I’ve been running owncloud, then nextcloud for years. While it worked I was never very happy with it. Performance was always lackluster even for 1-2 users, features added are seemingly superfluous and was never something I wanted or cared about (groupware, AI assistant, talk features – don’t use, need or care). All I want is ... Read more
Hey friends. I finally fired nextcloud - and so should you.
I’d be more interested in finding a project that is not folder structure based like all these tend to be, but instead the files would be managed by metadata/attributes (and of course based on these you could still present the files in a classic folder structure when needed). So more of a database approach like in many Document Management systems, f.ex. M-Files.
After extensive looking the only selfhosted one that I can find that fits the bill is Seafile (latest update) which has a metadata based file storage function. Bear in mind setting up docker compose is a PITA but once you get it working (subject to license restriction - only 3 on free ‘pro’ tier) it works great.
Only other option that hits the same is the software I’m trying to replace: SharePoint (shudder). As much as Microsoft sucks the document libraries with columns are blooming powerful when combined with power automate. Good luck hunting!
I’d be more interested in finding a project that is not folder structure based like all these tend to be, but instead the files would be managed by metadata/attributes (and of course based on these you could still present the files in a classic folder structure when needed). So more of a database approach like in many Document Management systems, f.ex. M-Files.
After extensive looking the only selfhosted one that I can find that fits the bill is Seafile (latest update) which has a metadata based file storage function. Bear in mind setting up docker compose is a PITA but once you get it working (subject to license restriction - only 3 on free ‘pro’ tier) it works great.
Only other option that hits the same is the software I’m trying to replace: SharePoint (shudder). As much as Microsoft sucks the document libraries with columns are blooming powerful when combined with power automate. Good luck hunting!