On: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of...

[Joeboy]

What I'd like is an easy way to keep my notes synced on my laptop and my android phone. I suppose I could install git on my phone and do it that way, but maybe there's a less faffy way I'm missing?

[novirium → Joeboy]

Syncthing. Been using this combination for a few months now and seems to work fine between an Android phone and a few Windows + Linux machines.

I had previously been hosting TiddlyWiki from my phone, but offline editing + opportunistic syncing when on WiFi seems to fit a personal wiki better for me.

[mohanmcgeek → Joeboy]

I've been using it with termux+git on phone. My shell history has the full path to the obsidian folder and the previous git commands. So I just do up arrows and enter. Not that ugly.

I'll admit it's not as UXy as pressing a sync button

[Joeboy → mohanmcgeek]

I think this might have to be the winning answer for me.

[nabusman → Joeboy]

I use simplenote for this. It is basic text-based note keeping and free (by the Wordpress folks).

[ricardolopes → Joeboy]

I keep my notes synced on a Dropbox folder. On my Android I use Dropsync to keep all synced changes in the local file system (the official Dropbox app supports that but only for paying users).

Overall this setup Just Works for me.

[nonamechicken → Joeboy]

Obsidian in laptop -> OneDrive -> FolderSync in Android works fine as long as periodic sync is ok.

Syncthing may be even easier, but I didn't try it since I am not sure if I can restrict it to LAN only.

[e3bc54b2 → Joeboy]

Syncthing is the easiest, cheapest, most reliable way I've found.

[boomskats → Joeboy]

Obsidian Sync does exactly this. Works very well in my experience.

[Joeboy → boomskats]

It's paid which is a bit off-putting, but maybe I shouldn't be so cheap.

Edit: It looks like it's backed by git so maybe it could be used for free, with a bit of faffing. Unfortunately I'm cheap and lazy.

[gala8y → Joeboy]

Try Syncthing (Synctrayzor is a nice wrapper on Win, Syncthing-Fork on Android is better than original Syncthing), if you don't want to pay for their Obsidian Sync.

[input_sh → Joeboy]

As long as you can sync a folder on your phone (whether with Git or any cloud service), mobile app can open it.

Of course, you may experience some conflicts, but that's why you can pay them not to worry about that. Totally worth the price for me, though I do have a permanent discount ($5/month, as does everyone that signed up before Sep 30th).