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Does Obsidian feature a way to seamlessly sync between devices that doesn't rely on a propreitary service or external tool (Syncthing)?

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I sync Obsidian with iCloud Drive and it's been 100% reliable and very fast so far (a few months).

Obsidian has a built in sync feature if you pay for it. https://obsidian.md/sync

Every time I see a post about a note-taking app, Obsidian is mentioned in the comments. I don't know if the app is really good, or if those are just paid comments. At this point I'm not even surprised anymore, especially when conversations always end with a mention of Obsidian Sync.

It's because there are two ways to sync content across devices, paid sync through Obsidian vs. git. Given sync is a p0 feature, it seems logical that both get mentioned when the question arises.

Also, the app's really good, and I pay for Sync -- git works well, but it's a bit clumsier on iOS. Never posted a paid comment in my life.

That's not all the ways to sync.

I share the vault folder between devices with syncthing. Free and open source.

It's the biggest & most popular app in the note-taking space. It's closed-source, which I don't love, and I've tried to look for alternatives, but there just isn't anything else that's as good as Obsidian. In a situation like that, you don't need to pay people to talk about your product. People will evangelize it on their own.

Try SiYuan Note.

What's left if you take out "proprietary service" and "external tool"?

You can use a plugin to sync to git repo. Folders in obsidian are really folder on disk and. In git.

At this point you could hook up ci for instance to publish a blog folder etc

Hmm, why not do one thing and do it well? Is there much benefit for each and every app to reimplement its own seamless sync?

I think in a lot of cases it's a means of monetizing an app where everything else is essentially free/full-featured without being behind a paywall

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