Cabinet
Shares rank 8 of 9 wiki software by recommenders
Free, open source knowledge base that combines Obsidian-style notes with an LLM, liked for fitting Claude Code workflows and shipping HTML apps.
Free, open source knowledge base that combines Obsidian-style notes with an LLM, liked for fitting Claude Code workflows and shipping HTML apps.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free and open source
“Cabinet is open source, it’s like Paperclip+obsidian together, open source and free.”
Comment from 5 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Cabinet – Kb+LLM (Like Paperclip+Obsidian)” Paperclip and Obsidian combined
“Cabinet is open source, it’s like Paperclip+obsidian together, open source and free.”
Comment from 5 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Cabinet – Kb+LLM (Like Paperclip+Obsidian)” Fits Claude Code workflow
“it's exactly what I've been looking for since I started using Claude Code”
Comment from 5 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Cabinet – Kb+LLM (Like Paperclip+Obsidian)” Shipping HTML apps in knowledge bases
“really like the shipping of html apps inside knowledge bases”
Comment from 5 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Cabinet – Kb+LLM (Like Paperclip+Obsidian)”
Other wiki software people recommend
The four most recommended other wiki software, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confluence | 38 | 80 | 32% | 11 | 12 yrs3 owners | — |
| TiddlyWiki | 19 | 1 | 95% | 7 | — | Approved |
| MediaWiki | 15 | 9 | 63% | 8 | 6 yrs3 owners | — |
| Outline | 10 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| CabinetThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“really like the shipping of html apps inside knowledge bases”
“Cabinet is open source, it’s like Paperclip+obsidian together, open source and free.”
“Great work Hila, can’t wait to see what’s coming next!”
“it's exactly what I've been looking for since I started using Claude Code”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.