[thederf]

About a year ago I did the same migration: Obsidian to self-hosted Directus.

My main reasons were:

- Straightforward queries. I have a lot of structured data in my notes and lesson plans, and being able to work with SQL was ideal.

- A web app was much more reliable than Obsidian's third-party sync platforms.

- I could extend Directus to do all sorts of other things. I eventually built my wedding planner and website backend on the same Directus instance that holds my notes.

  (I also built a set of scripts on my Hackberry Pi that let me write text files on the go that saved to Directus)

The biggest disadvantage is that the writing and saving experience isn't as fluid.

[williamsss]

You're the first person I've heard of that has gone this route. Cool to know I'm not alone.

And yeah I have the same gripes around the writing experience. I prefer Vim so I've been looking into ways I can use my notes as local markdown which sync on save. Of course, keeping the Directus editor for my mobile device edits.

[thederf]

Here's a video I did for the Directus Changelog that shows how my system works: https://www.youtube.com/live/SZg6hYMA3yo?si=Qi-E5NGeoQicnpR_...

It's highly eclectic, but might give you some ideas?