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Not another note-taking app
Notion is a cloud wiki. Obsidian is a single-player editor. Glean searches your tools. Dust connects assistants to them. Cabinet is the only one where you own your whole knowledge base and files, visualize live apps and dashboards, and have your team and AI agents work in it. Here is how they stack up, honestly.
At a glance
Cabinet vs the field
The features that define the category. Open any head-to-head below for the full picture, including where each competitor comes out ahead.
| Feature | Cabinet | Notion | Obsidian | Glean | Dust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markdown files on disk you own | Included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Self-hosted | Included | Not included | Included | Partial | Partial |
| AI agents that act on your files | Included | Partial | Partial | Included | Included |
| Scheduled agent routines | Included | Not included | Not included | Partial | Partial |
| Bring your own AI keys | Included | Not included | Partial | Partial | Included |
| Visualize web apps and dashboards | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Web terminal | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Authoring / knowledge editor | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Open source | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Partial |
| No vendor lock-in | Included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
Head to head
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Cabinet vs Notion
Team wiki and docsA cloud wiki, or a knowledge base you actually own.
Cabinet vs Obsidian
Markdown notesA single-player note editor, or a workspace for your whole team.
Cabinet vs Glean
Enterprise AI searchSearch across the tools you have, or own the knowledge itself.
Cabinet vs Dust
AI assistants platformAssistants wired to your tools, or a file-based brain agents own.
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Why Cabinet
The only one of these you actually own
Your whole KB lives on disk
Your whole knowledge base lives in a folder you own: files, not locked rows, with live apps and dashboards rendered alongside. Grep it, git it, back it up. No export, no lock-in, no vendor holding your knowledge hostage.
Bring your own AI
Cabinet routes to the model accounts you already pay for. No bundled inference marked up on top, no new AI vendor through procurement.
Self-hosted by default
Run it on your machine or your cloud. Your data never leaves your infrastructure: sovereignty first, with SSO and audit on the enterprise track.
Own your knowledge. Keep your AI. Start free.
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