Obsidian image/package for Network Attached Storage (NAS) like UGreen, Synology

Feature requests
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Use case or problem

I run an always-on NAS that holds the master copy of my vault so other devices and automated scripts can read/write the live files without a desktop app running. The official obsidian-headless client (Feb 2026) does this via CLI, but ships only as an npm/Node tool. Installing Node 22 + npm on a locked-down NAS OS (Synology/QNAP), or depending on a third-party Docker image, is fragile and unsupported.

Proposed solution

Publish an official, multi-arch Docker image (and ideally a Synology/QNAP package) for obsidian-headless that runs ob sync --continuous as a supervised service, configured via env vars (auth token, vault path, sync mode). This gives NAS users first-class, supported headless sync without managing a Node runtime.

Current workaround (optional)

Master vault on the always-on NAS, synced by a community Docker image (Belphemur/crosbyh) that wraps the official CLI. Previously considered mirroring via Synology Drive as a second courier alongside Obsidian Sync, but that splits the vault across two sync systems and handles mobile poorly.

Related feature requests (optional)

  • Possibility for headless syncing with a CLI/daemon (now implemented → Feature archive)
  • Obsidian Sync: Self-Hosted Server (on premise)
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I’d also prefer an official container/package here. For a NAS, updating one maintained image and mounting just the vault folder feels much safer than installing Node/npm directly on the box. A short sample compose file with the volumes and env vars would probably cover a lot of Synology/UGreen users.

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I revised the title a bit (was “Could we have Obsidian on Network Attached Storage (NAS) on major providers such as UGreen or Synology?”).