# Quartz for Obsidian

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Quartz for Obsidian and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free tool that turns Obsidian markdown notes into a static website, with each note becoming a page that rebuilds when files are added.

## Why people recommend it

- Turns Obsidian notes into static websites (2 comments): "A Quartz website builder creates a static site on my server, each MD file is a web page, and rebuilds when a new file is added" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49398021)) "Quartz for converting obsidian-generated .md files into static websites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956821))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Astro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/astro.md): 174 recommend
- [Hugo static site generator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hugo.md): 85 recommend
- [Jekyll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jekyll.md): 29 recommend
- [Eleventy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eleventy.md): 22 recommend
- [Zensical](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zensical.md): 17 recommend

## Cite as

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