Information Density: Nextcloud – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

[H1] Regain control
over your data

[H2] The better Microsoft 365
for private clouds.

Remote collaboration made easy
Customizable and scalable
No data leaks to third parties

Discover Nextcloud
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[H3] Trusted by thousands of organizations

The most popular open source content collaboration platform for tens of millions of users at thousands of organizations across the globe

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Nextcloud Hub combines the key Nextcloud products Files, Talk, Groupware, Office, Assistant and Flow, into a single platform, optimizing the flow of collaboration.

[H2] Nextcloud Hub

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Easy access anywhere
Powerful access control
Infrastructure integration
Designed for humans

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Group chat
Web conferencing
Screensharing
Unique protection
Avoid data leaks

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Team planning
Email made easy
Easy access, anywhere
Use your existing apps

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Self-hosted online office
View and reply to comments
Chat or have a call while editing
docx/pptx/xlsx support

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Context Write to create content based on existing documents and data
Context Chat to answer questions about your data
AI image generation and free prompt text generation
Accessible from the top toolbar and integrated in apps

Advanced business process automation application based on Windmill
Automated workflows with the basic, easy to use Flow app
Open Collaboration Services API for streamlined collaboration across services
Structured data management application Nextcloud Tables

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Nextcloud Files

Nextcloud Files offers a self-hosted file storage and sync platform with powerful collaboration capabilities with desktop, mobile and web interfaces

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[H4] Nextcloud Talk

Nextcloud Talk delivers on premise, private audio/video conferencing and text chat through browser and mobile interfaces with integrated screen sharing and SIP integration.

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Nextcloud Groupware

Nextcloud Groupware integrates Calendar, Contacts, Mail and other productivity features to help teams get their work done faster, easier and on your terms.

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Nextcloud Office

Nextcloud Office is a powerful LibreOffice-based online office suite with collaborative editing, which supports all major document, spreadsheet and presentation file formats and works in all modern browsers.

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Nextcloud Assistant

The first local AI assistant that is built into the Nextcloud Hub collaboration platform. Integrated across apps, it can generate content, answer questions about your data, summarize emails, translate, and much more.

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[H4] Nextcloud Flow

Nextcloud Flow is a set of intuitive automation components that allow organizations to automate and streamline internal workflows.

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Solutions

[H2] Nextcloud use cases

Nextcloud is committed to provide self hosted open source cloud file storage technology that is a perfect fit for the privacy and security of your enterprise

[H4] Public sector
Governments are moving away from foreign cloud providers amid rising concerns about digital sovereignty and are opting for secure self hosted cloud file storage platforms.See more
[H4] Enterprises
Amid a push to improve efficiency and facilitate remote work through online collaboration technology, enterprises counter a growing compliance, cost and data leak risk by strategic deployments of Nextcloud.See more
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[H4] Service providers
Leverage your infrastructure and keep your customers yours with easily scalable, fully branded cloud storage software and collaboration tools.See more
[H4] Education
Education is a heavily regulated industry where protection of academic data and personal information of students with compliant file sync collaboration tools is a top priority.See more
Get Nextcloud at home

[H2] Get in touch

Reduce risk, improve remote team communication and minimize operational expenses with the leading open source cloud file storage and content collaboration platform. Contact us now to learn how Nextcloud can help you!

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Call us: +49 711 25 24 28 90

[H2] Why Nextcloud?

With over 400.000 deployments, Nextcloud is the most popular on-premises content collaboration platform you can download. It scales from a Raspberry Pi with 2 users to globally distributed installations with tens of millions of users at major hosting providers. What makes it so popular?

[H4] Productivity

Enable productivity across any platform, whether in the office or on the road, to share, collaborate and communicate across organizational boundaries. Nextcloud provides transparent access to data on any storage.

[H4] Control

Protect, control and monitor data and communication across your company. Guarantee compliance with business and legal requirements. Keep your data on servers you own, at all times. Nothing leaks, not even metadata.

[H4] Community

Enjoy constant improvements from a thriving and transparent, entirely open-source community development model, free of lockins or paywalls. Enjoy the benefits of enterprise support when you need it.

