Nothing wrong with that at all! You can set up a cron job to run Synchi every 5 minutes and it would work just fine. The only minor downside is some wasted compute since it rescans and hashes everything each run, even if nothing changed. For most files like text it’s negligible though.
In the future I might look into a lightweight daemon that uses Linux filesystem notifications (inotify) to trigger a sync when something changes.
Thanks! If you just need backup, with Synchi you set the ‘force=root_a’ in config, otherwise its bidirectional sync. If you need pure backups, rsync or similar might still be the better fit as they have some backup specific features.
I used Syncthing for years, it’s great (if you use it and you are happy, then you dont need to switch), but they are quite different. Syncthing requires daemons on all devices and can’t sync two local folders on the same machine. Synchi is on-demand, runs only on one side, and doesn’t care where the two root folders are.
I wrote a more detailed comparison here: https://jakobkreft.github.io/synchi/why.html
This is exactly how I use Synchi! Same idea but I use Logseq instead of Obsidian (very similar open-source alternative, worth checking out). Works great for syncing markdown notes between computers and my phone on demand. Of course I need to remember to sync before switching devices, but I prefer this then constant running in the background.
Haven’t thought about an Obsidian/Logseq plugin but honestly that sounds like a great idea… For now it’s CLI only, but I can definitely see the value.
I’m not too familiar with Steam Deck, but that sounds like it would work! As long as you can point Synchi at both save directories, it would keep them in sync and save you the manual copy-paste.
Thanks! I’ve done some testing, nothing scientific, but I can tell you it transfers at about the same speed as other tools I tested, usually limited by network speed. I spent quite some time optimizing how small files are packaged together for transfer, so there’s no slowdown even with many small files compared to a single file of the same total size. Android APK idea is not bad though! I’ve published 2 Android apps before so will definitely look into it. Current Termux terminal approach is definitely not very user friendly.