Share once.
Update forever.

Linvau is a plugin for Obsidian that shares individual notes as live links. You choose a note and send the link; every time you save, readers see the current version in their browser, without Obsidian or an account. You stay in control: you can protect a note with a password, review changes before they go out, and pause or remove a link at any time.

Obsidian Publish turns a set of notes into a website. Linvau shares one note at a time as its own private link, and keeps it updated as you edit. That way you can send a document to a client, a class or a colleague without building a site. If you also want a public site, the two can live side by side in the same vault.

Every time you save, Linvau publishes the new version, and readers usually see it within 5 to 10 seconds. This means everyone works from the current document instead of an outdated copy. If you'd rather approve changes first, switch the note to Review mode.

In Live mode, every save is published automatically. In Review mode, readers keep seeing the last approved version until you publish the pending changes. Live suits documents in progress; Review works better for client deliverables or anything that needs a final check. You can change the mode of each note at any time.

Readers open the link in any browser, on a computer or a phone, with nothing to install and no sign-up. This makes it easy to share with people who have never heard of Obsidian. If you protect a note with a password, they'll only need that password.

Every link stays under your control. You can:

• pause it: readers see a “paused” message;
• replace it with a new link: the old one stops working;
• unpublish it for good.

Attachments follow the note, so they stop opening as well. All of this takes one action from Obsidian, on desktop or mobile.

Shared notes are hidden from search engines by default, so a link reaches only the people you send it to. If you want a note to be found publicly, the Pro plan lets you make it indexable.

Only the note you choose leaves your device. Before publishing, you see what goes out with it, such as images or embedded notes. Note properties are removed on your device before sending, and links to unshared notes show only their text, never their names or content.

The plugin reads only the notes you publish and the files they show. It has no analytics or telemetry. Its code is open source, so you can check exactly what it does. For details, see our Privacy Policy.

Linvau can't use end-to-end encryption, because the service has to read a published note in order to display it. What Linvau does protect:

• every connection uses HTTPS;
• files are stored privately;
• links can't be guessed;
• you can add a password or pause a link at any time.

For truly confidential information, we recommend not publishing it.

Linvau waits a few minutes before acting, in case the file was only moved or renamed by a sync app. If the note is still missing, the link is paused, not deleted, and it reactivates by itself if the file comes back. To remove a link for good, unpublish it from the plugin.

Linvau supports:

• Markdown, tables, task lists, callouts and code with syntax highlighting;
• images, PDFs and other attachments;
• Excalidraw drawings, shown as images;
• formulas (KaTeX) and Mermaid diagrams;
• embedded notes, published only if you approve them.

Canvas files and Bases aren't supported at launch, and are on our roadmap.

Each note can hold up to 400 KB of text, about 200 pages, which covers long reports and academic papers. Attachments have their own limit per file, depending on your plan. For larger documents, splitting them into several linked notes also makes them easier to read.

You can publish and manage links from Obsidian on iPhone and Android, just as on desktop. The reader page is designed for phones, with a collapsible outline. Linvau has been tested on macOS, iOS and Android.

Linvau works alongside your existing sync. When you edit a note on another device, the same link is updated, so you don't end up with duplicates. Just install the plugin and sign in on each device where you want to publish.

Linvau has a free plan and a paid Pro plan, and members who join during the beta get a founder price. You'll find the current prices and what each plan includes in Pricing.

Linvau is in development, and the public beta is planned for April 2027. Join the waitlist and we'll email you when it opens; we won't use your address for anything else unless you ask us to.