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FeedSink

FeedSink in your Obsidian

The notes in your vault, synced with FeedSink’s Notes area — both ways, only from the folders you mark. Conflicts are asked, deletions go to the trash, and nothing outside the scope leaves your computer.

Download the plugin

Version 1.1.3. Obsidian 1.4.0 or newer, on desktop and mobile.

The file feedsink-obsidian-1.1.3.zip ships the plugin’s three files: main.js, manifest.json + styles.css. It is downloaded right here, from feedsink.com.

Install

The plugin does not go through Obsidian’s community directory: installing means unzipping the file into the right folder of your vault. It takes a minute.

  1. Download feedsink-obsidian-1.1.3.zip and unzip it. Inside are main.js, manifest.json + styles.css.
  2. Inside your vault, create the folder .obsidian/plugins/feedsink and put the three files directly in it (not in a subfolder named after the zip). The .obsidian folder is hidden — open the vault in Obsidian at least once so it exists.
  3. In Obsidian: Settings → Community plugins. If “Restricted mode” is on, turn it off.
  4. Enable “FeedSink” in the list. If the list was already open, use “Reload plugins” or reopen the vault.

To update: download the zip again and replace the three files in the same folder. Your connection and preferences stay — they live in data.json, which the zip does not ship.

Connect to your account

  1. In FeedSink, open Notes → the vault → vault menu → “Connect to Obsidian”. Name the connector and generate the pairing code (valid for a few minutes).
  2. In Obsidian: Settings → FeedSink → “Connect with a code”. Paste the code.
  3. Mark what to sync: right-click a vault folder → “Sync” (or from the platform, in the vault settings).

Connecting is not syncing: nothing travels until a folder is marked. The first sync sends everything in scope, in batches, with progress in the status bar.

What the plugin sends

It talks only to feedsink.com, authenticated as you, and sends:

  • the content of the notes (.md) in the marked folders, with their frontmatter and each note’s path in the vault;
  • the attachments those notes embed, when the folder rule allows;
  • the folder names of the vault, so you can mark folders from the platform;
  • the vault name (that is how the device shows up in the device list) and the plugin version.

What it does not send

  • anything outside the scope: a file in an unmarked folder never leaves your computer;
  • the .obsidian folder (settings, themes, other plugins and their data);
  • anything to third parties, and no telemetry — no analytics, no usage counters, no automatic error reports.

The access is stored in the plugin, inside the vault. Revoke it any time under Preferences → API tokens, or disconnect the device in the vault settings.

The details are in the privacy policy.

Obsidian plugin — FeedSink