Try Nextcloud now

Nextcloud Hub
The next-generation digital workspace that puts you in control

[H2] See it in action

Nextcloud is designed to offer best in class productivity, and is developed at an impressive pace with new functionality becoming available every few months. We selected some videos to give you an idea of what we’re up to.

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[H2] Nextcloud events

Nextcloud welcomes you to in-person events, conferences and trade shows as well as webinars and online meetings.

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[H4] Compliance Kit
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[H4] Auditing capabilities
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[H4] File Access Control
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HIPAA, GDPR and more

[H2] Compliant by design

Nextcloud products are designed with compliance in mind, providing extensive data policy enforcement, encryption, user management and auditing capabilities.

More about compliance

[H2] Get in touch

Reduce risk, improve citizen communication and reduce
operational expenses with the leading content collaboration platform.
Contact us now to learn how Nextcloud can help you!

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Call us: +49 711 25 24 28 90

[H2] See how we stack up

Compare Nextcloud with other solutions and see why it is the market leader in open source cloud file storage and collaboration platforms.

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[H1] Download and install Nextcloud

[H4] Latest release: 33.0.3 on April 30, 2026

Changelog
Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter release

[H2] Download for desktop

Connect to your Nextcloud from Windows, macOS or Linux.

More about clients
[H4] Nextcloud Files

Use the desktop clients to keep your files synchronized between your Nextcloud server and your desktop. Select one or more directories on your local machine and always have access to your latest files wherever you are.

Windows 10+ (64 bit) macOS 13+ Linux Appimage
[H4] Nextcloud Talk

Use our Talk desktop client to quickly access your Nextcloud conversations without using the web browser. With the easy access to notifications, calls, screensharing and all your chats from the system tray, you’re always one step ahead.

Windows 10+ (64 bit) macOS 12+ (Universal) Linux
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[H4] Integrations apps

Looking for integration apps like browser add-ins for Passwords, a feedreader and more? Check our app store for integrations!

Integrations apps
[H4] Documentation and source code

You can already find Nextcloud Desktop client packages included in openSUSE Tumbleweed, Arch Linux, Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu. Packages for Alpine Linux over here. See the latest state and more packages in this post on our forums. Can’t find packages? Ask your distribution or contribute to creating them! Note that all of those packages are community-developed and maintained, Nextcloud currently only provides the Appimage you can download above.
Nextcloud Files is using WebDAV, so you can also try out any other client you want!

Try also our Microsoft integrations: Sync your files, calendars, contacts and tasks with Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird

Documentation
Source code

[H2] Download for mobile

The Nextcloud mobile apps are available in various app stores.

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[H4] Nextcloud Files

The apps allow you to access, sync and upload your data and feature instant upload for photos and videos, upload management and more features.

Android

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Direct APK download
Android sources

iOS

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iOS sources
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Android

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Android sources

iOS

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iOS sources
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Other mobile apps

Looking for mobile apps for Deck, News, Passwords and more? Check our app store!

Android apps iOS apps

Nextcloud is using open standards like CalDAV, WebDAV and IMAP so many independent third party clients can connect to it.

[H2] Download server

Stay in control of your data! Choose a hosting provider or download the Nextcloud server software for hosting on your own server or in your private cloud.

Try Nextcloud Enterprise for free
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Nextcloud All-in-OneEasy, automated docker image for home or cloud

[H5] Docker image

Nextcloud GmbH maintains an all-in-one Docker image that is easy to install and maintain. You can get further information about this project on its Github page.

Set up AIO

[H5] VM image

If you do not want to install the AIO docker image manually and want to run it inside Virtualbox, you can use the AIO-VM. However installing the docker image manually is much more flexible.
E.g. if you want to run AIO behind a reverse proxy, you need to use the docker image as this VM image is not suitable for this use case.

Download the AIO VM
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One click signupNo self-hosting - pick a provider you trust!

Find a Nextcloud provider you can trust! Nextcloud providers from all over the world provide you 2 or more GB of storage on a 100% free single user account, with all the basic Nextcloud apps. Through Simple Signup, we help you get started! Take the default provider (based on your location) or choose another.

Sign up with a provider
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Enterprise solutionsAuto-scaling, cloud-native options for Enterprises

For businesses, Nextcloud GmbH offers an enterprise-ready version of Nextcloud.

