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Syncthing for Obsidian: Free, Private, and Truly Annoying
Syncthing is the only free Obsidian sync that never touches someone else's server. Here is the full setup, the best practices, and the flaw nobody warns you ...
Obsidian Dropbox Sync: A Setup Guide
I have synced my Obsidian vaults through Dropbox for years. Here is what actually breaks, what never breaks, and the fix.
How to Sync Obsidian on Android for Free
Android has a real filesystem, so syncing Obsidian on it should be easy. It is, once you make the one setup choice that decides which tools can work at all.
Obsidian Git Sync in 2026: What Actually Works on Mobile
The Obsidian Git plugin runs on your phone, and its own developer will tell you not to use it there. Here is what breaks and what to run instead.
How to Sync Obsidian on iPhone and iPad for Free in 2026
Four ways to sync your Obsidian vault to an iPhone or iPad without paying for Obsidian Sync, and the honest reason iOS is harder than every other platform.
Apple Books Hides Your PDF Highlights. My Obsidian Plugin Now Digs Them Out.
Version 1.1.0 pulls highlights straight out of your PDFs, because Apple Books stashes them somewhere completely different than your EPUB annotations.
Obsidian iCloud Sync in 2026, Including the Windows Problem
How to sync your Obsidian vault with iCloud, why the Mac and iPhone path is nearly free of setup, and exactly where iCloud Drive on Windows starts eating you...
The Obsidian Plugin Collection I Built One Free Kiro Credit at a Time
Claude Code Pro runs out mid-session. Kiro's free tier resets every month. Here's the pile of Obsidian plugins I built one free credit at a time.
I Built an Obsidian OCR Plugin for My Notebooks, Then Started Talking to OpenClaw Instead
I built an Obsidian OCR plugin to read my handwritten notebooks, then stopped using it. The real fix was dictating my notes to an AI agent that keeps me in t...
How I Built Two Obsidian Plugins While Kiro AI Did Most of the Work
Kiro helped me build two Obsidian plugins in 6-8 hours.
Creating an Obsidian Plugin with Claude AI
I wrote the original script in Python. I had Claude perfect it, then convert it to an Obsidian plugin.
Exporting Mac OSX Book Highlights into an Obsidian Vault or Markdown Files
Import your Mac Book highlights, notes, and metadata into Obsidian using the Python Scripter plugin or just run the script to export them in the same folder.
Obsidian Web Clipper: Setup, Templates, and Custom Variables
How to set up Obsidian's Web Clipper in Chrome, use the highlighter, and build custom templates with variables, including a full IMDB template example.
How to Install, Activate, and Update Obsidian Plugins
Every way to install an Obsidian plugin: community plugins, manually from GitHub, and beta plugins with BRAT. Plus updating them and copying them to a new va...
How to Sync Obsidian for Free on Every Device (2026 Guide)
Sync your Obsidian vault across Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, and Android without paying for a subscription. Seven methods compared, with the real tradeoffs.