Running opencloud - great nextcloud replacement - Byte Pursuits
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I’ve been running owncloud, then nextcloud for years. While it worked I was never very happy with it. Performance was always lackluster even for 1-2 users, features added are seemingly superfluous and was never something I wanted or cared about (groupware, AI assistant, talk features – don’t use, need or care). All I want is ... Read more

Hey friends. I finally fired nextcloud - and so should you.

edit: wow. reddit banned me for posting a link to my (completely unmonitezed, unproductized) blog in multiple r/selfhosted threads. I bet it’s related to this lemmy link

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    4 days ago

    If all you want is file sharing, like the blog post author wants, I don’t understand what’s wrong with something like a plain old SFTP server.

    • Synestine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      4 days ago

      I’m not aware of an SFTP client that works like the cloud drive connectors. Do you know of one that monitors local files/dirs for changes and automatically sends them? Or polls the server for changes and downloads then (if they’re on the allow list)? Keeps versions?

      If literally all you’re doing is occasional file transfers, sure, SFTP is easy. That’s not how most people use cloud drive clients.

      For me and my group, Nextcloud works fine and fast. We do more than file sync and share.