Nextcloud Enterprise
[H4] Community projectsLAMP-stack archive, Snap, web installer & more

[H5] Web installer

The Web Installer is the easiest way to install Nextcloud on a web space. It checks the dependencies, downloads Nextcloud from the official server, unpacks it with the right permissions and the right user account. Finally, you will be redirected to the Nextcloud installer.

Get the web installer
How to

Right-click here and save the file to your computer
Upload setup-nextcloud.php to your web space
Point your web browser to setup-nextcloud.php on your webspace
Follow the instructions and configure Nextcloud
Login to your newly created Nextcloud instance!
You can find further instructions in the Nextcloud Admin Manual.
Installer uses the same Nextcloud version as available for the built in updater in Nextcloud. After a major release it can take up to a month before it becomes available through the web installer and the updater. This is done to spread the deployment of new major releases out over time.

[H5] Archive

The archive should be extracted in a folder your web server has access to. Latest stable version: see Changelog.
Follow the Nextcloud Admin Manuals installation chapter.
If you already run Nextcloud, refer to the upgrade manual.

Get ZIP file
Need an enterprise solution?
How to

Download the .tar.bz2 or .zip archive.
Check package integrity using MD5 (.tar.bz2 / .zip) or SHA256 (.tar.bz2 / .zip)
Verify the authenticity via PGP (.tar.bz2 /.zip). The Nextcloud GPG key is here. You can also grab the keys by issueing this command:
gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 28806A878AE423A28372792ED75899B9A724937A
You can already find server packages included with many distributions or provided by active community members. Find an overview of packages for various distributions as well as Docker and snap images here. Can’t find packages you need? Ask your distribution for packages or contribute to creating them!
Looking for older versions or major releases?
Nextcloud Server does not support Microsoft Windows. We recommend using a virtual machine or docker image on Windows Server.
Security Note:
To receive information about updates and security issues, we recommend a subscription to our low-traffic newsletter here.
Release Channels:
We offer Release Channels with production, stable, beta and daily-branches. This gives you the opportunity to choose your balance between stability and features. Most of our Appliances support these release channels or let you fix on specific major versions.

[H5] Snap package

The Nextcloud community maintains a Nextcloud Snap, including release channels and quick and easy deployment for easy home use.

Get snap package

[H5] NextcloudPi image

NextcloudPi is a ready to use image for Raspberry Pi, Odroid HC1, rock64 and other boards.

Get NextcloudPi image

[H5] Docker image

Several Nextcloud community members maintain a Docker image. It supports a wide range of architectures, releases, various webservers, databases and more.

Get docker image

[H5] Hardware

A variety of companies offers hardware with Nextcloud to help you get started fast!

Hardware with Nextcloud
[H4] Download server archive

The archive should be extracted in a folder your web server has access to. Latest stable version: see Changelog.
Follow the Nextcloud Admin Manuals installation chapter.
If you already run Nextcloud, refer to the upgrade manual.

Get ZIP file
Need an enterprise solution?
How to

Download the .tar.bz2 or .zip archive.
Check package integrity using MD5 (.tar.bz2 / .zip) or SHA256 (.tar.bz2 / .zip)
Verify the authenticity via PGP (.tar.bz2 /.zip). The Nextcloud GPG key is here. You can also grab the keys by issueing this command:
gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 28806A878AE423A28372792ED75899B9A724937A
You can already find server packages included with many distributions or provided by active community members. Find an overview of packages for various distributions as well as Docker and snap images here. Can’t find packages you need? Ask your distribution for packages or contribute to creating them!
Looking for older versions or major releases?
Nextcloud Server does not support Microsoft Windows. We recommend using a virtual machine or docker image on Windows Server.
Security Note:
To receive information about updates and security issues, we recommend a subscription to our low-traffic newsletter here.
Release Channels:
We offer Release Channels with production, stable, beta and daily-branches. This gives you the opportunity to choose your balance between stability and features. Most of our Appliances support these release channels or let you fix on specific major versions.

[H2] Read the documentation

Here you can find our manuals:

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[H4] Users

[H4] Desktop client

[H4] Admins

[H4] Developers

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[H4] Testers

[H2] Need further help?

