EVC Team Relay Plugin

May 21, 2026 · View on GitHub

Real-time collaboration and web publishing for Obsidian.

Edit notes together. Share folders with your team. Publish to the web. Self-hosted or hosted — your choice.

The Problem

You love Obsidian, but your team needs more:

Sharing a note means exporting, copy/pasting, or screenshotting
Collaborating means switching to Notion or Google Docs
Publishing means paying $8/month for Obsidian Publish with limited control
Git sync works until two people edit the same file

The Solution

EVC Team Relay adds multiplayer mode to Obsidian. CRDT-based real-time sync — no merge conflicts, works offline, your data stays on your server (or ours).

What You Get

🔄 Real-time Collaboration

Edit the same note simultaneously — changes merge automatically
Share entire folders with viewer or editor permissions
Works offline — edits sync when you reconnect

🌐 Web Publishing

Publish notes as a website with one click
Three modes: public, protected (link + token), private (login required)
Custom domains supported
Perfect for: internal wikis, client portals, project docs, personal sites
Live example →

🔒 Your Data, Your Server

Self-hosted: deploy on your VPS with Docker Compose (server repo)
Hosted: zero ops, connect and go (entire.vc)

Install

Settings → Community plugins → Browse → search "EVC Team Relay"
Install, then Enable

Or open directly: obsidian://show-plugin?id=evc-team-relay
Plugin page: https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=evc-team-relay

Manual install

Download from latest release
Copy to .obsidian/plugins/evc-team-relay/
Enable in Settings

Quickstart

Connect: Plugin settings → Add server → enter your relay URL (or sign up at entire.vc)
Share: Right-click a folder → Share → invite by email
Collaborate: Open a shared note — edits sync in real-time
Publish: Right-click a note or folder → Publish to web

Who Is This For?

Small Teams (5-20 people)

Replace Notion/Confluence. Keep Obsidian. Real-time collaboration without $8/user/month.

Consultants & Freelancers

Share deliverables with clients via protected web publish. No "can you export that as PDF?"

Dev Teams

Documentation that lives in Obsidian, accessible to the whole team. Pair with Local Sync for repo /docs ↔ vault sync.

Content Creators

Publish your vault as a beautiful website. Better than Obsidian Publish — custom domains, access control, flat pricing.

Comparison

	Obsidian Sync	Notion	Google Docs	Team Relay
Real-time collab	✗	✅	✅	✅
Works in Obsidian	✅	✗	✗	✅
Web publish	via Publish	✅	✅	✅
Self-hosted option	✗	✗	✗	✅
Offline editing	✅	✗	✗	✅
Your data, your server	✗	✗	✗	✅

Solo Workflow? No Server Needed

→ EVC Local Sync — bidirectional vault ↔ local folder sync for AI-assisted coding workflows.

Network Usage

This plugin makes network requests to user-configured servers only. No data is sent to third parties.

Connection	Protocol	Purpose	When
Control plane server	HTTPS	Authentication (login, token refresh), share management (list, create, invite), server info, billing	On login, share operations, periodic token refresh
Relay server	WebSocket (WSS)	Real-time CRDT document synchronization between collaborators	While editing shared documents
Control plane server	HTTPS	Relay token issuance (Ed25519-signed)	Before opening a WebSocket connection
OAuth callback (localhost)	HTTP	Receives OAuth redirect on `127.0.0.1` (desktop only)	During OAuth login flow

All server URLs are configured by the user in plugin settings. The default configuration includes https://cp.tr.entire.vc (EVC Team Relay hosted), but the user can add, remove, or change servers.

No telemetry or analytics data is collected. The plugin does not phone home, track usage, or send any data to third-party services.