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Product news, engineering deep-dives, and practical guides to getting the most out of a multi-provider editor.

Guide· 4 min read

How to switch from Cursor to Obsydian Lab in 2 minutes

Import your VS Code / Cursor settings, keep your keybindings and theme, and find out which of your extensions are already built in — no friction.

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Comparison6 min

Obsydian Lab vs Cursor: an honest comparison

Both put AI at the center of the editor. Here's where Obsydian Lab differs — multi-provider choice, unlimited BYOK, offline operation, and code that stays local.

Announcement5 min

Introducing Obsydian Lab — a sovereign multi-AI editor

A premium desktop code editor with twelve AI providers built in. Frontier intelligence is included, and your code never leaves your machine.

Privacy6 min

True BYOK and Sovereign Mode: how we keep your code yours

What 'local-first' actually means in Obsydian Lab — where your keys live, what crosses the network, and how to go fully offline.

Engineering7 min

Agent mode that actually ships code

Composer plans a goal, edits across files, runs your tests, and hands back a reviewable diff — with every risky write gated behind your approval.

Guide6 min

Twelve providers, zero lock-in: choosing the right model per task

A practical guide to routing work across Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek and more — and why a multi-provider editor beats betting on one model.

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