A little background first: I’m selfhosting our (wife and mine) files for over 12 years now, started with a simple FreeNAS folder, switched to Owncloud and moved on to Nextcloud after the split. We only really need the files part, and while it works fine in general, setting it up took more tinkering than it should’ve.
I’m also not a fan of NC’s direction, moving from file cloud hosting to a “full-stack” enterprise one-for-all solution. While that wouldn’t be an issue in general, it seems that other parts are prioritized without getting the older parts to work correctly first.
So I’ve tested through most of the other options, but maybe I missed something obvious.
Requirements:
selfhostable in a docker environment
file storage/syncing from a central server, preferably selective sync (so Syncthing is out)
either structured storage (folders etc) or at least structured export/backup from flat storage for application-indepentent file backup
desktop client for Windows, mobile client for Android
Web UI for simple browser access
virtual file support a definite plus
Things I’ve tried:
Nextcloud
well-working setup, definitely my “fallback” option
no fan of the general direction development is going
Syncthing
While working absolutely fine for sync between different devices (have it in use in a different scenario), the peer-to-peer nature is unsuitable for what I’m looking for
Pydio Cells
server and web UI work fine, desktop and app sync didn’t really work (might be an error on my part though)
backup fiddly due to needing cells-fuse tool for structured files, although I haven’t tested structured storage yet
Seafile
will have to test this again, when I did years earlier the storage situation was a little tricky
Owncloud Infinite Scale
Similar to Pydio Cells, but haven’t really tested yet due to dev exodus
What about OpenMediaVault?
Yes it focuses to be more of a NAS ‘operating system’ but the file sharing stuff is easy to set up. Any client can connect via nfs, smb or web to access any files.
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What about OpenMediaVault?
Yes it focuses to be more of a NAS ‘operating system’ but the file sharing stuff is easy to set up. Any client can connect via nfs, smb or web to access any files.