@bmartino1 i saw your post in another topic and didn't want to hijack it so i started a new one.

13 hours ago, bmartino1 said:

I highly discourage the use of nextcloud... what does nextcloud do that you can do better with a different set of dockers...

I'm interested because nextcloud is what i use but i want to get rid of it. I did not install the AIO-container but just the file-sharing service without chat, agenda, etc...

Anyway, i'm interested in what 'different set of dockers' you mean?

The only reason I don't recommend the next cloud application suit is because they're not secure by default.

Docker updates break things constantly and it's a pain to fix and manually have to edit configs all over the place. So you really have to know the nginx config system.

So what it does and it sells that is. It creates a web-based user experience that's similar to Google drive.

Depending on plugins and other systems, you can achieve that through other means.

I have a good example if you're just looking for a web-based user controller for file access for your systems between who can log in and use whatever share folder.

Rejeto HFS...

If you're looking for just file sharing between other systems across other systems, I recommend SFTP and actually use the file protocol.

We take that if you need web dab there's other doctors that set up webdev if you need a website to access files, there's other website Files.

The point being is what nuxcloud does is great. Assuming you're okay with being on that version and may or may not being able to update out when there's a Docker tag update or other vulnerability that you have to monitor and watch.

Too many people I've seen even here that use the all-in-one Docker system. Keep getting into the caveats where they have to edit the config manually and then the docker tag updates and now the docker edit is no longer working or something else breaks along the lines where it's just not a seamless integration and easy to explain and or get started situation.

Where you can use multiple other dockers that are simpler, secure by default and maintain that same functionality.

So my question is the alternative would be what is it that you needed to do and how do you want to interact with it.

Are you just needing a place where you can access to upload things like a Dropbox situation and use things known as webdav?

Edited January 5Jan 5 by bmartino1

When you use next cloud, what is it that you need the system to do that nextcloud is doing for you and then I can give you a recommendation of other dockers that can do that job in a similar or better way

I stopped using Nextcloud about 5 years ago because it was indeed always a hassle with updates and fixing issues. After that, I switched to Resilio (works completely different, i know), but it wasn’t exactly what I was looking for. A few months ago, I installed Nextcloud again, but this time without the office suite, chat, etc. That makes maintenance a lot simpler. In fact, it works properly and I’m not experiencing the problems I had 5 years ago.

We use Nextcloud only for synchronizing files between our different devices, and it’s also convenient to create a shared link to use within the family, for example. That’s something that was a bit less smooth with Resilio (in my experience).

Nextcloud is running behind a reverse proxy and I only use Authentik for logging in. Logging in via username/password is not possible, not even for other (family) users. Although I have to admit that my knowledge of Authentik is very limited.

I’ve often searched for an alternative to Nextcloud, but for one reason or another I always ended up coming back to it. One advantage is that with Nextcloud I only have to maintain a single Docker container.

I’m currently looking into rejetto/hfs, but it seems that it doesn’t synchronize between different devices...

Anyway, the search continues…

I agree with @bmartino1 For file sharing SFTP is the way to go. I like the SFTPGo app. You can connect using an SFTP app or use the webclient (set up a reverse proxy and/or tailscale and you can get to your data from anywhere). It also supports WebDAV. I gave up nextcloud years ago and never looked back.

On 1/2/2026 at 2:11 PM, Aran said:

I stopped using Nextcloud about 5 years ago because it was indeed always a hassle with updates and fixing issues. After that, I switched to Resilio (works completely different, i know), but it wasn’t exactly what I was looking for. A few months ago, I installed Nextcloud again, but this time without the office suite, chat, etc. That makes maintenance a lot simpler. In fact, it works properly and I’m not experiencing the problems I had 5 years ago.

We use Nextcloud only for synchronizing files between our different devices, and it’s also convenient to create a shared link to use within the family, for example. That’s something that was a bit less smooth with Resilio (in my experience).

Nextcloud is running behind a reverse proxy and I only use Authentik for logging in. Logging in via username/password is not possible, not even for other (family) users. Although I have to admit that my knowledge of Authentik is very limited.

I’ve often searched for an alternative to Nextcloud, but for one reason or another I always ended up coming back to it. One advantage is that with Nextcloud I only have to maintain a single Docker container.

I’m currently looking into rejetto/hfs, but it seems that it doesn’t synchronize between different devices...

Anyway, the search continues…

Rejeto is a web with user file share access example ... SInce your want to sync files between mutiple devices.. I would recommend syncthing. or a sftp rsync.

https://syncthing.net/

https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-syncthing/

as this would give you muti device file syncs across and file access.