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Seafile or other alternative to Nextcloud (feddit.de)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/134184

Is Seafile any good? It's similar to nextcloud, but apparently faster etc.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seafile.seadroid2&showAllReviews=true

https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/seafile-pro/id639202512?l=en&platform=iphone

Mobile apps both have pretty bad ratings on the app stores.

What would you host for yourself, friends and family, basic dropbox functionality is all I need.

I have hosted Nextcloud in the past but it's a huge program with way too many tools, apps and a complicated way to update, the end result is often a slow and not very comfortable way to use the aforementioned basic dropbox functionality.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'm a great fan of both. But for a simple file vault, Nextcloud would be a bit overloaded. I used Seafile a long time, but switched to Nextcloud because of calendar, contacts, ...
But beside these two options, Cozy and Pydio could be worth a try. Both are selfhostable too. Especially Cozy seems to be very close on the UI known from Dropbox.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I am also on Nextcloud for the additional apps... Deck is nice for example.

But if I just wanted file hosting I think Filestash with an sftpgo backend might be really nice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm using Filestash with a minio backend. Works amazing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks you two I'll look into these options

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You can try them both out on https://qlick.cloud

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You should look into OCIS. You can set it up in minutes and it's really fast compared to Nextcloud for basic file's stuff (share, sync, stream, photo auto uploads).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://owncloud.dev/ocis/

Damn. Have the tides turned again? Is owncloud now the better system compared to nextcloud?? I never understood why nextcloud tries to do everything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

For me personally, ocis is way better than Nextcloud for basic sharing and file sync.