Alternative methods to publish an Obsidian vault

Obsidian is great but finding a way to publish the Obsidian vault without purchasing the USD-20 monthly subscription of Obsidian Publish is a fun experiment though.

• Markbase

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    • GitHub: https://github.com/markbaseteam/obsidian-markbase
    • Thoughts:
      • plugin to publish notes on Markbase
      • [Pricing] starts at USD 9/month. Free to publish with subdomain *.markbase.xyz
      • Pro:
        • has graph notes, top-left navbar, right-side table of contents
        • simple publishing workflow, don't need to configure GitHub or Netlify, just copy-paste the markbase token into markbase plugin
      • Cons:
        • custom domain and full text search feature are hidden behind paywall
    • Demo:

  • the current most easy to set up and intuitive to use alternative of Obsidian Publish
• Obsidian Digital Garden

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    • GitHub: https://github.com/oleeskild/obsidian-digital-garden
    • Thougts:
      • use GitHub repo, deployed via Netlify
      • static site generated by 11ty
      • demo page, which is also the tutorial from plugin's owner
      • the current easiest free alternative of Obsidian Publish, simple, no navigation side bar
      • has a publishing modal called Publication Center to make it easier to understand what files were published, which has changed, been deleted and are yet to be published
    • Demo: plugin's documentaton website
    • Changelog:
      • 2023-01-09 update template, navigation bar is now sticky on small-screen devices
      • 2022-11-24 update, now has left side navigation bar

• Flowershow
  • Discussion in Obsidian Forum
  • 2022-11-24 update: self host via Netlify, does not have official plugin to publish in Obsidian yet
• Obsidian QuickShare

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    • GitHub: https://github.com/mcndt/obsidian-quickshare
    • Thoughts:
      • plugin to share temporarily your Obsidian notes on Noteshare.space for free
      • Noteshare.space is a service for sharing encrypted Markdown notes from Obsidian. Notes are end-to-end-encrypted and are only stored temporarily. Or you can also self-host Noteshare, though it's not easy 1
      • Requires no account or external API keys
      • similar to Obsius, this plugin offers a simple method to share one note to public but not suitable for publishing a whole vault or a folder of multiple notes
    • Demo

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    Footnotes

    1. https://github.com/mcndt/noteshare.space#deployment˄

• obsidian-mkdocs-publisher

  • From GitHub Publisher

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    • GitHub: https://github.com/ObsidianPublisher/obsidian-github-publisher
    • Thoughts:
      • the author of Obs2mk script (deprecated on 2022-11-09) decided to develop a plugin for Obsidian to enhance the publishing experience
      • this plugin send any markdown file to a configured GitHub repository, then deployed via GitHub Pages or Netlify, automated with GitHub Actions
      • one of the most easy methods to publish an Obsidian vault using MkDocs
      • has dark theme, built-in navigation bar, search feature. Tags in notes not yet supported. My current 2nd favorite approach.
    • Demo page is also the documentation of this plugin. It deserves a look which helps me to understand how the notes and folders are organized

• obsidian-zola

  • From Obsidian Zola

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    • GitHub: https://github.com/ppeetteerrs/obsidian-zola
    • Thoughts:
      • use GitHub repo, deployed via Netlify
      • static site generated by zola
      • demo page. Take a look at the author's demo repo to learn how he structured his vault
      • The template have left-side nav bar, right-side TOC, search box, nodes graph
      • This repo is not a plugin, just a simple method to publish an Obsidian vault
      • currently this is the most beautiful and polished alternative of Obsidian Publish

• MindStone

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    • GitHub: https://github.com/TuanManhCao/digital-garden
    • Thoughts:
      • use GitHub repo, deployed via Netlify
      • static site generated by next.js
      • demo page
      • similar UI to Obsidian Publish, has left-side file tree, node graph
      • aesthetically, this solution is second after obsidian-zola
      • This repo is not a plugin, just another template to publish an Obsidian vault
    • demo

• Obsius Publish

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    • GitHub: https://github.com/jonstodle/obsius-obsidian-plugin
    • Thoughts:
      • plugin to publish your Obsidian notes on obsius.site for free
      • demo page
      • this plugin offers a simple method to share one note to public but not suitable for publishing a whole vault or a folder of multiple notes
    • demo

• Share as Gist
• Obsidian Share
  • a single javascript snippet code, in companion with Templater to create a public link of a single one of my notes
  • current theme in Obsidian is also applied to published page.
• MdToNotion script to publish notes to Notion page using Notion API
  • Discussion in Obsidian forum
• Quartz

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    • GitHub: https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz
    • Thougts:
      • Demo page
      • Discussion in reddit
      • Has graph view, backlink, hard to navigation between notes since navigation bar are not built in, imho the acknowledgement footer are so intrusive
      • based on Hugo
    • demo

• Digital garden Jekyll template
  • Thoughts: minimalist style, not my type
• Jekyll Garden template
  • Discussion in Obsidian forum
  • Thoughts: lack of graph view, no navigation on left pane, has top menu bar. Not my type.
• Gatsby And Digital Garden
  • Thoughts: nice dark theme, use sliding pane style but doesn't have a button to close panes, not easy to navigate between notes cause of lacking of navigation bar
• Eleventy-Garden
  • Thougths: minimalist style, not my type
• pubsidian
  • Discussion in Obsidian forum
  • Thoughts: has navigation bar, graph view. But the acknowledgement footer for generator notice is quite intrusive, it should be a subtle Made with Pubsidian. Not interested enough to try.
• Yet Another Free Publish Alternative
  • Discussion in Obisidian forum
  • Showcase: Mara-Li blog
  • Thoughts: looks neat, has navigation bar, tags, search, but the navigation bar always collapse when a note is clicked
• Obsidian Steemit Plugin

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    • GitHub: https://github.com/anpigon/obsidian-steemit-plugin
    • Thoughts:
      • publish Obsidian documents to Steemit, a blockchain-based blogging and social media website

• Obsidian Telegraph Publish

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    • GitHub: https://github.com/reorx/obsidian-telegraph-publish
    • Thoughts:
      • Publish your Obsidian note to a Telegra.ph page
    • demo

• Etherpad-Lite Obsidian Plugin
  • Etherpad, the alternative of Pastebin for editors
  • Create an Etherpad-Lite server to host, share and invite for collaboration on your Obsidian note
• Sekund
  • share your notes and collaborate with others via community plugin
• OzanShare Publish Plugin
  • 2022-03-24, only accessible for exclusive subscribed member at USD 10/monthly
• Perlite
  • open source, self host version of Obsidian Publish
  • demo page
  • explanation in details from author's blog
• Obsidian-html

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    • GitHub: https://github.com/obsidian-html/obsidian-html
    • Thoughts:
      • A python library that exports the Obsidian vault into an HTML-based static website
      • alternatives: Webpage HTML Export
    • Demo

      • demo page is also the Obsidian-html plugin's documentation.

      • Webpage HTML Export screen cap

        

        

Comparison in details for publishing digital garden from kez.ie

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