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

3recommend
0warn against
Apr 23, 2026first mention
Jun 26, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
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Why people recommend it

“Check out Tolaria [1]. Open source, works locally, uses markdown, no-databases.”

“It is like you have taken all the things I want from Obsidian (plus plug-ins) and made them into a single, well designed app.”

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Caveats and dissent

No one in these comments warned against it.

Often compared with

All comments 5

“I wonder how it compares to https://github.com/refactoringhq/tolaria They look similarly scoped.”

“Check out Tolaria [1]. Open source, works locally, uses markdown, no-databases.”

“It is like you have taken all the things I want from Obsidian (plus plug-ins) and made them into a single, well designed app.”

“any macOS tool (Tolaria, Obsidian, whatever) reads from the same repo”

Threads where it came up

Data: tolaria.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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