Obsidian Git plugin
Ranked 4 of 4 obsidian plugins by recommenders
Syncs an Obsidian vault through a git repo, which people find easy and works well enough for them. Main caveat: it can overwrite changes from other devices.
Syncs an Obsidian vault through a git repo, which people find easy and works well enough for them. Main caveat: it can overwrite changes from other devices.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works fine for basic syncing
“That worked fine, but but when I couldn't get it operable with my phone”
Comment from 1 Mar 2026 in “Obsidian Sync now has a headless client” “Obsidian git works well enough for me”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “Show HN: Files.md – open-source alternative to Obsidian” Praised as a great plugin
“I'm quite fond of the obsidian-gut plugin”
Comment from 28 Feb 2026 in “Obsidian Sync now has a headless client” “they also have a great git plugin”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “Karpathy LLM Wiki pattern integrated into Obsidian agenic workflow”
Other obsidian plugins people recommend
The three most recommended other obsidian plugins, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obsidian LiveSync | 8 | 2 | 80% | 8 | — | — |
| Omnisearch for Obsidian | 7 | 2 | 78% | 4 | — | — |
| Obsidian Bases | 7 | 1 | 88% | 4 | — | — |
| Obsidian Git pluginThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“they also have a great git plugin”
“Obsidian git works well enough for me”
“The git plugin is dangerous and will overwrite changes from other devices.”
“That worked fine, but but when I couldn't get it operable with my phone”
“I'm quite fond of the obsidian-gut plugin”
“making syncing with a git repo easy”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.