Syncthing vs Obsidian Remotely Save

I want to sync my Obsidian files between Windows and Android. Between using Syncthing and Obsidian Remotely Save plugin, which would be an better option for me if I only care about sync performance, security, regex support and battery usage?

Syncthing seems to be a better option, though I'm not sure whether it supports encryption when transmitting data and regex. but it requires constant running in the background so I would say it consumes more battery power than remotely save

Remotely Save plugin is a bit buggy in my opinion (experienced a few file lost and incorrect sync when creating new files) but it supports encryption in transmitting data and regex.

thanks a lot in advance

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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I use synctging for other stuff, so for me it was a bit of a nobrainer to use it for obsidian too. I have run into some issues. Notably with trash. It will very often try, and fail, to sync trashed files. I have to put a lot of stuff in the ignore field for all my files to make it stop spitting out errors all the time. I think the best part of it though is that it works so smoothly the rest of the time. I almost never even need to think about it nowadays, now that I've got it all setup.

Just be aware that there are some characters that obsidian allows in file and folder names that cause syncthing to throw a fit. Like question marks. Oh god why do question marks cause so many issues in syncthing its awful.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Thanks for the reminder. Syncthing has been working great for me.

    And I just checked Obsidian does not allow ? in file names.

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