Do I need Obsidian installed?

No. The 'Obsidian importer' is a markdown-vault importer that handles the Obsidian conventions when it sees them. Any folder of markdown files works.

Yes. The Obsidian path is the only importer that runs on the Free tier — it's the simplest pipeline, and Obsidian users are most often a single person migrating a personal wiki.

Import from Obsidian — Raccoon Page

Q: What about my plugins?

Raccoon Page does not run plugins. Their output, if it was already inlined as markdown, comes through fine. Reactive features (Dataview queries, Tasks plugin) become static text.

Q: Can I keep using Obsidian on the side?

Yes. Raccoon Page exports back to the same vault format via the per-space zip. The shape that goes in is the shape that comes out.

TL;DR. Zip your vault folder. Drop it in the import wizard. Folders become page hierarchy. [[Wikilinks]] resolve. ![[image.png]] embeds preserve. Frontmatter passes through. The Obsidian importer is the one we recommend if your wiki is any markdown collection, Obsidian or not — see the markdown page for details.

What we import

Obsidian concept	What it becomes in Raccoon Page
Vault folder	Space
Sub-folders	Page hierarchy (folders → parent pages)
`.md` file	Page
YAML frontmatter	Page metadata + tags
`[[Wikilink]]`	Internal page link
`[[Page#Heading]]`	Anchor link to the heading
`![[image.png]]`	Embedded image attachment
Code fences	Fenced code blocks
Callout syntax (`> [!note]`)	Native callouts
Tags (`#tag`)	Tags

What we don’t import (yet)

Plugin-only block types. Dataview queries, Tasks plugin syntax, Excalidraw drawings — these are markdown that means something only inside Obsidian. We render the source verbatim and leave a note on the page.
Canvas files. Obsidian’s .canvas JSON has no equivalent in Raccoon Page. We import the file as an attachment, no preview.
Workspace state (open tabs, sidebar pins, theme settings). We import content, not preferences.

The step-by-step

In your file manager, zip your vault folder. (Or skip the zip — the wizard accepts an extracted folder upload too.)
Sign up for Raccoon Page. The Obsidian importer works on the Free tier; no upgrade needed for a single vault.
Drop the zip (or folder) in the import wizard. It identifies the vault by .obsidian/ presence — but a plain markdown folder works the same way.
Review the import. Wikilinks should be blue; images should render inline; tags should appear in the side panel.

Honest answers

Do I need to install Obsidian first? No. The “Obsidian importer” is a misnomer — it’s a markdown-vault importer that happens to handle the Obsidian conventions when it sees them. Any folder of markdown files works.

What about my plugins? We don’t run plugins. Their output, if it was already inlined as markdown, comes through fine. Their reactive features (Dataview, Tasks queries) become static text.

Is this on Free? Yes. The Obsidian path is the only importer that runs on the Free tier — partly because it’s the simplest pipeline, partly because Obsidian users are most often a single person migrating a personal wiki.

Can I keep using Obsidian on the side? Yes. Raccoon Page exports back to the same vault format. The shape that goes in is the shape that comes out. See the per-space zip export for the round-trip path.

Coming from somewhere else

Import from Confluence — HTML / XML space export, macros translated.
Import from Notion — workspace export, Markdown + CSV.
Import a single markdown page — one .md file becomes one wiki page.