# "Import" of Obsidian Notes? **URL:** \ **Category:** How To\ **Created:** [August 7, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/import-of-obsidian-notes/609 "2020-08-07T16:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JPMoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@JPMoo](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/JPMoo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/import-of-obsidian-notes/609/1 "2020-08-07T16:23:38Z")
I’m new to Emacs, Org, and Org-roam, but have begun to experiment and have everything up and running through Spacemacs on my MacBook Pro. Really getting into it and learning a lot. I’ve been using Obsidian Notes, which behaves the same way as Roam and Org-roam–links, backlinks, etc. Just to see what would happen … I copied my Obsidian note files into my Org-roam directory and changed their extension to .org. Of course, they open fine and links show up. However, clicking on the links does what you’d expect it to do–opens Org-capture instead of the target note. Backlinks aren’t recognized, of course, either. Does anyone have any ideas on how to “import” these notes into Org-roam so that links and backlinks work correctly? ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 10:18am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/import-of-obsidian-notes/609/2 "2020-08-09T10:18:39Z")
Hi @JPMoo, Obsidian uses markdown files (GitHub Flavored Markdown, GFM); Org-roam uses org files. So you would need to bridge them. One way to do this is to use a tool to convert `.md` files to `.org` files. A Roam migration tool is mentioned in the Org-roam official [documentation](https://www.orgroam.com/manual/How-do-I-migrate-from-Roam-Research_003f.html#How-do-I-migrate-from-Roam-Research_003f); I have [tried it on Windows](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-use-roam-migration-to-convert-roam-research-exported-markdown-to-org-files/235). Since Roam exports into `.md` files, this tool should be useful for Obsidian. You should also be able to use [Pandoc](https://pandoc.org/) to convert from `.md` to `.org` files. Lastly… For markdown files, I use my unofficial plug-in for Org-roam that enables it to directly work with `.md` files – no need to convert from `.md` to `.org` files; I call it [Md-roam](https://github.com/nobiot/md-roam). This is for my personal use, so it will likely feel rough around the edges, and I cannot provide the excellent level of support that Org-roam project has been doing. But apart from that, you are welcome to try it out. I will try out Obsidian, and see if Md-roam can borrow some ideas from Obsidian – e.g. `![[filelink]]` and `[[internal link]`] sytanx. ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/import-of-obsidian-notes/609/3 "2020-08-09T10:48:33Z")
Following up… Obsidian just works on my Org-roam directly (powered by Md-roam; I only have `.md` files). ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/orgroam/original/1X/c3e69e26c92dd85f64e1642ca73f1308689e260b.png) Thanks for mentioning Obsidian; never thought of trying it out without this post. Its capability and underlining logic to detect links for markdown files are a superset of Md-roam – even sub-directories and the the pandoc syntax of `[@citation-key]` as part of “Unlinked mentions”. Looks like I can use Emacs for better editing experience (for me, Emacs key-binding of text navigation is natural), and use Obsidian for exploring my knowledge graph… ---
**Author:** ![JPMoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@JPMoo](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/JPMoo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/import-of-obsidian-notes/609/4 "2020-08-09T12:47:53Z")
Thank you so much! I’ll give your plugin a try. Obsidian Notes is great. I like the idea of being able to use both. ---
**Author:** ![santi-younger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/santi-younger/32/275_2.png) [@santi-younger](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/santi-younger)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/import-of-obsidian-notes/609/5 "2020-09-12T16:40:47Z")
@nobiot This is exactly what I needed. I’ve had been keeping an eye over your project, but now that I’ve started using obsidian this is exactly what I need to make it compatible with obsidian! Thank you so much!