Maybe it will be easier to implement now that Visual Studio Code for the Web is available.
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Maybe it will be easier to implement now that Visual Studio Code for the Web is available.
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Is the vault encrypted as a single large blob? If metadata and each file were encrypted independently, the web client could download/decrypt/upload all using local key.
The size of the vault wouldnāt matter (as much) and all HTTP and CDN caching strategies could be used as normal on top of encrypted files.
Iād also love to see this. And it would be a significant value added to the sync subscription with little operational cost (mostly a static SPA)
An alternative here could be that Obsidian provides an API to access the Obsidian Sync infrastructure, and the community builds a web app on top of that API
It should be no problem for a web developer to create a virtual cloud PC with persistent storage with Obsidian and a vault on it. Then you have a web browser connect, log in, and view Obsidian via browser-hosted electron app, but that cloud machine is the background.
Making such a system a service that people can subscribe to is another step beyond.
2-way sync is logically optional for this configuration; a backup system is your alternative. But if someone wants the cloud and a local desktop version, then Sync is needed.
Definitely would like this feature, and my use case is to self-host and make my vault available without having to install the software; personal preference.
As to the other points in this long and aged thread:
My advice to the folks on this forum: please be respectful and constructive, working toward a positive outcome.
My advice to the company:
Sorry if that has been mentioned already and I realize we are asking for a first part solution but have you guys seen this - obsidian - LinuxServer.io
Basically just a KASM container with Obsidian installed.
Just realised this is the most viewed thread in suggestions, and the second most replied as well.
Anyway, one other option for web access could be: create a CLI version on Obsidian that has core sync, which can run āheadlessā on a server, which can be accessed remotely via SSH (and web SSH is easy).
Thanks
andre
Yeah, this would be super helpful, I hope you guys create a web version that can access our cloud saved professional / subscription account data. That would be really helpful for us that work with overly crazy security teams that forbid any applications being installed on our work machinesā¦ or maybe do an electron version, that doesnāt require a local admin account to install. Either would be hugely helpful. Thank you!
This is great idea! We can access the vault everywhere if thereās a web-based version. I fell in love with the app weeks ago and now I am starting to realize itās pretty difficult to install the app in every single computer I am working on.
also need this.
I get that we want out data safe and local.
But sometimes, there is no env for us to use the desktop app.
@rafaelliu, @tom14, @Kellerman, and anyone else concerned about keeping data save and encrypted:
Iāve been using gocryptfs (source on GitHub), which supports Reverse Mode - allowing data to be stored encrypted at the remote, and decrypted only at the client machine.
Right now, Iām encrypting/decrypting manually, but it would be nice to have some kind of integration directly in Obsidian, either in the current local app and also in this proposed web interface.
This is why Notion will be the market leader. Shame.
for now
For now notion is the leader, or Obsidian doesnāt have webapp?
Itās been 4 years. Will Obsidian for Web ever be considered on the roadmap?
Iāve set it up in Kasm (container streaming to the browser). I think itās doable but not in the same way that Notion can. There would have to be an incredibly complex layer or API overhaul to allow for certain community plugins to work just for the browser version. Kasm and VNC and remote desktop gateways + browser are really the only way to access Obsidian as it currently is (from the browser).
Iāve got a workspace in my vault where Iām playing around with these ideas. Iām an InfoSec manager and love Obsidian but it presents potential privilege escalation and third-party code issues (plugins).
If you want to account for the glaring plugin trust issue, then you need a PAM system, or application whitelisting solution, and/or file permissions to make it so that there is a way to approve and whitelist plugin files in the āpluginsā directory. This is something Iām trying to figure out how to do in the next several months.
Any official developments?
I truly hope we get this sooner than later
This could make Obsidian appealing to a wider demographic and make it on par with the competition (Notion).
If Obsidian for the web is ever implemented, I would seriously consider switching to it if it meant that community plugins wouldnāt have access to all files on my computer, which they do currently
@kreendurron Having a web versions wouldnāt circumvent corporate policy. Not sure where you got that idea from.