Oracle recently changed their free VPS allowances, taking down my Nextcloud instance. I’m moving my file sync to a local machine but was wondering if anyone had any experience with alternatives, as Nextcloud AIO was a major pain in the ass to set up last time.
I used it for sharing WIP music projects so having a web interface where I can listen to audio files from a browser was really convenient. It seems however, that all apps offering this feature are just as heavy as NC.
I tried installing cloudreve, but the web media player seems borked on firefox.
Does anyone know any good alternatives, preferably ones which can run off a single docker compose file?
Instead of installing a massive all in one solution, why not install individual services specifically to cover your requirements? Navidrome for music consumption, synching to actually sync files, WebDAV and OnlyOffice for office docs, VLC, Kodi or jellyfin for video consumption, immich for photos, etc.
It will end up being much lighter and more specialised
File Browser Quantum is AWESOME, I’m shocked I don’t hear about it more often.
Copyparty. It’s not pretty but it’s lightweight and does a lot. Including the “single docker compose” setup you’re after.
Opencloud is pretty decent no extras just file sync with a web UI and android app.
Owncloud, Opencloud, Sync-in, and Seafile are some lighter-weight options I know of with docker builds.
Migrated from NC to FileBrowser Quantum and its super light weight. https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser
I tried all of them over a few months and ended up with Immich + Syncthing.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
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Not web based but you could always use Samba
