c/obsidianmd · by happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world · 1y

Syncthing vs Obsidian Remotely Save

I want to sync my Obsidian files between Windows and Android. Between using Syncthing and Obsidian Remotely Save plugin, which would be an better option for me if I only care about sync performance, security, regex support and battery usage?

Syncthing seems to be a better option, though I'm not sure whether it supports encryption when transmitting data and regex. but it requires constant running in the background so I would say it consumes more battery power than remotely save

Remotely Save plugin is a bit buggy in my opinion (experienced a few file lost and incorrect sync when creating new files) but it supports encryption in transmitting data and regex.

thanks a lot in advance

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barkingspiders@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 1y (3 replies)

If you're a little technically inclined I went with the "Self-hosted LiveSync" community plugin and really recommend it. It requires setting up (and maintaining) a couchdb instance and going through the plugin's setup. Not the easiest thing in the world but not too bad either. End result, I have end-to-end encrypted LiveSync on all my devices.

kata1yst@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Came here to say exactly this. Been running it for years with zero issues, buttery smooth and thoroughly integrated.

douglasg14b@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 328d

Also been running it for years, except with LOADS of issues.

I regularly find myself in a situation where I have a new file on one device that just won't sync up. It's infuriating, and has been an off and on problem for years across a handful of devices. Updates are always a nightmare because of some incompatibility bug or config change...etc

I ended up having to set up and pay for the normal obsidian sink for my spouse for her school work because we just couldn't trust it.

Right now I'm using it with CouchDB. I'm going to try and use it with S3 and see if that's more stable.

happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

thanks a lot! will look into that

Lodespawn@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I store my obsidian notes in my mega share drive and it updates pretty rapidly between the two systems (Linux and android in this case)

happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

thanks a lot for sharing1

SethranKada@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 36d (3 replies)

I use synctging for other stuff, so for me it was a bit of a nobrainer to use it for obsidian too. I have run into some issues. Notably with trash. It will very often try, and fail, to sync trashed files. I have to put a lot of stuff in the ignore field for all my files to make it stop spitting out errors all the time. I think the best part of it though is that it works so smoothly the rest of the time. I almost never even need to think about it nowadays, now that I've got it all setup.

Just be aware that there are some characters that obsidian allows in file and folder names that cause syncthing to throw a fit. Like question marks. Oh god why do question marks cause so many issues in syncthing its awful.

happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 27d (2 replies)

Thanks for the reminder. Syncthing has been working great for me.

And I just checked Obsidian does not allow ? in file names.

SethranKada@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 27d (1 reply)

I think that was a recent change, then, cause I know for sure they used to allow '?' in folder names. It was such a pain to debug that particular error.

happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d

Good that they fixed it

ferrule@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 160d (1 reply)

late to the post but I use syncthing for everything. It works well but the biggest "cheat" is that some of my syncs are shared on my VPS. So when connections are a bit fuzzy between my phone and home computer it all just works. But that is usuall when I'm not on my home network.

happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 160d

thanks a lot!