# Is it true that Obsidian is already open source?

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**Created:** [October 28, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/is-it-true-that-obsidian-is-already-open-source/46413 "2022-10-28T16:29:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/is-it-true-that-obsidian-is-already-open-source/46413/9 "2022-10-29T00:15:02Z")

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Here the problem is also what you mean by “being open source”.  
Is obsidian code released with an open source license (MIT, GPL, etc) ? No.

Is a (minified/obfuscated/packed) version of the code available within electron? Yes.

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