Rev Obsidian Sync

Reverse engineered obsidian sync server (NOT OFFICIAL)

Warning

This is an experimental proof of concept. It was written hastily without knowledge of the real internal mechanisms. Expect a thousand bugs and inefficiencies. This is an incomplete reproduction of the server. Many features aren't supported yet. I'm not responsible for any data loss or corruption. Use at your own risk.

Note

If you have the time and energy, feel free to help out with PRs or suggestions.

Features

Basic sync
File recovery
File history

To do

Fix bugs
Sharing notes
Publish
~~Automate patching of electron app~~ Plugin to override API endpoint #1

Setup

git clone https://github.com/acheong08/obsidian-sync
cd obsidian-sync
export HOST=<YOUR DOMAIN NAME>
go run cmd/obsidian-sync/main.go
Use nginx or cloudflare to proxy & handle TLS/SSL

Nginx configuration

map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
        default upgrade;
        '' close;
}
server {
	listen 80 default_server;
	listen [::]:80 default_server;
	location / {
		proxy_http_version 1.1;
            	proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
            	proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
           	proxy_set_header Host $host;
		proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000/;
	}
	server_name _;
}

Adding a new user

go run cmd/signup/main.go

Usage

As ObsidianMD is written with Electron, you can unzip the resource pack and modify it to suite your needs

Download Obsidian
tar -xvzf obsidian-1.3.7.tar.gz
cd obsidian-1.3.7/resources
npx asar extract obsidian.asar obsidian
sed -i 's|api.obsidian.md|<YOUR DOMAIN NAME>|g' obsidian/*.js (Remember to replace https with http if running on localhost)
npx asar pack obsidian obsidian.asar
Run the binary