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    Open Source Nextcloud Alternatives

    The best open source alternative to Nextcloud is ownCloud. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Nextcloud and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Nextcloud are Seafile (Freemium, Open Source), Pydio (Freemium, Open Source), EteSync (Freemium, Open Source) and Filestash (Freemium, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Jan 27, 2022
    1. Store your private pictures, documents, calendar and contacts on your ownCloud server at home, a rented VPS or use one of the public ownCloud providers.
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      ownCloud vs Nextcloud opinions
      Some users think ownCloud is a great alternative to Nextcloud, some don't.
      ownCloud is the original and far more stable than Nextcloud.
      Positive comment • over 3 years ago

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      hodyroff Original. Focused on file sync and share and document collaboration. Great benefits for enterprise customers. Large install base in education worldwide.
      Positive comment • over 3 years ago

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      NextCloud is a fork of OwnCloud, features are almost the same, so take a look at both.
      Positive comment • almost 4 years ago

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    2. Seafile is a professional open source cloud storage platform for organizations. It has complete file syncing and sharing features, reliable file storage and advanced privacy protection feature.
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      Seafile vs Nextcloud opinions
      Most users think Seafile is a great alternative to Nextcloud.
      Seafile is a more focussed, nimbler sync & share solution compared to Nextcloud (and the original ownCloud) that excels in performance and stability.
      Positive comment • almost 3 years ago

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      jensolsson I tried NextCloud and it was very hard to set up permissions in a enterprise environment. Seafile is simpler
      Positive comment • 6 months ago

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      brianlacy NextCloud is groupware. Seafile is a file-sync storage solution. Just because they have overlapping functionality, does NOT make them interchangeable.
      Negative comment • over 1 year ago

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    4. Pydio is the mature alternative to Dropbox and Box.com, to build your own box, on your own servers.
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      Pydio vs Nextcloud opinions
      Most users think Pydio is a great alternative to Nextcloud.
      It's compatible with Federated Cloud sharing, meaning it can send and receive shares from Nextcloud and ownCloud servers as well
      Positive comment • over 3 years ago

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      brianlacy NextCloud is groupware. Pydio is a file-sync storage solution. Just because they have overlapping functionality, does NOT make them interchangeable.
      Negative comment • over 1 year ago

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      Beautiful, full of functionalities, a sync client. And it works perfectly on shared hosting !
      Positive comment • about 4 years ago

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    5. EteSync

      • Freemium • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Android Tablet
      • BSD
      • iPad
      • Self-Hosted
      • F-Droid
      • Software as a Service (SaaS)
      • Etebase
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      Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and privacy respecting sync for your contacts, calendars and tasks. Everything is encrypted on the client-side and all the code (client and server) is open source.
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    6. A Dropbox-like file manager that connect to your existing storage: FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Git, S3, Minio, Dropbox, Google Drive.
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    8. It stores files, encrypts them in the browser and allows you to download them.
    9. Store photos, videos, VMs, containers, log files, or any blob of data as objects.
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      Some users think MinIO is a great alternative to Nextcloud, some don't.
    10. Librevault is an open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization program, designed with convenience and privacy in mind. Our goal is to make a better alternative to BitTorrent Sync and Syncthing.

      Discontinued

      The project seems to be abandoned since March 2017. Latest version, v0.1.19, released in October 2016, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    11. Tracim is a collaborative software designed to allow people to share and work on various data and document types. With Tracim, you manage and share in the same place: forum-like threads, files and automatic versioning, wiki-like pages for online information.
      Tracim vs Nextcloud opinions
      pros, cons and recent comments
      Very serious, free and open source !
      Positive comment • over 1 year ago

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    12. Syncany is an open-source cloud storage and filesharing application. It allows users to backup and share certain folders of their workstations using any kind of storage, e.g. FTP, Amazon S3 or Google Storage.

      Discontinued

      "The core team of Syncany is on hiatus for an indefinite amount of time." See https://github.com/syncany/syncany

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