Discuss using, installing or maintaining Nextcloud in our support channels.
These consist of users helping each other. Consider helping out others, too!
Browse dozens of free apps and services you could use with your Nextcloud on the Nextcloud app store.

Support portal
Enterprise support
Ask the Forum

Get Involved

[H3] Contribute to Nextcloud server or apps

If you want to help out with developing and testing, grab a daily build. Find our GitHub project here and find our issue tracker for the server here.

More ways to get involvedDeveloper tutorials

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[H4] Help test our clients:

[H4] Android Release Candidate client on Play store

[H4] Android Beta client on F-Droid

[H4] Join Testflight for iOS

[H4] Latest desktop client releases

[H4] Talk Desktop Beta

[H2] Stay up to date with latest enhancements

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[H1] Nextcloud features

Discover all features of Nextcloud, self-hosted collaboration platform designed to empower your productivity and collaboration.

[H4] Filter through all features

Collaboration, Security

[H2] Confidential Files

[H3] Automatic labels in Confidential Files

The Confidential Files feature can automatically assign classification labels to files based on properties and metadata. This helps automate access restrictions or set up automations in Nextcloud Flow. Security labels are now automatically updated whenever document properties change, ensuring classifications always remain accurate and aligned with your policies.

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Migration

[H2] Easy data migration, export, and import

When you are in control, you can move your own data, such as files, tasks, or users, out and in. Nextcloud is built on open standards, which makes it strong at interoperability and migration. The new improvements of the user migration allow you to move your data to another server.

Collaboration

[H2] Nextcloud Teams

With Nextcloud Teams, people on your instance can self-organize in groups to work on common tasks, share and track team-related resources easily. Teams integrate into the Nextcloud Hub ecosystem, a self-sustaining layer of user management.

Nextcloud Teams dashboard widget
Redesigned UI for team management
Easy guest account creation

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Talk, Collaboration

[H2] Nextcloud Talk Phone

[H3] Effortless, resilient contacting

Assign unique extensions or phone numbers to each user to call each other swiftly within Nextcloud Talk. Is your colleague out of the office? Then the call will be automatically redirected to their replacement.

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Integrations, Office

[H2] Nextcloud Whiteboard

[H3] Limitless canvas to sketch, draw and plan collaboratively

Nextcloud Whiteboard is a canvas-like whiteboard for collaborative sketching, planning and brainstorming that integrates with your apps in Nextcloud Hub. Whether you’re discussing ideas, planning projects, or collaborating with your team, Nextcloud Whiteboard offers an intuitive and interactive space to bring your ideas to life with multiple creative instruments.
More about Whiteboard

Collaborate in whiteboards seamlessly in Nextcloud Talk
Draw with multiple colors and stroke types, shapes, add images, arrows and other objects
Import images of your own into the canvas
Present using the laser pointer feature
Export drawings as PNG or SVG
Version history support available
Interactive sessions with timers, comments, reactions and voting polls

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AI, Assistant

[H2] Nextcloud Assistant

[H3] On-premise LLM integrated as Assistant in Nextcloud

Accessible using the Assistant button on the top-right, it can be be called up to use with any team collaboration tools. Allows users to execute pre-defined operations (summarize, create a headline etc) or give a free prompt. Self-hosted or cloud-based, you choose the AI model to power your assistant. Several local large language models are supported meaning users can access the full power of large language models without fearing data leaks
Learn more about Assistant

Transcribe: Record your speech or upload an existing audio file and transform it to text right in the Nextcloud Assistant interface using AI
Email thread summary: Integration of the Assistant in Mail allows users to request the Assistant to summarize a email thread.
Reply suggestions: Find the right words with reply suggestions in Nextcloud Mail
Talk bot: Assistant integrated in Talk as a bot users can talk to.
Chat and call summaries in Nextcloud Talk
Suggestions for free/busy times in Calendar
Live AI subtitles in calls in Nextcloud Talk
Automatic AI content labels on generated images
Memories to remember your conversations
Live translation in Nextcloud Talk

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AI, Assistant

[H2] AI Agency features

Agency features allow Nextcloud Assistant to gather information from various apps and perform actions for you. It can already create events in Nextcloud Calendar, read and send messages in Nextcloud Talk, send emails and more.
Learn more about Assistant

