Can multiple users edit at the same time?

[Thibaultmol]

I’ve already seen these posts:

Obsidian Sync: Live team collaborative editing

Idea is for a live share feature, similar to options like VS Code Live Share Extension Pack HackMD / CodiMD google docs for real-time team collaboration. The main feature is that one or more people can edit the same document at the same time and see each others cursors. Perhaps even sharing the same application UI state with panel locations, file browser, graph view, etc.

Peer2Peer Collaboration

Use case or problem Collaborated Editing Across two or more people (good for Teams) . Across devices of same person. Chat and Communication. Assuming that it is going to be on server-less P2P model, This will allow users to skip any third party service, and allow better privacy and control. Proposed solution I suggest a Peer2Peer solution for collaboration. On server-less model, (server-less implies that no server computer will negotiate when establishing P2P contact, it must all depen…

So I assume it’s not possible atm?
But if you’re not editing the same document, is it possible to have multiple people edit an Obsidian (different documents) at the same time?
Thinking about using Obsidian within my team.

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@Thibaultmol

But if you’re not editing the same document, is it possible to have multiple people edit an Obsidian (different documents) at the same time?
Thinking about using Obsidian within my team.

Yes, you can definitely do that.

[Thibaultmol]

Nice!

• So what happens if two people were to edit at the same time? Do notes get ‘read-only’ locked like if you were to open a regular document.
• Does the sync service you guys offer work for this solution? (or does syncing the folder itself with a 3rd party program also work?)

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@Thibaultmol

So what happens if two people were to edit at the same time? Do notes get ‘read-only’ locked like if you were to open a regular document.

Your question (the one I quoted) asks about different documents, right? In that case it’s alright. If you work on the same document, I think the later change would just override.

@Thibaultmol

Does the sync service you guys offer work for this solution? (or does syncing the folder itself with a 3rd party program also work?)

Yes, the latest Obsidian Sync comes with conflict merging. Synced vaults can’t be shared yet, so please use the same account on multiple devices.

I hope that helps!

[Nils.Srvd]

@Peer2Peer Collaboration

so what happens if two people were to edit at the same time?

• Does the sync service you guys offer work for this solution? (or does syncing the folder itself with a 3rd party program also work?)

Look for Yjs. Peer 2 peer collaborative spaces.

[Thibaultmol]

Update on this. Haven’t tested it myself yet. But for anyone who stumbles onto this thread:

Self-hosted LiveSync (ex:Obsidian-livesync) released

Hi, everyone. I released Self-hosted LiveSync. It available for PC, Mac, Android and iOS (and should be Linux). It must be useful for the people who have limitations to using the cloud (e.g. Researcher, Creator, or Developer) to keep NDA or some agreement. Or writing in many devices and switching frequently and need conflict detection and merging. [obsidian_live_sync_demo] This plugin uses CouchDB as the LiveSync’s backend. So you can use your own CouchDB or IBM Cloudant instance. IBM Clo…