Obsidian alternative with sync

An Obsidian vault is a folder of markdown files. Put it into a git repository on Skillok and you get sync between devices, the history of every edit and a way to read your notes in the browser — with links between notes, callouts and tags.

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Which Obsidian markup Skillok understands#

  • links between notes [[Note title]];
  • callouts > [!NOTE], > [!WARNING] and the like;
  • highlights ==text== and tags #tag;
  • ordinary markdown: tables, task lists, footnotes, formulas, Mermaid diagrams, code highlighting.

Obsidian plugins, the graph view and canvases are part of the Obsidian app; the browser on Skillok does not have them. .canvas and other files are stored as ordinary files.

Sync through git#

The vault becomes a repository. On your computer you keep working in Obsidian and send changes with git commands or any git client — there are also Obsidian plugins that do it automatically. On another device you pull the changes the same way. Access is over HTTPS with a personal token.

If you are away from your computer, you can open a note and fix it right in the browser — the edit becomes a commit in the history.

History instead of backups#

Every push is stored in full: you see what changed in a note and when, and can open or restore any version. A paragraph you deleted by accident is waiting in the file's history.

How to move your vault#

cd ~/Obsidian/MyVault
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Obsidian vault"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://skillok.org/git/OWNER/notes.git
git push -u origin main

You can keep the .obsidian folder with the app settings in the repository or exclude it with .gitignore — your choice.

Limits#

A private repository is visible only to you and the people you invite. A repository can be up to 2 GB; large attachments are better stored with Git LFS. If you are still deciding how to organize the vault itself, see how to set up a personal knowledge base.

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