How to install Obsidian on a Chromebook

A small guide on how to install Obsidian on a Chromebook with Flatpak.

What is Obsidian?

Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of
a local folder of plain text Markdown files.

Revolutionize Your Note-Taking and Knowledge Management with Obsidian.md

1. Enable Linux support on Chrome OS

Check if your Chromebook supports Linux and if it’s enabled.

2. Install Flatpak

Flatpak is a utility for software deployment and package management for Linux.
In the Terminal, type the following commands:

sudo apt install flatpak

Add the Flathub repository:

flatpak --user remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

3. Install Obsidian

In the Terminal, type the following commands:

flatpak install flathub md.obsidian.Obsidian

You can run Obsidian from the Launcher or with the following command:

flatpak run md.obsidian.Obsidian

Installation of Obsidian

Obsidian on Chrome OS

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