
NotionObsidian
@common/ai
NotionObsidian
@common/utils
NotionObsidian
@noble/hashes
NotionObsidian
node-pipewire
NotionObsidian
app-builder-lib
NotionObsidian
email-validator
NotionObsidian
@notionhq/shared
NotionObsidian
@common/oauthPopup
NotionObsidian
@hitarth-gg/devtron
NotionObsidian
@common/recordModels
NotionObsidian
@eneris/push-receiver
NotionObsidian
@notionhq/shared-intl
NotionObsidian
@notionhq/shared-icons
NotionObsidian
@notionhq/shared-routes
NotionObsidian
@notionhq/shared-sqlite
NotionObsidian
@notionhq/shared-styles
NotionObsidian
@photon-ai/imessage-kit
NotionObsidian
@vercel/request-context
NotionObsidian
@common/applecartRouting
NotionObsidian
@notionhq/desktop-native
NotionObsidian
@notionhq/test-framework
NotionObsidian
@notionhq/shared-clientMcp
NotionObsidian
@notionhq/shared-mcpFileTransfer
NotionObsidian
@atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop
NotionObsidian
@jasonscheirer/native-progress-bar
NotionObsidian
@notionhq/electron-forge-maker-msix
NotionObsidian
@atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop-hitbox
NotionObsidian
btime
NotionObsidian
get-fonts
NotionObsidian

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NotionObsidian
Code Signed
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Hardened Runtime
Security ScoreExcellentExcellent
Entitlements105
NotionExcellent
Code Signed
Notarized
Hardened Runtime
ObsidianExcellent
Code Signed
Notarized
Hardened Runtime
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