Quartz for Obsidian
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 7 of 10 static site generators by recommenders
Free tool that turns Obsidian markdown notes into a static website, with each note becoming a page that rebuilds when files are added.
Free tool that turns Obsidian markdown notes into a static website, with each note becoming a page that rebuilds when files are added.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 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
Turns Obsidian notes into static websites
“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”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: OzBrain, a shared brain for knowledge between agents and your team” “Quartz for converting obsidian-generated .md files into static websites”
Comment from 18 Jul 2026 in “I Started a "Dirt Notebook"”
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| Astro | 174 | 36 | 83% | 13 | 2 yrs9 owners | Approved |
| Hugo static site generator | 85 | 40 | 68% | 12 | 3.5 yrs9 owners | Approved |
| Jekyll | 29 | 14 | 67% | 7 | 10 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| Eleventy | 22 | 3 | 88% | 6 | 3 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Quartz for ObsidianThis page | 10 | 2 | 83% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
9 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Quartz née Display PDF isn't architected to allow that sort of remote display/access on a per application level”
“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”
“Fantastic improvement over Voice Memos for musicians making sketchbook recordings”
“This is amazing, absolutely lovin' it!”
“Quartz for converting obsidian-generated .md files into static websites”
“I worked on Quartz at BAML for 4 years, it was great.”
“I know first hand Athena and Qz are crufty when you get into the weeds.”
“it allows us to set different depth levels for the full graph view and the individual note's view”
“For non-technical people I'd recommend the Hostinger Website Builder, Obsidian Quartz or Astro Starlight.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.