# Free alternatives to Obsidian Publish

> Obsidian Publish (Publish) costs $96 a year. Free alternatives: Quartz and Obsidian Digital Garden. Data checked 2026-10-17.

- Page: https://stoprenting.dev/apps/obsidian-publish/
- Category: Notes & Docs (https://stoprenting.dev/categories/notes-and-docs/)
- Vendor: Obsidian
- Plan: Publish
- Price: $8/month, $96/year
- Billing: per site; monthly or annual
- Price quote from the vendor's page: "Publish $8 USD Per site, per month, billed annually $10 USD Per site, per month, billed monthly"
- Price source: https://obsidian.md/pricing (checked 2026-10-17)

## Alternatives

### Quartz

- Website: https://quartz.jzhao.xyz
- Repository: https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz (13,410 stars, last push 2026-10-04)
- License: MIT
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: command-line tool
- Linux: unverified
- Self-hostable: no
- Note: Needs a command-line setup and your own hosting (e.g. GitHub Pages) instead of one-click publishing from Obsidian.
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/quartz/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

### Obsidian Digital Garden

- Website: https://github.com/oleeskild/obsidian-digital-garden
- Repository: https://github.com/oleeskild/obsidian-digital-garden (2,518 stars, last push 2026-10-15)
- License: MIT
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: desktop app
- Linux: unverified
- Self-hostable: no
- Note: Needs a one-time GitHub plus Vercel or Netlify setup before you can publish from Obsidian; not one-click like Publish.
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/obsidian-digital-garden/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

## FAQ

### Is there a free alternative to Obsidian Publish?

Yes. The 2 free alternatives are Quartz (open source, MIT) and Obsidian Digital Garden (open source, MIT).

### How much does Obsidian Publish cost?

Obsidian Publish's Publish plan costs $8 a month, which is $96 a year (per site; monthly or annual). Source: the official pricing page at obsidian.md, checked Oct 17, 2026.

### Which Obsidian Publish alternatives run on Linux?

None of the listed alternatives has a verified Linux build yet.

### Can you self-host a Obsidian Publish alternative?

There's nothing to host: Quartz is a command-line tool and Obsidian Digital Garden is a desktop app.

### Are these Obsidian Publish alternatives open source?

Yes. All 2 use OSI-approved open-source licenses: Quartz (MIT) and Obsidian Digital Garden (MIT).

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