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Do you use syncthing to sync notes with your phone too? How do you set that up?


I do - Syncthing runs on both Linux (my PC) and Android (my phone). The configuration is same as any syncthing setup to share a folder (the top-level folder containing all the Obsidian vaults in this case) between two nodes (my PC and phone in this case) - their UI[0] is relatively straightforward.

[0]: https://docs.syncthing.net/intro/getting-started.html


Obsidian has an optional paid sync plugin that works out of the box. You could use Syncthing but I don't think it does text file diffing? Obsidian Sync keeps a version history of each file

I have tried to use a plugin called Obsidian Git that automatically runs git commits and pushes on an interval, but I have found it frequently had conflicts and the visual for resolving those conflicts wasn't super helfpul. I ended up just paying for Obsidian Sync. I wish I had a solution that kept my data just to myself, but I don't care that much of Obsidian has my notes


For my notes, it is only me who edits, so I don't have conflicts as such. If I edit notes on the phone while on the move, syncthing syncs to PC once I'm back home; similarly any changes done at home on the PC flow to the phone. I also use the Obsidian Git plugin (though I have disabled automatic commits and commit as and when I feel the need) - haven't had any conflicts so far.


It's also only me editing my notes and I have Obsidian git conflicts all the time.

Also, it freezes my typing every time it tries to push/pull. So if you put it on an interval, to make it more automatic, your typing will just be frozen every however many seconds


Great writeup of the tradeoffs. Also, Obsidian Sync offers end-to-end encryption.




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