Obsidian Digital Garden vs Perlite

Obsidian Digital Garden vs Perlite
Fact	Obsidian Digital Garden	Perlite
Language	TypeScript	CSS
Licence	MIT	MIT
Stars	2.5k	2k
Latest	2.103.0	1.6.4
Last push	2026-10-29	2026-10-21
Release cadence	about 1 day between releases	about 136 days between releases
Active contributors	2 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days	1 commit author on the default branch in the last 90 days
Flags	none	none

How they relate

Both replace Obsidian Publish. Alternatives to Obsidian Publish →
Full replacementObsidian Digital GardenPublishes chosen Obsidian notes to your own site with backlinks and a graph; needs a GitHub repository and a static host.
PartialPerliteRenders an Obsidian vault on a PHP server with search and graph view; publishes the whole vault folder.

2.103.02026-10-29Site settings in the Publication Center (#852): the new Site tab holds everything about how your garden looks and works:
2.102.02026-10-20Embed HTML files in your notes (#850): ![[page.html]] or ! (also .htm) now shows the HTML file on your garden in a fram…
2.101.02026-10-20Connecting from Forestry.md now asks which vault first (#849): the Connect Obsidian button in the Forestry.md dashboard…
2.100.02026-10-20Install garden plugins straight from the Forestry.md gallery (#848): a new obsidian://digital-garden?open=plugins&plugi…
2.99.12026-10-19Tidier GitHub settings (#847): Content base directory and Publish branch now sit in a collapsed Advanced section at the…

1.6.42026-10-21Security / Docker: rebuilt the Perlite Docker image on the patched PHP base image (php:fpm-alpine, PHP 8.5.12) to fix t…
1.6.32026-10-01Release 1.6.3
1.6.22026-09-30Release 1.6.2
1.6.12026-01-21Release 1.6.1
1.62025-04-27Release 1.6

unsigned The latest release, 2.103.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.

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unsigned The latest release, 1.6.4, carries no signature GitHub could verify.

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