Was this done because the performance of Nextcloud is poor? I have been using Nextcloud for a few years on my own (admittedly overkill) hardware and haven't had performance issues, but I am the only user.
This was a nice surprise. It looks simple but it does the job. It allows me to put my pics and videos on my private cloud. My pdf also and search is fun. It allows me to create markdown docs too.
A simple docker install and you have your private cloud. Top!
It is not NextCloud. Nor it pretends to be. I like it, might keep this running and maybe put it to work.
Thanks.
There was a recent "why nextcloud feels slow' submission. Submission itself seemed off-course, to not really have analyzed the problem well (picked a pretty conventional a-priori whipping boy of bundle sizes). To me the clear winner in the comments was pointing out that there are massive waterfalls of fetching data to the client. https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2025/11/03/nextcloud-slow/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45799860
This data architecture problem burns you whether you are native or mobile, is the secret boss lurking in most application development. I wonder if OpenCloud is doing better than NextCloud with their middle-layers!
> OpenCloud is based on a fork of the open source software ‘ownCloud Infinite Scale' (OCIS), whose components were co-developed by developers from the science organisation CERN and other active contributors. OpenCloud is now being further developed.. clear focus on data protection, interoperability..
> modern file-sync and share platform.. oCIS breaks down the old [PHP] ownCloud 10 user specific namespace.. makes the individual parts accessible to clients as storage spaces and storage space registries.. WebDAV based oc sync protocol to manage files and folders, ocs to manage shares and TUS to upload files in a resumable way. On the server side REVA is the reference implementation of the CS3 apis which is defined using protobuf. By embedding libregraph/idm, oCIS provides a LDAP interface to make accounts, including guests available to firewalls and other systems.
> [oCIS] first production deployment.. CERN IT department‘s storage team has engaged in UI, API and backend development with ownCloud for many years.. users have access to the underlying data repository containing 1.4 billion files and 12 petabytes of data.
> OpenCloud discusses the challenges that arise when proprietary products are discontinued or acquired by competitors.. examines a current case.. new company is likely to include over a dozen employees who previously worked on Infinite Scale for ownCloud.
Was this done because the performance of Nextcloud is poor? I have been using Nextcloud for a few years on my own (admittedly overkill) hardware and haven't had performance issues, but I am the only user.
This was a nice surprise. It looks simple but it does the job. It allows me to put my pics and videos on my private cloud. My pdf also and search is fun. It allows me to create markdown docs too. A simple docker install and you have your private cloud. Top! It is not NextCloud. Nor it pretends to be. I like it, might keep this running and maybe put it to work. Thanks.
Filesystem as data backend? Does it do caldav? Carddav? Photo sync? A kanban board? So many questions…
I am intrigued… for sure Nextcloud is too slow at times and too often in maintenance mode after an update (but I’m still on the single container!)
Is there a simple list of features, and their completeness/ maturity?
I've not dug, but on first look https://opencloud.eu/en is a vague brochure with no real information.
The GitHub org page gives a better overview: https://github.com/opencloud-eu/
There's a list of features here (no mention of completeness/maturity though) https://opencloud.eu/en/features
There was a recent "why nextcloud feels slow' submission. Submission itself seemed off-course, to not really have analyzed the problem well (picked a pretty conventional a-priori whipping boy of bundle sizes). To me the clear winner in the comments was pointing out that there are massive waterfalls of fetching data to the client. https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2025/11/03/nextcloud-slow/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45799860
This data architecture problem burns you whether you are native or mobile, is the secret boss lurking in most application development. I wonder if OpenCloud is doing better than NextCloud with their middle-layers!
it would be nice to include a feature comparison chart between nextcloud and opencloud
https://opencloud.eu/sites/default/files/media/documents/202...
> OpenCloud is based on a fork of the open source software ‘ownCloud Infinite Scale' (OCIS), whose components were co-developed by developers from the science organisation CERN and other active contributors. OpenCloud is now being further developed.. clear focus on data protection, interoperability..
https://owncloud.dev/ocis/ | https://github.com/owncloud/ocis
> modern file-sync and share platform.. oCIS breaks down the old [PHP] ownCloud 10 user specific namespace.. makes the individual parts accessible to clients as storage spaces and storage space registries.. WebDAV based oc sync protocol to manage files and folders, ocs to manage shares and TUS to upload files in a resumable way. On the server side REVA is the reference implementation of the CS3 apis which is defined using protobuf. By embedding libregraph/idm, oCIS provides a LDAP interface to make accounts, including guests available to firewalls and other systems.
2021, https://owncloud.com/news/owncloud-infinite-scale-live-at-ce... | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oBQfD9QrCs
> [oCIS] first production deployment.. CERN IT department‘s storage team has engaged in UI, API and backend development with ownCloud for many years.. users have access to the underlying data repository containing 1.4 billion files and 12 petabytes of data.
2025 fork, https://github.com/orgs/opencloud-eu/discussions/262 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cZKzpEw62M | https://www.heise.de/en/news/Ex-ownCloud-devs-seek-new-start...
> OpenCloud discusses the challenges that arise when proprietary products are discontinued or acquired by competitors.. examines a current case.. new company is likely to include over a dozen employees who previously worked on Infinite Scale for ownCloud.