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VaultLink is one of several solutions for synchronising Obsidian vaults. This page compares VaultLink with popular alternatives to help you choose the right tool.
## Universal sync alternatives
syncthing
## VaultLink Obsidian plugin alternatives
There are already numerious ways to sync an Obsidian vault.
- LiveSync - 300k - https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync
- Relay - 24k downloads https://github.com/No-Instructions/Relay
- Sync server isn't open source
- Has to maintain separate CRDT per file, no out-of-band updates
- Remotely Save 1.1M downloads https://github.com/remotely-save/remotely-save
- conflict resolution is paid pro feature
- no tests & trash code
- Remotely Sync - 38k downloads https://github.com/sboesen/remotely-sync
- Same as remotely save
- Self-hosted LiveSync - 300k downloads
- SyncFTP 5k - downloads https://github.com/alex-donnan/SyncFTP - ridiculously simple
- Syncthing Integration - 22.6k downloads https://github.com/LBF38/obsidian-syncthing-integration
- Unfinished
- Manual conflict resolution
- Git - 1.4M downloads
- https://github.com/conql/obsidian-seafile - cool file change indicators
## Obsidian alternatives
- https://anytype.io/
- https://github.com/gamosoft/NoteDiscovery?ref=selfh.st
- https://github.com/timothepoznanski/poznote?ref=selfh.st
- https://appflowy.com/ - could steal editor
- https://demo.flatnotes.io/
- https://etherpad.org/
- https://kitemaker.co/ - discontinued after sale of company
- https://b3log.org/siyuan/en/
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/standard-notes/id1285392450
- https://affine.pro/
- Notion plugin https://developers.notion.com/reference/intro
- https://www.xda-developers.com/self-hosted-markdown-editors-that-sync-without-the-cloud/
- https://simplenote.com/
- https://github.com/fccview/rwMarkable?ref=selfh.st
- https://notesnook.com/
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/logseq/id1601013908
- blinko
- Zen notes https://www.sheshbabu.com/zen/
- https://www.getdnote.com/ - CLI only
- https://juretriglav.si/open-source-collaborative-text-editors/
- https://logseq.com/
- https://github.com/suitenumerique/docs - French goverment project
- https://silverbullet.md/ - pretty simplistic but nice editor (can't change font though)
- https://joplinapp.org/
- https://github.com/outline/outline
- https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium obsidian but worse
- https://github.com/suitenumerique/docs
- https://livebook.dev/ - collaborative jupyter
- https://www.blocknotejs.org/docs/editor-basics for online editor
- https://github.com/colanode/colanode - notion like
- Blinko
- https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1kswy2n/many_notes_v090_markdown_notetaking_app_designed/#lightbox online editor https://github.com/brufdev/many-notes
- https://www.sheshbabu.com/zen/ text editor and database
- https://github.com/ekzhang/rustpad
- VS Code-eque vibes, single markdown editor based on OT, self-hostable, long
- rwmarkable
Bad ones:
- https://cryptpad.org/instances/
- https://hedgedoc.org/ - only has split editor
- https://www.usememos.com/ - twitter notes
- https://alextselegidis.com/get/plainpad/ - too simple
- https://standardnotes.com/ - have to pay for folders
- https://turtlapp.com/
## Key Differentiator: Editor Agnostic
**VaultLink is not tied to Obsidian.** While it includes an Obsidian plugin for convenience, VaultLink synchronises plain text files and works with any editor: