What are good solutions for storing images for Obsidian *outside* of Obsidian i.e. in cloud?

[rufuspollock]

I want to have a project like https://comparethe.co with lots of images in the project. However, I don't want to store these directly locally as then they end up in git and its gets bulky and problematic. Also if i store in image hosting i can do image optimization (i think).

I want something where i can drop an image in obsidian and it uploads to my cloud provider of choice e.g. R2 or S3 and then the link gets inserted in obsidian.

(Even cooler would be that this is integrated with Flowershow so that the images get stored in Flowershow storage directly)

Research so far

• https://github.com/addozhang/obsidian-image-upload-toolkit ❌ not relevant i think, this is about replacing images when you publish
• https://github.com/biubiubiu35/image-paste-to-cloud/

[georgejaneous]

Hi Rufus, I use the free image hosting platform IMGBB (or ibb.co). All of images in my Obsidian vaults use images sourced through a linked URL. There are numerous options within each image, I use the HTML Image, which looks like this:

< img src="image link" alt="image name" border="0" >

I occasionally use < center > and < /center > tags, and also append image variables like height, width, or pixel percentage.Like:

"height="400" width="400"> or
"height="80%" width="80%">

Just bolt this on after the border ref in the code.

You can create as many image sub folders as you like.

IMGBB is free, but there is also a paid plan, annual plan is US$8 a month, 3 year plan is US$4 a month.

Check them out: IBB.co

GJ

[rufuspollock]

Thanks - does this directly integrate with obsidian? Or do i have to upload first to image service and then paste url into obsidian?

[georgejaneous]

Hi Rufus, Yes, upload to the imgbb platform first, determine what image video code you need and copy it into your note. Loading it up locally is not really viable for obvious reasons. Using a cloud storage solution with CDN capability (most large cloud providers tap into either their own or tap into the likes of Google or Cloudflare) is probably the way to go. Cheers. George

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