Readine Sync is an Obsidian plugin that takes articles from your feeds into the vault: full text with images, notes, tags.
You read an article, then close it. A month later it’s nowhere to be found: it has drifted down the feed, and in search results you have to hunt for it.
Copying into Obsidian by hand is a boring routine: select, paste, format.
Wiring a reading app to a middleman service and Zapier is fiddly and brittle: it breaks with every update. Most reading apps have no export to Obsidian.
You install Readine Sync from the Obsidian plugin catalogue: find it in the list, install it and enable it.
To connect, open Settings → Obsidian in Readine and generate a code. In Obsidian paste the code and click “Connect”.
By default only starred articles go into the vault. If you want to pull all articles from your feeds, turn this filter off in the plugin settings.
Articles are saved in full text, together with images. Sync is one-way. Edit the file in Obsidian freely — the plugin will not overwrite it.
Articles are saved in Markdown with metadata: title, date, link to the original, tags, notes. The file format can be switched to HTML.
The file path is set by a template. By default it is Readine/feed name/year-month/title.md, and you can tailor the vault structure to your liking.
Auto-sync by default runs every 5 minutes, and the interval is configurable. Sync can also be started manually at any time.
Auto-deletion is off by default. If it’s on, files that haven’t changed for 7, 30, 90 or 365 days are deleted.
If an article is deleted in Readine, the file in the vault stays. Deletion sync is turned on by a separate setting.
Q: Which articles will get into the vault?
A: By default only those you marked with a star. Turn the filter off in the plugin settings and every article from your feeds will start landing in your vault.
Q: Will my edits in notes be overwritten?
A: No. If you edited a file in Obsidian, the plugin will not touch it. Protection of local edits is on by default.
Q: What happens if an article is deleted at the source?
A: The file will stay in the vault. The plugin checks whether a copy of the article exists in Readine.
Q: What happens if an article is deleted in Readine?
A: The file will stay in the vault, but deletion sync can be turned on.
Q: Does the export cost money?
A: Yes, export to Obsidian is a paid module. You can try it free for 3 weeks, no payment card needed.
Q: Does it work in Obsidian on mobile?
A: Yes. The plugin works both on a computer and on a phone. On a phone, sync runs over Wi-Fi only by default, so it doesn’t waste mobile data.