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Relay adds real-time collaborative editing to Obsidian, the popular note-taking app, so multiple people can work on the same notes simultaneously — similar to how Google Docs lets teams co-edit documents. It works even when you're offline, syncing your changes automatically when you reconnect.

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§ 1 — what it does

Relay adds real-time collaborative editing to Obsidian, the popular note-taking app, so multiple people can work on the same notes simultaneously — similar to how Google Docs lets teams co-edit documents. It works even when you're offline, syncing your changes automatically when you reconnect.

§ 2 — why it matters

Obsidian has a large and loyal user base that has historically lacked a native team collaboration story, and Relay fills that gap — signaling real demand for multiplayer features in tools traditionally built for solo use. For builders, this is a reminder that adding real-time collaboration to single-player productivity software can be a strong product wedge and a viable business model.

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