Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files

Re:Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local ... by qppo on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @11:48AM (#23325044)

I actually get a lot of value from cloud hosted solutions, I bounce between 2-3 machines daily and multiple OS installations several times a week, and would like for my notes taken on one machine to just be there when I write notes on another machine.

Another thing I need to do often is type up design docs collaboratively, we use google docs for this currently but it sucks for our use cases.

And finally, I read and write a lot of GH wiki pages and various markdown notes in git repos for open source collaboration, which isn't really helpful for cross referencing information.

Is there any way to do this with obsidian? I'm all for owning my data but tbh, a lot of the powerful features you demonstrate only make sense for me if I can throw my data up on a server and make it accessible from anywhere with an internet connection.

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Re:Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local ... by mjedmonds on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @11:52AM (#23325107)

Definitely can use across computers using a cloud sync provider (dropbox, etc).

You can also have multiple vaults, and if you want to collaborate, you can share that vault with someone.

Realtime collaboration may be a bit dangerous with syncing over a cloud provider. They are also planning a subscription with note hosting - perhaps that will include some form of collaboration.

If you put all of your GH wiki pages into a single vault, that may be a solution (though I don't think it's possible to create a solution to your setup in the most general setting - you'd have to be able to link to any file on your OS).

But you can throw your data up on a server and make it accessible from anywhere with an internet connection

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Re:Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local ... by kixiQu on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:38PM (#23328801)

It sounds like you want either something backed by a cloud drive with local installs of the software, or something more like a traditional wiki server with a markdown plugin.

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Re:Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local ... by mackrevinack on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:54PM (#23327114)

there's always the option of syncthing + a vps (or network drive or raspberry pi if you have one). i use it with a synology network drive myself and would find it hard going back a cloud storage due to the slow speeds you get when files have to go across the country and back again

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