Obsidian Copilot vs Smart Ecosystem

Why dependency count matters

Every external library widens the attack surface. Copilot’s ~220 third‑party packages create dozens of potential zero‑day paths. The Smart Ecosystem relies on a single runtime library, making audits simple and updates painless.

Fewer packages → fewer maintainers to trust, faster patch cycles, and dramatically lower supply‑chain risk.

Own your notes, own your models

Smart Plugins are local‑first. Swap Ollama, LM Studio, or a tiny transformer without changing a single note.

Build workflows, not vendor lock‑in

The Smart Ecosystem core exports plain JSON. Fork it, script it, audit it – no hidden API calls.

Community momentum

Solo founder means rapid feedback loops. Ideas from GitHub discussions ship in days, not quarters.

Embedding means reading every note

To calculate vector embeddings, the model must parse the full text of each file in your vault. If that data leaves your machine, every private thought, journal entry, and PDF highlight is exposed to the destination server in plain text.

Cloud vectors create a permanent copy

Remote services keep a database of the vectors they generate. Even if they promise encryption, the raw text is still present in transient logs, monitoring pipelines, or future fine‑tuning jobs. Deleting an Obsidian note cannot delete the copy stored in someone else’s infrastructure.

Local models, zero leakage

Smart Environment ships with a tiny embeddings model via transformers.js. All vector math happens in your browser or desktop runtime, so no network packets ever contain your content. You keep search relevance and AI context generation without surrendering privacy.