obsidian-cost-tuning

# Obsidian Cost Tuning ## Overview Optimize costs across Obsidian's paid services and third-party plugin API usage. Covers Obsidian Sync storage management ($4-$10/mo), Publish hosting optimization ($8/mo per site), vault size reduction strategies, plugin API cost control with caching and quotas, and self-hosted alternatives for zero-cost sync. ## Prerequisites - Understanding of your Obsidian subscription tier - Terminal access to the vault directory - Knowledge of which community plugins make external API calls ## Cost Structure | Service | Price | Storage | Cost Driver | |---------|-------|---------|-------------| | Obsidian (core) | Free | N/A | None | | Catalyst (early access) | $25 one-time | N/A | One-time | | Sync (Standard) | $4/mo | 1 GB | Vault size, attachment count | | Sync (Plus) | $8/mo | 10 GB | Large vaults with media | | Publish | $8/mo per site | N/A | Published page count, bandwidth | | Plugin API costs | Varies | N/A | Per-call pricing (AI, translation, etc.) | ## Instructions ### Step 1: Audit Vault Size and Storage Usage ```bash set -euo pipefail VAULT_PATH="${1:-$HOME/MyVault}" echo "=== Vault Storage Audit ===" echo "Total vault size: $(du -sh "$VAULT_PATH" 2>/dev/null | cut -f1)" echo ".obsidian size: $(du -sh "$VAULT_PATH/.obsidian" 2>/dev/null | cut -f1)" echo "" # File counts by type echo "=== Files by Type ===" command find "$VAULT_PATH" -type f -not -path '*/.obsidian/*' -not -path '*/.trash/*' \ | sed 's/.*\.//' | sort | uniq -c | sor...