[kwlug-disc] Nextcloud, ownCloud, ...etc

[Chris Irwin]

On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 04:17:51PM -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
>I am thinking of installing software on my server that
>would allow me to sync contacts and calendar.

I'm using Nextcloud for general file-sync purposes. I think it's 
generally preferred over owncloud nowdays.

My primary Card/Calendar is in my mail provider (Fastmail), but I do 
sync it to Nextcloud occasionally as a backup.

Due to it's reliance on WebDAV, it's not as efficient as actual 
dedicated file share app (Syncthing, etc). However, I find the benefit 
of having a web client outweighs the theoretically inefficient file 
transfers.

There's a desktop sync program as well that works pretty well for 
two-way file sync.

>As an add on, I would like to sync the photos on my
>phone to my server.

Nextcloud does have a method to sync photos. However, browsing photos in 
Nextcloud is basically like browsing a directory. There's not too much 
intelligence there.

I recently switched my photos to immich. It's self-hosted as well, but 
scans your photos (locally!) so you can do intelligent searching. It's 
actually better than Google Photos' search. For example: "Red Car in 
mall parking lot" turns up a ton of applicable photos in immich, while 
google photos claims "No Results".

https://immich.app/


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