Syncthing vs Obsidian Remotely Save

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32239055

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

2 Comments

GenkiFeral@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 335d (1 reply)

I don't know the answer for this but when I used Obsidian with the vault with Nextcloud, I made a huge mess of things. You can use the markdown/.md files (of many markdown editors like I do) in Nextcloud and use it between PCs and phones. I found Syncthing much harder to do this way, so only use Syncthing for my 50GB Music folder and for sharing PC-related things between computers such as themes, icon pack themes, wallpapers, and small programs and .iso files. And, Syncthing is no longer on Android anyway - which is good because I could never get it to work well on Android.

happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 335d

Thanks. It's been some time since my post. I've been able to set up Syncthing, which works great for me. Nextcloud requires a server which is really hard to setup correctly, so I'm settling on Syncthing for now

And, Syncthing is no longer on Android anyway - which is good because I could never get it to work well on Android.

https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android

I've been using Syncthing-Fork which works great.