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Nextcloud Alternative
Hello “self-hosters”, I currently use a Nextcloud as a “FileCloud” and would like to switch. I now only use Nextcloud as a “FileCloud” and Nextcloud is simply too overloaded for that.
That's why I'm looking for an alternative:
FOSS (obvs.), (native) on docker, integrated .pdf, .png, .mp4 (the common formats)-viewer, visually beautiful and a “share” function like in Nextcloud (share files/folders, optionally with expiration date, optional password, for folders the possibility to let others upload something etc).
Plus points for integrated 2FA.
Do anyone here know any good alternatives?
I can recommend Owncloud Infinity Scale (ocis)
Owncloud is the original from which nextcloud forked. With infinity scale, they rewrote the code in golang.
Its fast, not bloated and has a docker installation. Should cover all of your requirements, 2FA I’m not sure about the current status
I’m moving away from Nextcloud. My plan is to use Immich for photo and videos, gitea for code, 3d print stl and cad files. Paperless for documents.
I think Immich will work for sharing images and videos.
Immich is spectacular. I'd go so far as to say in its current form, it has surpassed Google Photos. I mean Google hasn't figured out how to show a map of photos. In a web browser. In 2024.
Immich's storage structure is also much, much nicer than Google's.
I really wanted to use Nextcloud / Memories for photo management but the entire platform just always gets so quirky for me. I want my stuff to work without endless tinkering.
After finally managing to set up Nexcloud somewhat fast and stable, this is what I ended up doing.
Spun up Seafile, and using webdav for Obsidian.me, but haven’t decided yet if I’m to keep both/either.
Does paperless have a folder sync function? My favorite thing about Nextcloud is that I can just work on a file in my documents folder on my computer and then access it on my phone if I need to on the go.
I used to use syncthings but I didn’t love the mobius app
I really enjoy Seafile despite that it saves files in a proprietary type format that can't be used elsewhere. It works really good and is fast. Doesn't have a bunch of "bloat and BS" like Nextcloud that you'd never use.
The “proprietary font format” makes it unattractive for me...
Honestly moved from nextcloud to Seafile a couple of months ago, wouldn't look back. Just wanted a pure cloud storage solution and I use the Seafile-fuse tool to mount the custom file format as a standard directory then backup from that
ownCloud Infinite Scale (OCIS) has been great for me. It's a rewrite of the original ownCloud in Go, and is much more lightweight. Been using it for a year now.
Have you tried Filebrowser? It's kind of barebones, but it's perfect for me.