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I am currently using Obsidian and the Remotely-save plugin. However, I have a big problem with Remotely-save.

  • Background synchronization is not possible in Android. The app must remain open until synchronization is complete.
  • Unreliable. Errors such as “Faild to fetch” and “error while sync” are displayed and need to be reset periodically.
  • End-to-end encryption must be available.
  • I am poor (monthly income is less than 500 USD), so it must be available for free.

Given the technical limitations of the Obsidian plugin, I am guessing that I would need to have a file system level synchronization method rather than a plugin to achieve background synchronization.

In addition to this, I have used Joplin, which also has the problem of no background sync for Android. Also, Joplin's desktop app is excellent, but the Android app is poor and impractical. I have also used Standard Notes, but it does not seem to be able to display dates in yyyy-MM-dd.

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[–] guest@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Nextcloud + regular filesystem sync works great. I am just storing my vault in a synced folder.

But you would need to host it yourself if you cannot pay for a service like Hetzner Storage Share.

[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Tried doing this and albeit it works, I ended up going back to the NC Notes app, which granted, is not as good as Obsidian.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

This is the way.

[–] SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why not use GitHub for notes storage? That's what I do

[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Not same as OP, but the reason why I do not use Github is because I do not want my data on what is essentially a Microsoft service. Especially, if I already self-host other services.

Although, I am aware not everyone can afford or wants to self-host, yet in my use case, it was just a matter of just installing NC on an already existing setup.

[–] guest@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

That's also an option of course. However, personally I wanted an option entirely outside of US big tech, so that ruled out GitHub.

Codeberg could be an option, but I didn't want to abuse their service for private, non-oss needs.