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nextcloud / desktop

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šŸ’» Desktop sync client for Nextcloud

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7Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
4KGitHub stars
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šŸ’» Desktop sync client for Nextcloud

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Observed mentions: 2019-05-16 05:42:50 UTC to 2024-09-22 19:43:11 UTC.

01232019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024

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20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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I guess it's fine if you want a widely integrated solution that can do a lot of different things. I'm using it only for myself, so definitely not representative of using it in a company but maybe my experience helps. The just working part, at least for me, are the calendar and contact plugins. Never had any issues with those. File sync with the desktop client works mostly fine on Linux where I use it most of the time. However, I've run into issues with it on Windows. Using the automatic bandwidth limit for example might cause Explorer to freeze. [1] Also forget about the automatic upload feature in the Android client, I switched to FolderSync for a reliable experience. I've managed to get OnlyOffice working, Collabora Office previously broke for some reason. However latest upgrade also broke OnlyOffice. The solution for this is to p
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ut the secret and authorization headers into config.php in addition to the OnlyOffice plugin settings. [2] No idea why, but that is a thing. My Nextcloud runs as a normal PHP application and I haven't had any issues with upgrading yet. Going from, I think, version 23 on Debian 11 to 27.1 now on a different machine running Debian 12 since I started using it. Maybe I should find something more focused on file syncing, but the all-in-one approach of Nextcloud and its various plugins makes trying some new services very easy. [1] https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/5031 [2] https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/onlyoffice-nextcloud/issues/60...
In Roundcube open-source webmail software merges with Nextcloud
Nextcloud has had too many longstanding bugs like the one that mangles metadata, breaks sync, and requires server side intervention to fix [1]. I don’t trust them to do normal sync anymore. There’s no way I’d take the risk of letting them encrypt my data. They need to slow down on features before tech debt ruins their product (if it hasn’t already). 1. https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/4378
In Desktop 3.8: End-to-End Encryption levels up with sharing and file-drop
Remember when encryption just didn't work on subfolders, but they kept telling everyone it did? https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/816 Unless they've really cleaned up their act, nextcloud just isn't suitable for real data. I would pay _so_ much money for a correctly functioning WebDAV server, maintained by responsible professionals. EDIT: looks like they have _not_ cleaned up their act whatsoever: https://github.com/nextcloud/end_to_end_encryption/issues/38...
In Desktop 3.8: End-to-End Encryption levels up with sharing and file-drop

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