I’ve recently switched from Notion to Obsidian (almost anyway). But I still have to find a good way to sync. I tried nextcloud, but I couldn’t get two way sync to work on mobile. I feel like €10,- a month for just sync is a bit much, and it (partly) defeats the idea of “the files are mine”.

I wish the official sync software was available for self hosting (ie as a Docker container). Maybe even against a one time fee?

What solutions do others here use for syncing?

Kata1yst
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Obsidian Livesync

Pros:

  • bullet proof

  • Simple

  • FOSS

  • Selfhosted

Cons:

  • password/secrets manager nearly required to setup new devices

  • fails to make my morning coffee

Uninvited Guest
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Amazing, sync has been holding me back from adopting Obsidian. I’ve been tooling around with Nextcloud Notes/Quillpad thus far and while it works, it has its limits - especially since I like to link my notes to one another. This might actually be the thing that finally gets me to switch. Thank you for sharing.

Is this better than syncthing?

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A thousand times. And I say that as a fan of Syncthing, I use it for half a dozen other use cases.

I used syncthing for a while. Then tried github with mostly terrible results. Now i’m back on syncthing. It involves a little bit of setup, but i mostly forget about it now. It just works.

I use syncthing, it is great for folder syncthing between multiple devices and no “server” needed

I used to use syncthing but got annoyed by it drawing sooooo much battery from my android phone. Tried the fork and got it down a bit but kt was just too much in the end.

SyncThing is fantastic; I use it for Obsidian files and also for password manager databases.

radix
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Obsidian and Syncthing should work together in theory, though I haven’t tried them.

My sync setup, working perfectly, and using Obsidian on all 3 devices almost daily. YMMV.

  • Desktop (Mac): Google Drive

  • Chromebook (installed as Linux app): Google Drive

  • Phone (Android): AutoSync for Google Drive. Bought paid version just to support them, don’t think it was necessary. $5, got to spend my Google Play Credit 😊👍

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I keep the vault in Nextcloud, and use Nextcloud notes for any other platform than desktop. For the most part it’s working pretty great.

I just keep my vault in Dropbox and use Dropbox sync for Android to keep it working on my phone.

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If you’re in the Apple ecosystem, you can toss your vault into iCloud Drive. If you’re technically proficient (and brave) you can write a cron to sync into whichever service you want via a local machine.

In addition to iCloud, I have a one-way sync (rsync) which functions as a poor man’s backup to get all my files into Dropbox; lots of stern warnings from Obsidian not to use Dropbox.

Syncthing. Works really good for paying nothing.

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