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FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ftbd@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I like obsidian specifically because you don’t need to rely on some built-in sync tool. The files are right there and in a sane format, you can sync them however you want. I use syncthing for this at home, but the choice is yours

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  • AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Neat, I didn’t know that. I currently use Joplin this way, synced across my devices with Syncthing. Joplin also supports directly syncing to Google Drive or Dropbox (with optional encryption).

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  • mac@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I used to get a lot of merge conflicts working with obsidian and syncthing, as I’d edit on my phone and my computer(s).

    Honestly started considering just spinning up a git repo, but knowing me I’d forget to commit lol

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    • Gumus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The git plugin commits automatically. All configurable. I’ve set it up on both PC and Android once at the beginning and I didn’t have to think about it ever again.

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      • mac@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oooh, I will be setting this up tonight! Thanks!

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  • FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I tested it at work (we used Obsidian for a while to build an IT Knowledgebase but since moved away from it) and it really couldn’t be simpler.

    The main thing that keeps me from trying it is that in other to pay with PayPal you have to use some janky workarounds… As soon as they figure that out I’ll absolutely consider it

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    • papertowels@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Syncthing-fork for Android is the only tricky bit

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    • Swarfega@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Syncthing works great for me. I don’t use it on my phone but I know there’s an android version.

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      • FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Looks like it was deprecated last year, though

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• lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  $4 a month?

  There are sync plugins that use git, s3, WebDAV etc. Or you can use Dropbox or google drive or iCloud or sync thing.

  It’s just a bunch of markdown files and unless you edit with multiple devices at the same time it’s easy to sync

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• Opisek@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Have you seen the community-made self hosted sync plugin?

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  • FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have not, does it work well?

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    • Opisek@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, works nice as long as you have a server to host it on.

      The only annoyance is that it’s not very space efficient and you have to rebuild your database like twice a year to bring the size back down. It might be not that bad depending on what you do. I create above thousand new lines of notes with a lot of pictures every day and I’m at around 2GB after rebuilding the database. I expect it to go up to like 6GB biyearly, but, again, clicking on the rebuild button deals with that.

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      • trolololol@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You don’t need a server, I use drop box. You can also do Amazon S3 which is more involved but not as hard as a server. And 5 more options.

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• forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Have you looked at AnyType? Their free version includes 1gb of cloud storage. It’s far less mature than Obsidian, but may suit your use case.

  I’ve been using it for a little over a year, and love it.

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  • FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Looks interesting, I’ll check it out

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• Waldschrat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You could use regular Syncthing for any device other than iOS. And for iOS you could use Sushitrain/Synctrain: github.com/pixelspark/sushitrain

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