I agree. In principle Nextcloud is a great idea and project but it has a lot of issues that make maintaining a pain. I had it for over 2 years and at every update it was painfull. I gave up and moved to Syncthing+Radicale. Is there something I miss? Yes, the ability to share as Syncthing doesn’t allow sharing.
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RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
This is the way! Slowly replace Nextcloud components with better things until you’re no longer dependent on it
trilobite@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
sicco@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
The trick is to wait several point releases before updating. This makes it much more stable.
RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Syncthing doesn’t allow sharing Like, between users? You can set up a shared folder with that user, although I know it’s not the same.
I’ve recently been made aware of Copyparty, which is a web GUI for serving files, with great access control, and the main dev reported people have been running it over a Syncthing-synced directory without any issues. Has an Android app too. I don’t have any need for sharing over HTTP right now, but if I did, that would be my go-to.
trilobite@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Documentation is impressive. I need to take a look. Thanks for sharing.
RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Copyparty is clearly labor of love, some UI choices are questionable, but the docs and the ease of setup are amazing
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
What to use for Calendar and Contacts management?
Yes I know about Radicale, I’m talking UI wise because doing any substantial event organizing via my phone.RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
I would like to know too, that’s the last reason why i still have to host that forsaken piece of software.
Cyber@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I use Vivaldi’s built in calendar as the UI to Radicale.
Just a suggestion
brb@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
What should I use if I just want dumb file storage that is accesible from any device (linux/windows/android) remotely? I’m already self hosting a media server if that matters
RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
If you don’t need a web GUI, just WebDAV is a good protocol, nginx can serve files over it. SFTP is good too.
Here’s a tutorial for WebDAV / Docker, it boils down to one command. No databases, performance issues, security nightmares.
brb@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
This looks nice, thank you
somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
With what?
pipes@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
(Next)²Cloud, duh
marius@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
The EvenFurtherCloud
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
CloudAfterNsxt
Cyber@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Depends on which functions of NC you’re using.
Personally, I found thst no-one used the gallery, calendar or contacts apps in NC, so I replaced it all with radicale and syncthing.
But if you’re using all the collaboration stuff, then you’ll need to look into it a bit more.
For me, NC was way overkill, nightmare to maintain and an extra layer of software (ie vulnerabilities) exposed to the interwebs thst I didn’t need
RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
I moved to Syncthing. Some people say Seafile is good.
Localhorst86@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
As someone who uses nextcloud exclusively for calDAV and cardDAV, what replacements are recommended?
Cyber@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I replaced NC with Radicale
non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
+1 for radicale. It just sits there and works.
paperd@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
github.com/tchapi/davis uses the same library as nextcloud (and basically every other Foss calendar app) and just tries to wrap an admin interface around it.
RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
I’m not the right person to ask this question as these 2 are the only reason I haven’t nuked Nextcloud yet. Looked at Radicale but shared calendars look like a nightmare to set up. But in the era of LLMs, I may just have one of them set it all up and migrate it for me.