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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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[–] dan@upvote.au 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Syncthing is pretty good.

I tried seafile and it kept going down and corrupted a lot of files after an unexpected server shutdown. It shared the corruption to all the local files on every app/pc I had it shared to.

This sounds like an issue with your server rather than with Seafile specifically. Was the unexpected shutdown due to a power outage? You should have a UPS so that it can properly shut down during outages. You'll hit similar issues with any other system otherwise.

[–] Other@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The battery of the UPS died and I didn't notice until there was an outage. None of my other apps had any problem except seafile + I never found out why it kept going down randomnly. I kinda stopped caring after the corruption ;;

edit : I am already using syncthing between my machines/phone and it works great for me, but I want something I can share with family and friends, sadly syncthing is too complicated for them.