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24 alternatives to Obsidian
Deno's first native GraphQL caching client and server module
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Obsidian launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Obsidian Mobile brings the power of our desktop app to your mobile devices.
2021 · obsidian.md · its alternatives →
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Obsidian Canvas gives you infinite space to research, brainstorm, diagram, and lay out your ideas.
2022 · obsidian.md · its alternatives →
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https://github.com/acheong08/obsidian-sync Hello HN, I'm a recent high school graduate and can't afford $8 per month for the official sync service, so I tried my hand at replicating the server. It's still missing a few features, such as file recovery and history, but the basic sync is working. To the creators of Obsidian.md: I'm probably violating the TOS, and I'm sorry. I'll take down the repository if asked. It's not ready for production and is highly inefficient; Not competition, so I hope you'll be lenient.
2023 · its alternatives →
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A few months ago I noticed that I was quickly approaching my 10GB sync limit for my daily driver vault. I considered deprecating some of the heavier files and images, but I was worried how it would affect the integrity of my vault. Instead, I took the opportunity to think to myself -- what would the perfect vault look like? I began to write down some of the key philosophies and strategies I use in my driver vault which led to indispensable plugins, which led to more indispensable philosophies and on and on it went. I've chronicled these results into a fully working vault template that…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Stellate is now open for everybody with edge caching, query analytics, error tracking and protection from malicious queries for your GraphQL APIs.
2021 · graphcdn.io · its alternatives →
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2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Instant GraphQL backend with Hasura & Neon in under 2 mins
2022 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, We've been experimenting with a real-time, version-controlled NoDB for Deno & React called GoatDB. The idea is to remove backend complexity while keeping apps fast, offline-resilient, and easy to self-host. Runs on the client – No backend required, incremental queries keep things efficient. Self-hosted & lightweight – Deploy a single executable, no server stack needed. Offline-first & resilient – Clients work independently & can restore state after server outages. Edge-native & fast – Real-time sync happens locally with minimal overhead. Why We Built It: We needed something that’s…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Last night, while trying to figure out the best way to implement caching in my app, I had an idea for a dirt-simple caching system based on a dependency graph. The premise I started with is that one of the hardest things to manage in a cache is dependencies between entities. In order to cache items effectively, you inevitably have to duplicate "child" data inside of "parent" entries. Then, when a child is changed, you have to invalidate the child and its parents, and its parents' parents, and so on. To try to help this, I hacked together a simple Node.js library called Stash, which models…
2012 · its alternatives →
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Light-weight NPM package to cache nested graphQL queries.
2021 · its alternatives →
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