Obsidian Bases
Shares rank 2 of 4 obsidian plugins by recommenders
Built-in Obsidian feature that makes complex note queries fast without third-party plugins like Dataview.
Built-in Obsidian feature that makes complex note queries fast without third-party plugins like Dataview.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: 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
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Fast, solves complex queries
“released Bases to make complex queries equally fast (much faster than Dataview and other pre-existing solutions)”
Comment from 28 Feb 2026 in “Customer Update on Simplenote” “this is now solved with Bases, so I really appreciate that”
Comment from 11 May 2026 in “Obsidian plugin was abused to deploy a remote access trojan” Built-in, no third-party plugin needed
“The Obsidian "Bases" feature is a good fit for this if you don't want to go deep w plugins and DIY”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” “Either you use Bases (first-party plugin) or Dataview (third-party plugin)”
Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Do you also "hoard" notes/links but struggle to turn them into actions?” “now that Bases in core, you can get pretty far without it, no?”
Comment from 11 May 2026 in “Obsidian plugin was abused to deploy a remote access trojan”
Other obsidian plugins people recommend
The three most recommended other obsidian plugins, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obsidian LiveSync | 8 | 2 | 80% | 8 | — | — |
| Obsidian BasesThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 4 | — | — |
| Omnisearch for Obsidian | 7 | 2 | 78% | 4 | — | — |
| Obsidian Git plugin | 5 | 1 | 83% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“this is now solved with Bases, so I really appreciate that”
“now that Bases in core, you can get pretty far without it, no?”
“Their "bases" thing isn't it.”
“The Obsidian "Bases" feature is a good fit for this if you don't want to go deep w plugins and DIY”
“released Bases to make complex queries equally fast (much faster than Dataview and other pre-existing solutions)”
“being able to work with bases is a huge plus”
“Either you use Bases (first-party plugin) or Dataview (third-party plugin)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.