AI, Assistant

[H2] Chat with AI

Chat with AI to give prompts and ask questions in a dialog format. It will remember your conversations, making interactions more natural and smooth.
Learn more about Assistant

AI, Assistant

[H2] Generate file

[H3] Document generation with AI

Generate documents, spreadsheets, presentations and PDFs using AI. Nextcloud Assistant now helps you get started with your product meeting notes, support ticket overviews, project presentation outlines, and lots more.
Learn more about Assistant

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AI, Assistant

[H2] Generate text

Integration of the Assistant in Text allows users to select a piece of text, request an AI operation (summarize, reword, create headline and more) and insert the results once the operation has finished.
Learn more about Assistant

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AI, Assistant

[H2] Context Chat

A smart chat bot that can access your data and answer questions about your documentation, contracts, papers, reports or anything else. You can manually define the scope and even limit it to a specific folder or file for more precision.
Learn more about Assistant

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AI, Assistant

[H2] Context Write

Feature of Nextcloud Assistant powered by context awareness which can derive context from existing files to convey their unique tone, wording, and even structure to create new texts with the data you provide.
Learn more about Assistant

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AI, Assistant

[H2] Translation with Nextcloud Assistant

Translate app is available directly from Nextcloud Assistant menu and the translation options are almost limitless, as there is support for hundreds of languages that app can detect, read and translate to.
Learn more about Assistant

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AI, Assistant

[H2] AI image generation

Generate images for any purpose with built-in image generation feature. Based on your custom prompts, Nextcloud Assistant can create unique illustrations to compliment texts, create an engaging imagery for social media, or support your written ideas with sketches.
Learn more about Assistant

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AI, Assistant

[H2] Topic extraction

Nextcloud Assistant can analyze a long text and compose an accurate, detailed list of topics discussed in it — saving you time reading and helping you quickly categorize large bulks of texts by topics.
Learn more about Assistant

AI, Assistant

[H2] Advanced text processing tools

Nextcloud Assistant can perform various text processing tasks to help you enhance texts and save time when brainstorming ideas. Dedicated features let you summarize long texts, reformulate sentences, and generate headlines for your articles, emails and more.
Learn more about Assistant

Automation

[H2] All-in-one deployments

To ease deployment for small and medium business, Nextcloud offers an All-in-one Docker and VM image and direct deployments in a number of cloud environments like Azure and AWS.

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Clients

[H2] Android app

The Nextcloud Android app makes accessing, syncing and sharing your files easy with its modern and intuitive interface. It naturally integrates with your self-hosted team collaboration tool to deliver excellent on-the-go experience. The client supports Android 4.0 and later and works with a wide variety of screen sizes and Android features.

Display documents, photos, videos, audio files, as a list or thumbnails, sorted as you like.
Stream media files (needs at least Nextcloud 14)
Edit files on the phone built in or using other apps installed on your Android device.
Local and server-side search
Add, rename, copy, move and delete files and folders
Keep your favorite files available offline
Restore deleted files
Share files with others
Shared files view
Simple contacts backup & restore
Auto-configuration of Contacts and Calendar integration through DAVDroid
Client-side, End-to-end encryption
Support for server push notifications and file activity feed
View and reply to comments on files
Real-time collaborative document editing
TalkBack screenreader support
Multi-account support
Fingerprint locking
Adjusts to Nextcloud server theming preferences
Auto-upload of any type of data including photos and videos with custom file naming and folder sorting, wifi-only upload, differential handling of photos and videos
monitor any number of folders for any file type so you can upload Whatsapp images, documents and anything else
Quick configuration with a QR code
Image editing capabilities
Enhance image preview view / detail

Customization

[H2] Branding & Theming

[H3] Easy, integrated branding support for enterprise customers

In order to provide a seamless enterprise user experience, Nextcloud offers branded clients to their customers. As part of this we support deployment technologies like MSI for desktops and MDM for mobile platforms.
More about branding

Logo, colors, login graphics and name
Add custom links for privacy policy, imprint and terms of service
Default / example files every user gets on first login can be modified
Mobile apps and web interface adjust to theme settings, except app icon on mobile)

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Security

[H2] Brute force protection

Brute Force Protection logs invalid login attempts and slows down multiple attempts from a single IP address (or IPv6 range). This feature is enabled by default and protects your self-hosted collaboration platform against an attacker who tries to guess a password from one or more users.
Password reset tokens are invalidated when critical information like user email has been changed to protect against phishing attacks.
Nextcloud will ask system administrators for password confirmation on security critical actions.

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Collaboration

[H2] Collaboration features

[H3] Work, share, collaborate, enjoy

Share images, documents or music with colleagues on your server, send password protected public links to friends and get notifications on your phone when a user on another Nextcloud server shares files directly with you. Use File Drop to let customers upload files to you in a easy and secure way!
You can trust that when you share, Nextcloud makes sure you stay in control over your data. You can easily see a list of shares, remove or change permissions and restore older versions of files.

Real-time push notifications on comments, mentions and new shares
Edit documents with others using real-time document editors like Collabora Online or ONLYOFFICE.
Smoothly transition between commenting on files to chat or video calls
Transfer ownership of files and folders to other users
Lock files so others know you are working with them
Add a description to public links so you can keep them apart
Tag and comment on files, and see tags and comments by others
Search by file name, tags, comments or file content (with the full-text search app)
See what is happening with your data in the Activity feed, get notified by mail or RSS feed
Previous versions of files you modified are retained and can be brought back
Share with individual users, groups or create custom groups with the Teams app.
Share photo galleries
Share public links read-only, secure view (no download/print/copy-paste) or with editing capabilities
Attach notes to a share, either to a Nextcloud user or to a public link
Choose to automatically accept all incoming shares, or choose to accept them on a case by case basis

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Security

[H2] Data retention

Define rules for data retention, allowing regular cleanup of files or ensurances that data stays put for a set amount of time.

Clients

[H2] Desktop client

[H3] Sync and collaborate on your desktop or laptop

The Nextcloud desktop client keeps photos and documents always up to date, enabling you to work like you always did.
Any file you add, modify or delete in the synced folders on your desktop or laptop will show up, change or disappear on the server and all other connected devices.

Protect your files with client side, End-to-end encryption
Set up multiple accounts with different servers
Sync and collaborate on your desktop or laptop
Select any number of local folders to keep in sync with specified remote folders
Exempt any number of subfolders in a synced folder from being synced
Optional warning in case a very big new subfolder was added
Easily pause and resume syncing
Remote wipe to clean data and accounts from the client
Receive notifications of server events like a new share or audio/video call
Use the activity feed to track what happens to your data
Immediately reply to notifications to join a call or accept a share
Protect your files with client side, End-to-end encryption (version 2.7.0+)
Easily configure a proxy or set bandwidth throttling
Enjoy convenient file manager integration for easy sharing
Set up multiple accounts with different servers
Allow automatic locking for Office files

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Accessibility

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To ensure Nextcloud is accessible to users with visual impairments, Nextcloud has extensive keyboard accessibility and screen reader support.

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Encryption

[H2] End-to-end encryption

[H3] Protecting data from source to destination

Nextcloud features an enterprise-grade, seamlessly integrated solution for end-to-e

[H1] How Nextcloud
stacks up

Why is Nextcloud the most popular self-hosted EFSS
and Content Collaboration Platform?

[H2] What makes Nextcloud
the best choice

[H4] Best security

Nextcloud is developed in a security-focused process as attested by a range of external experts and security pen-tests.
Industry-leading features include machine-learning based login protection, 2-factor authentication measures, brute force protection and unique capabilities like Video Verification, end-to-end and server-side encryption.
We put our money where our mouth is: our USD 10.000 security bug bounty program brings top security expertise in, keeping your data safe.

[H4] Largest ecosystem

As the most deployed self-hosted file sync and content collaboration platform, Nextcloud offers the widest range of add-on capabilities and integrations in the industry. Over 200 ‘apps’ offer powerful security capabilities, team productivity features and infrastructure integrations.
With Nextcloud you can eliminate a confusing mess of different SaaS platforms and the security, cost, compliance and productivity problems they bring with them.

[H4] Easiest to use

Powerful capabilities often result in complicated user interfaces, lowering productivity and hindering quick adoption in organizations. Without limiting their abilities, Nextcloud does not overwhelm users with unnecessary clutter. Our customers remark time and again how few support tickets it creates for their IT teams.
Accessibility features like keyboard and screenreader navigation, WCAG 2.1 compliant contrast and a dyslexia-friendly font are available only in the leading on-premises content collaboration platform!

[H2] How we stack up

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Licensing

Open source

Proprietary

Proprietary

Open-core

Proprietary (SaaS)

Proprietary

Proprietary

Proprietary

Unlimited storage and amount of files

There are no limits on the Nextcloud side, only those imposed by the customer’s infrastructure.

There are no limits on the Nextcloud side, only those imposed by the customer’s infrastructure.
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Varies per plan

Varies per plan

Varies per plan

Varies per plan

Included

Varies per plan

Varies per plan

Varies per plan

Varies per plan

Varies per plan

Varies per plan

Varies per plan

Varies per plan

Large file support

Included

up to 5 TB/file

up to 5 TB/file

Yes (up to250 GB/file)

Yes (up to250 GB/file)

Included

Up to 150 GB depending on plan

Up to 150 GB depending on plan

Varies per plan

Varies per plan

20 GB

25 GB

Self hosted / on premises

It can be hosted in an environment of your choice, including hybrid deployments.

It can be hosted in an environment of your choice, including hybrid deployments.
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Not included

Self-hosting is possible with SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (SE), but it does not provide the full Microsoft 365 suite, which is primarily cloud-based.

Self-hosting is possible with SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (SE), but it does not provide the full Microsoft 365 suite, which is primarily cloud-based.
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Included

Not included

Yes (SaaS)

Yes (SaaS)

Not included

Not included

Global scalability

Single cluster: up to 100K active users. Global Scale: unlimited.

Single cluster: up to 100K active users. Global Scale: unlimited.
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Defined limits for groups, shared drives, and sharing permissions

Defined limits for groups, shared drives, and sharing permissions
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Included

Included

Included

Not included

Included

NA

Clients

Mobile clients

Available operating systems

Available operating systems

Available operating systems

Available operating systems

Available operating systems

Available operating systems

The free plan supports up to 3 linked devices (including mobile), with the option to unlink and replace devices.

The free plan supports up to 3 linked devices (including mobile), with the option to unlink and replace devices.
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Available operating systems

Auto upload image/video/other files

Multiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple options

* No full autosync. Other files via external applications.* No full autosync. Other files via external applications.** No full autosync. Other files via external applications.

* No full autosync. Other files via external applications.
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* Only for desktop client* Only for desktop client** Only for desktop client

* Only for desktop client
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Multiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple options

Auto-upload for images and videos is available on paid plans, while broader file automation can be achieved via external apps and integrations.Auto-upload for images and videos is available on paid plans, while broader file automation can be achieved via external apps and integrations.*Auto-upload for images and videos is available on paid plans, while broader file automation can be achieved via external apps and integrations.

Auto-upload for images and videos is available on paid plans, while broader file automation can be achieved via external apps and integrations.
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Auto-upload for images and videos is available as an advanced or paid feature, while broader file automation can be achieved via third-party apps and integrations.Auto-upload for images and videos is available as an advanced or paid feature, while broader file automation can be achieved via third-party apps and integrations.*Auto-upload for images and videos is available as an advanced or paid feature, while broader file automation can be achieved via third-party apps and integrations.

Auto-upload for images and videos is available as an advanced or paid feature, while broader file automation can be achieved via third-party apps and integrations.
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Broader file automation can be achieved via third-party apps and integrations.Broader file automation can be achieved via third-party apps and integrations.*Broader file automation can be achieved via third-party apps and integrations.

Broader file automation can be achieved via third-party apps and integrations.
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only through desktop sync clientsonly through desktop sync clients*only through desktop sync clients

only through desktop sync clients
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Desktop clients

Available operating systems

Available operating systems

Available operating systems

Available operating systems

Available operating systems

Available operating systems

Available operating systems

Available operating systems

LAN synchronization

Not included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Included

Included

Extensible with apps

Over 600 apps available

Over 600 apps available
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Included

Limited to Microsoft Apps

Limited to Microsoft Apps
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Over 80 apps available

Over 80 apps available
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Included

Not included

Included

Included

Server features

Unified search

Included

Cross-application search availability depending on the Google Workspace plan.

Cross-application search availability depending on the Google Workspace plan.
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Included

via integrations

via integrations

Full-text search is included, with advanced capabilities depending on the plan, while cross-application search is limited and typically requires integrations.

Full-text search is included, with advanced capabilities depending on the plan, while cross-application search is limited and typically requires integrations.
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Included

Full-text search is available with advanced capabilities in paid plans, while cross-application search is limited and depends on integrations such as Microsoft 365.

Full-text search is available with advanced capabilities in paid plans, while cross-application search is limited and depends on integrations such as Microsoft 365.
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Included

File versioning

Included

Included

File versioning is supported for multiple file types, with the most advanced capabilities for Microsoft Office formats.

File versioning is supported for multiple file types, with the most advanced capabilities for Microsoft Office formats.
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Included

File versioning is supported, with limits (typically 25–50 versions) depending on the plan

File versioning is supported, with limits (typically 25–50 versions) depending on the plan
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Included

Included

File versioning is supported, with limits (typically 5–10 versions by default) depending on plan and configuration

File versioning is supported, with limits (typically 5–10 versions by default) depending on plan and configuration
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File locking / checkout

Included

Basic file locking in shared drives

Basic file locking in shared drives
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Included

Multiple optionsMultiple options

Included

Limited and not fully supported in the web UI or via WebDAV

Limited and not fully supported in the web UI or via WebDAV
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Included

Included

Multiple link shares

Included

Not included

Not included

Included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Share note

Included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Dashboard

Included

Included

Sharepoint home provides a central overview of sites, activity, and content, functioning as a basic dashboard.

Sharepoint home provides a central overview of sites, activity, and content, functioning as a basic dashboard.
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Not included

Not included

Included

Not included

Not included

View PDF, Images, Video, Gallery

Included

Included

Included

Included

Included

Included

Included

Included

Integrated Audio/Video/Text chat

Multiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple options

Multiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple options

Multiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple options

Multiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple options

Multiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple options

Multiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple options

Multiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple options

Multiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple options

Integrated Groupware (Calendar/Contacts/Mail/Kanban)

Multiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple options

* No native Kanban* No native Kanban* No native Kanban** No native Kanban

* No native Kanban
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Multiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple options

via integrations

via integrations

via integrations

Multiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple optionsMultiple options

No native KanbanNo native KanbanNo native Kanban

No native Kanban
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Multiple optionsMultiple options

Mobile calendar/contact integration

Supports both Android and iOS, with Android integration enabled via a third-party tool.Supports both Android and iOS, with Android integration enabled via a third-party tool.

Supports both Android and iOS, with Android integration enabled via a third-party tool.
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Multiple optionsMultiple options

Included

Multiple optionsMultiple options

Not included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Online Office web / Mobile apps

With Collabora Online, ONLYOFFICE, Hancom Office or MS Office OnlineWith Collabora Online, ONLYOFFICE, Hancom Office or MS Office Online

With Collabora Online, ONLYOFFICE, Hancom Office or MS Office Online
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Multiple optionsMultiple options

Feature-limited in web and mobile UI compared to desktopFeature-limited in web and mobile UI compared to desktop

Feature-limited in web and mobile UI compared to desktop
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Multiple optionsMultiple options

MS OfficeMS Office

MS Office
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MS OfficeMS Office

MS Office
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MS OfficeMS Office

MS Office
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MS OfficeMS Office

MS Office
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Knowledge management

Included

Not included

Included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Included

Forms and surveys

Included

Included

Included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Not included

Included

User-managed groups

Included

Not included

Included

Included

Not included

Included

Included

Not included

File Drop (customer file upload)

Included

Included

Not included

Included

Included

Included

Included

Included

Inter-server sharing

Included

Not included

Supports cross-tenant sharing in cloud environments, but does not provide true inter-server federation, particularly for on-premise deployments.

Supports cross-tenant sharing in cloud environments, but does not provide true inter-server federation, particularly for on-pre