Nextcloud
On-premises solution offering file sync, universal data access and collaboration through Nextcloud Files, Talk, and Groupware. Ensures secure, controlled data storage for enterprise with powerful privacy tools including encryption, fine-grained access, and a bug bounty.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Snapcraft
- F-Droid
- Raspberry Pi
- Cloudron
- Docker Hub
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- Flathub
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Security-focused
- Customizable
Integrations
- Calendar
LibreOffice
ONLYOFFICE
Keepass- Openstack swift
Features
- File Sync
- Sync Contacts
- Ad-free
- Two-factor Authentication
- Team Collaboration
- Cloud Sync
- Hostable
- Video Calling
- On-premises software
- CalDAV Support
- Calendar Sync
- Cross-Platform
- Secure File Sharing
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Large File Transfer
- Integrated Email Client
- Dark Mode
- End-to-End Encryption
- Mobile friendly
- Integrated File Sharing
- In built video player
- Dockerized
- Geotagged Photos
- Custom applications
- Self-hosted search
- Embedded apps
- FIDO U2F (2FA) support
Support for ActivityPub- Support for MarkDown
- OCR
- Time-based One-time Password
- Task Time Tracking
- File Tagging
- Real time collaboration
- Reminders
- Shared Folders
- Calendar View
- Unlimited storage
- Decentralized
- Passkey Support
- Built-in viewer
- Kanban Board
- Encryption is optional
- Two-Step verification
- Collaborative Text Editor
- 2 way sync
- Federated Cloud
- Encrypted Photo Storage
- LDAP support
- WebDAV Support
- CardDAV Support
- LDAP Services
- Storage control
- Geotagged Photos Gallery
- Self hosted mail
- Photo Synchronization
- Typing in TeX itself
- Contract Management
- Local Storage
- Auto Update
Support for Docker- Built-in RSS reader
- Unlimited users
- Local server
- Real-time sync
- Tablet support
- Extensibility
- Modular extensions
- Shared Calendar
- Built-in Download Manager
- Unlimited private repos
- Fast motion
- Built-in Note Taker
- Permission system
- Bookmark Organization
- Social feed
Tags
- File Sharing
- Note Synchronization
- Security & Privacy
- FOSS
- Integration
- personal-cloud
- Privacy Protection
- cloud-editing
- tasks
- easy-to-add-edit-categories
- Contact Backup
- php-based
- Cloud Bookmarks
Nextcloud News & Activities
Recent News
- Fla published news article about OpenProject
OpenProject integration app 2.10.0 released for Nextcloud with improved SSO supportVersion 2.10.0 of the OpenProject integration app for Nextcloud is now available, featuring clearer...
- Maoholguin published news article about Nextcloud Hub
Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn release brings new UI, threaded Talk, Office enhancements and moreThe next big version of Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn has been released with a new UI design featuring up...
- Maoholguin published news article about Nextcloud Hub
Nextcloud Hub 10 Launches with a new open-source AI agent, improved file management & moreNextcloud has launched Nextcloud Hub 10, featuring an open-source AI agent designed to enhance user...
Recent activities
- VentiStudio liked Nextcloud
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- sebastianpaczoski updated Nextcloud
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What is Nextcloud?
You should have full control over your data. We help you achieve that: a safe home for all your data. Secure, under your control and developed in an open, transparent and trustworthy way. We are Nextcloud.
Nextcloud offers industry-leading on-premises file sync and online collaboration technology. Our expertise is in combining the convenience and ease of use of consumer-grade solutions like Dropbox and Google Drive with the security, privacy and control business needs.
Our self-hosted solutions ensure you know where data is, who has access, and that even meta-data does not leak.
We create three products, integrated and acting as one:
Nextcloud Files offers an on-premise Universal File Access and sync platform with powerful collaboration capabilities and desktop, mobile and web interfaces.
Nextcloud Talk delivers on-premises, private audio/video conferencing and text chat through browser and mobile interfaces with integrated screen sharing and SIP integration.
Nextcloud Groupware integrates Calendar, Contacts, Mail and other productivity features to help teams get their work done faster and easier.
Our products integrate powerful capabilities to control and monitor data exchange and communication, including our unique File Access Control and workflow features, extensive audit logs, fine-grained sharing controls and more.
Security is Nextcloud users' greatest concerns and our prime advantage over competitors. Nextcloud features a host of unique, innovative security technologies from brute force protection to advanced server side and integrated end-to-end, client side encryption with enterprise-grade key handling and a wide range of security hardenings. Our security has been reviewed by trusted third parties and is backed by a USD 5000 Security Bug Bounty Program, providing the confidence that data meant to stay private will stay private.
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Comments and Reviews
I love open source software, and in the story of NextCloud and its OwnCloud roots, I side - overall - with NextCloud. For reasons of freedom and openness and trying to make the world a better software place. But... I won't use NextCloud in the near future and the reason is that my needs aren't met by the NextCloud client. It seeks to allow me to sync my files between multiple computers. But I have - literally - hundreds of thousands of (very small, ie <100kB) files to sync. And the NextCloud client can't cope with this. It tries to catalogue everything and gets stuck, lags, and mashes up the sync. That was the case with OpenCloud's v9 client and it's true of NextCloud v11.
I love the idea of NextCloud, but it doesn't work for me.
If you're not a special case like me, try it; I think it might be worth your while, so you can escape the tyrrany of evil services like Dropbox and Google Drive, who have your number, can read your files and must give it to the NSA if asked without telling you.
Otherwise, spare a thought for the low price, reliable and EU-based seafile.de (now SyncWerk.com).
Yes, syncing hundreds of thousands of very small files is a though challenge and the current client isn't super good at it. However, we have made progress already and are working on a more complete solution - be sure to check it out again in half a year or so ;-)
5 years after auto upload still doesn't work...
Been waiting to post review for years. But now it's clear - they abandoned plans to make working autoupload feature, which is most important feature. It's still lagging, freezing, missing lots of photos, if you have more than few photos to autoupload and near empty directory on the server. It's to soft to say that it's unreliable.
Using it for one year and I think its the best Onedrive alternative. Intuitive UI, many customization options and many other cool things that I cant list in one comment
But I want to point out that its soo cool to have this app store. You can play around with the apps and a lot of them are very useful. E.G I use PowerAmpache2 to stream my Music Library via Nextcloud Music.
I use Nextcloud for my computer club, and it works great, without any problems!
After spending days deploying and redeploying Nextcloud, I eventually found a community created docker image, which worked great. Spent a few more days tweaking, configuring, and fixing all of the out-of-the-box issues... yes, it is literally created with failed health check items.
Finally, I presented it to a client of mine who was looking for cloud storage and team productivity software. They blew it to chunks. Hated many things about almost every application within Nextcloud. And honestly, they had good points and bad ones. However, when I started to look into the issues they were complaining about, I found that most of the apps (even the default ones) that are available have github issues in the hundreds, near the thousands, and the resolved issues are 10% of that number.
While I understand Nextcloud is open source, and community maintained, why would I willingly put myself in a scenario where a client is paying me for a software service that's so unbelievably broken from the start? Needless to say, I'm researching alternatives. Nextcloud doesn't have the developers to support it, nor the attention that it needs. No official support channels, a shite setup process, and bugs galore.
I'm sure NextCloud is great for those who got there in time. I just now opened an account, but was required to pick a freemium/proprietary provider (out of only two options, 2 or 8 GBs) in order to register. Seemed to contradict what I'd understood to be the entire point of NC. NC also leaves it up to any new user to figure out most setup/configuration themselves, since we're using a middle-man in order to use NC. What used to be an easy set-up can now take many frustrating hours if you're not sufficiently knowledgeable. Disappointed to have missed the NC train.
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Advanced users may also enjoy other functionalities such as scheduling, file sharing, surveying, etc.
I used Nextcloud to store my photos and documents from my PC and phone, edit documents and internal communication using Nextcloud Talk. I also used the Nextcloud Notes app for my shopping and To-do lists.
I highly recommend Nextcloud for all its advertised features and to anyone who values privacy and transparency from their provider.