# Cabinet

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Cabinet and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, open source knowledge base that combines Obsidian-style notes with an LLM, liked for fitting Claude Code workflows and shipping HTML apps.

## Why people recommend it

- Free and open source (1 comments): "Cabinet is open source, it’s like Paperclip+obsidian together, open source and free." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47649642))
- Paperclip and Obsidian combined (1 comments): "Cabinet is open source, it’s like Paperclip+obsidian together, open source and free." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47649642))
- Fits Claude Code workflow (1 comments): "it's exactly what I've been looking for since I started using Claude Code" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47649387))
- Shipping HTML apps in knowledge bases (1 comments): "really like the shipping of html apps inside knowledge bases" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47654165))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Confluence](https://hackerapproved.com/p/confluence.md): 38 recommend
- [TiddlyWiki](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tiddlywiki.md): 19 recommend
- [MediaWiki](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mediawiki.md): 15 recommend
- [Outline](https://hackerapproved.com/p/outline.md): 10 recommend
- [OzBrain](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ozbrain.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cabinet", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cabinet/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).