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Obsidian Digital Garden vs Quartz
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Obsidian Digital Garden | Quartz |
|---|---|---|
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Stars | 2.5k | 14k |
| Latest | 2.103.0 | v5.1.0 |
| Last push | 2026-10-29 | 2026-11-10 |
| Release cadence | about 1 day between releases | about 252 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 2 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 17 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Obsidian Publish. Alternatives to Obsidian Publish →
Full replacementObsidian Digital GardenPublishes chosen Obsidian notes to your own site with backlinks and a graph; needs a GitHub repository and a static host.
Full replacementQuartzPublishes a folder of Markdown notes with backlinks, a graph view and search, on any static host.
Obsidian Digital Garden
- 2.103.02026-10-29Site settings in the Publication Center (#852): the new Site tab holds everything about how your garden looks and works:
- 2.102.02026-10-20Embed HTML files in your notes (#850): ![[page.html]] or ! (also .htm) now shows the HTML file on your garden in a fram…
- 2.101.02026-10-20Connecting from Forestry.md now asks which vault first (#849): the Connect Obsidian button in the Forestry.md dashboard…
- 2.100.02026-10-20Install garden plugins straight from the Forestry.md gallery (#848): a new obsidian://digital-garden?open=plugins&plugi…
- 2.99.12026-10-19Tidier GitHub settings (#847): Content base directory and Publish branch now sit in a collapsed Advanced section at the…
Obsidian Digital Garden
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Quartz
unsigned The latest release, v5.1.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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