Would like a READ ONLY instance of Obsidian

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This sounds fairly identical to this feature request. Don’t forget to throw a “like” their way.

Read only folders

The idea is to be able to set certain folders as read only. Use case or problem When sharing a vault with collaborators, it would be useful to make particular folders as read-only to prevent change. This can include resources for use in writing. Proposed solution Include a setting in the context menu for read only. Current workaround (optional) You can use Publish, but that is no longer available for internal referencing.

And similar:

Option to lock editing of individual notes

I have been playing with the Templates and Templater plugins and have managed to template my template files (write over) multiple times. Probably a mix of trying things out, setting up mobile Obsidian, and user error… but it’s frustrating. What I’m trying to do Lock a note so it can’t be written over or accidentally changed. I don’t know how this could be implemented and am aware this ‘lock’ would have no meaning outside Obsidian (in the Finder, other apps accessing the file, etc), but I thin…