cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32239055

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

  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Syncthing always encrypts when not local. I don’t recall, but it may also encrypt locally by default (I know Resilio doesn’t encrypt local by default, but I think ST does).

    ST is great on battery, and I sync a lot of files/folders between my phone and desktop. When setting up a new phone, I use ST to get thousands of files into the new phone (my photos, apks, documents, media files, etc).

    For example, ST has used about 6% of battery consumption over the last 24hrs - most of that is probably from syncing new backups at 2am. I also keep my entire SD card synced to my desktop using ST.

    On other phones with minimal sync requirements, it’s hardly noticed.

    Not sure what you mean by regex support though.

    Edit: It definitely uses TLS when local, I ran into a TLS version conflict on my LAN a while back.