Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.

3recommend
0warn against
Jan 26, 2026first mention
Aug 9, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used forsearching journal noteshybrid search over markdownsearching markdown notes

Why people recommend it

“I use qmd for that on over 20 years of journaling and saved quotes, works great”

“this tool called qmd is what I use for the hybrid search portion”

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“The hybrid BM25 + vector + LLM reranking approach is exactly what I've been wanting for my notes.”

has hundreds of markdown files in Obsidianon “QMD - Quick Markdown Search”

Caveats and dissent

No one in these comments warned against it.

Who recommends it in their own words

All comments 3

“I use qmd for that on over 20 years of journaling and saved quotes, works great”

“this tool called qmd is what I use for the hybrid search portion”

“The hybrid BM25 + vector + LLM reranking approach is exactly what I've been wanting for my notes.”

has hundreds of markdown files in Obsidianon “QMD - Quick Markdown Search”

Threads where it came up

Also written as QMD. Data: qmd.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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