One-click publishing of knowledge graphs: efficient collaboration between Obsidian and Quartz

As an in-depth user of Obsidian, I have been looking for a solution to make my digital garden "bloom with one click". The Quartz I reviewed today helped me find an automatic solution for knowledge graphs to "write and publish"!

Obsidian hand-kneads the knowledge graph, and Quartz undertakes the gorgeous transformation.

Project Overview

Quartz is an out-of-the-box, highly customizable static website generator designed for building knowledge bases in the form of dual-chain notes/knowledge graphs, and supports rapid conversion of Markdown into fully functional websites.

• • Official address : github-quartz ^[1]
• • Maintenance status : 8k stars, active project, last updated ^[2]  on 2025-02-11.
• • Core Values :
• • Zero configuration out of the box: Traditional Hexo/Hugo requires configuration of themes + search + SEO, while Quartz generates sites with one click
• • Knowledge graph visualization: automatically parse bidirectional links and generate mind map navigation

Scene Positioning

Recommended group

• • Highly recommended for users of Obsidian/Logseq type dual-chain notes
• • Content producers who want to share their personal knowledge graphs without pressure
• • Technical bloggers need Git driver + automated deployment
• • Minimalists who hate CMS systems

Be careful

• • Need dynamic comment/membership system
• • WordPress-style visual editor dependent
• • A complete novice who does not understand git and nodejs

Technology Insight

Technical Architecture

• • Front-end framework: Preact.js (a lightweight alternative to React’s isomorphic API)
• • Real-time build system: dual esbuild instances (server/client separation) + Lightning CSS compression to achieve millisecond-level hot updates

Design philosophy

• • Progressive complexity design
• • Default configuration enables zero-cost startup (npx quartz create Initialization template)
• • Advanced users can quartz.config.ts Unlocking atomic-level control
• •  Balance of performance and flexibility
• •  Incremental build mechanism : through .quartz-cache Directory cache AST and build results, incremental update of affected nodes
• •  Hot reload :WebSocket Hot reload implemented by listeners,npx quartz build --serve After execution, the page is refreshed in real time.
• •  Multi-threaded processing : For the rendering of a large number of md files, Quartz will dynamically generate rendering worker threads to increase the processing speed.

Learning Curve

• • Configuration complexity rating: ⭐️ (with git, node environment, can be run in 1 minute)
• •  Quartz ^[3]  official documentation is very complete
• • Compatible with markdown syntax such as Roam, Hugo, Obsidian, Mermaid, etc.
• • Support for docker environment

Field Guide

Installation Instructions

# Download or fork
git  clone  https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz.git
cd  quartz

# Note: The node version needs to be greater than 19. You can use nvm to install the latest node version.
nvm use v22.14.0
npm i
npx quartz create

# Modify jzhao.xyz to your own github project
# Add index.md as the homepage in the content directory
# Add other md in the content directory

# Local debugging
npx quartz build --serve

# After submitting to the git repository, it will be automatically deployed
npx quartz  sync

GitHub page automatic deployment

Refer to  the official documentation on github pages ^[4]  for configuration, or the official documentation on quartz  hosting-github pages ^[5]

You can also refer to my Geek Tools The project is https://github.com/xtoolism/xtool, and the generated github page is https://xtoolism.github.io/xtool

XTool The articles of the official account are all written locally in obsidian and then executed git commit-and-sync, github action will automatically execute the deployment update of the blog

In-depth review

【Knowledge Management Paradigm Revolution】Traditional notes are information graves, while Quartz+Obsidian is a rocket for cognitive leap! Three major differences in actual testing and comparison: