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Nextcloud alternatives? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by Other@lemmy.ca to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I decided to try Nextcloud after not using it for 10 years, and after testing it a bit I find myself turned off by the email (and other profile options) being visible to "everyone" by default.

I found how to disable the profile by default : email still visible Hide the email in profile settings of user manualy : still visible completely remove email : no notifications

In addition to that, from what I understand, even if I change the default setting to private the other profile options, they are automatically shared with anyone you connect to the Talk app?? I was really hoping to try it out, but that's another turnoff.

It does not seem to be a problem to most users so they have not done anything since 2019 about it (from the github issues and forum threads I found). It is an instant turnoff to me, I am questionning using it only for myself and use something else to share with family.... if you have a solution for the user info privacy, I am all ears.

I just want a multiuser file sharing app that works with authentik and works with android/windows/linux. Bonus points if it does not encrypt files on the server.

TLDR : what alternatives do you have to nextcloud ?

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Expand on your file sharing model/needs/usage pattern. .

Syncthing synchronizes specified folders. It's quite configurable, but it's really meant for a stable, regular syncing process. If you need more ad-hoc, it can do it but it's not like using a network share.

Resilio Sync has a neat feature - selective sync, that allows you to grab specific files from a shared folder ad-hoc, rather than always sync all files all the time. I use it to grab media files (multi-gig) from my server when traveling.

IIRC, both have a "send only" setting for a sync job, so everyone could simply share to a specific folder, and have selective sync enabled for that folder... I think.

Both are Windows/Linux/iOS, and I think they're both Mac.