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What is Nextcloud?

Nextcloud turns a server you control into a home for a team's files and everyday tools. It covers storage, syncing and sharing, and it can grow into a fuller workplace through its app store, while encryption and two-factor authentication protect the data.

Nextcloud Server is an open-source platform for storing, syncing and sharing files, contacts and calendars on a server you choose. Hundreds of apps add tools such as mail and video chat, and encryption and two-factor authentication help protect the data.

Core capabilities

  • Store files, contacts and calendars on your own server and sync them across devices.
  • Share files with colleagues and clients, or work on them together.
  • Extend it with hundreds of apps such as Calendar, Contacts, Mail and video chat.

Access, sync and share your data

Files, contacts and calendars live on a server of your choosing and stay synchronised across devices. Sharing gives other people access to exactly what they need, which suits client folders as well as internal collaboration.

  • File sync
  • Sharing
  • Calendars

Grow it with apps and protect it

Hundreds of apps extend Nextcloud with tools such as Calendar, Contacts, Mail and video chat. Encryption, two-factor authentication and a public bug bounty programme on HackerOne help keep the data safe.

  • App store
  • Encryption
  • Two-factor auth

Host it yourself or through a provider

Organisations can install the server on their own hardware, use a ready-made appliance, or choose a hosting provider that runs Nextcloud for them. Nextcloud GmbH also offers an enterprise edition with support.

  • Self-hosted
  • Providers
  • AGPL-3.0

Where it fits

Use cases

  1. 01

    Share files with clients securely

    Give clients access to the folders and files they need while the originals stay on your own server rather than in a third-party cloud.

  2. 02

    Keep a team's files in sync

    Sync files, contacts and calendars across each person's devices so everyone works from the same up-to-date copies.

  3. 03

    Build a private workplace from apps

    Add apps from the Nextcloud App Store, such as Calendar, Contacts, Mail and video chat, to bring more of a team's daily work onto the same server.