obsidian-livesync

Git works well, but you don't get realtime/live sync. For my setup, I use the obsidian-livesync [1] plugin with a self-hosted CouchDB instance which has worked well for me. I periodically do commit things to a git repo as a backup if the live sync breaks somehow. [1]: https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync

There are free alternatives, e.g https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync

I'm using https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync with IBM cloudant as described by the documentation. It handle my android phone, a windows laptop, a windows desktop and a linux desktop

I come from different perspective: I would love to pay $15 per month if it gives me sync with my private storage and work on ios. Luckily for both of us there is a solution https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync Works well on ios.

Thanks for the pointer! https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync: self-hostable sync via CouchDB, MIT license, supports the visual conflict resolver and end-to-end encryption.

Obsidian Sync may provide a partial solution but it's mainly targeted at a single user synchronizing vaults between devices. There's also the Obsidian Git[1] plugin if you're working with developers that are familiar with Git, with all of the pros and cons you'd expect. Finally, there's obsidian-livesync[2] which in theory would provide some very powerful functionality; it seems very cool but given that doing such livesync is complex and easy to get wrong exercising a great deal of caution (frequent backups and care when rolling out for production uses) seems prudent. Keep in mind that Obsidian requires a license for business use[3]. They're a very small shop that's entirely funded by licensing/sync/publishing income and are making a pretty fantastic product and they deserve some cash to keep developing Obsidian. [1]: https://github.com/

i use https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync and self-host a couchdb instance for it... this looks like it might be a bit cleaner once it's all fleshed out...

I just setup Obsidian a couple days ago and have been using https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync which seems to work ok. I'm curious if SyncThing would be preferable. How does it handle conflicts? How often does it sync? Does it drain the battery on mobile if it syncs too often?

There is also another one: using the self-hosted LiveSync plugin.[0] This uses CouchDB. [0]: https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync