Self-hosted alternatives to Nextcloud
Looking for something lighter or more focused than Nextcloud for file sync, sharing or groupware? These 30 self-hosted apps cover the same ground on your own server.
About Nextcloud: Open-source platform to access and share your files, calendars, contacts, mail and more. It is already self-hostable; people usually look elsewhere for something lighter or more focused.
| App | Health | Stars | License | Docker | RAM (est.) | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bewCloud direct | Active | 1.3k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Syncthing | Active | 90.4k | MPL-2.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Puter | Active | 44.2k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Cloudreve | Active | 29k | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Seafile | Active | 15.4k | GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0, AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0 | – | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| ownCloud | Active | 8.8k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| OpenCloud | Active | 6.3k | Apache-2.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Unison | Active | 5.6k | GPL-3.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Peergos | Active | 2.6k | AGPL-3.0 | – | 2 GB | $10/mo |
| Pydio | Active | 2.3k | AGPL-3.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| SOGo | Active | 2.2k | LGPL-2.1 | – | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Sync-in | Active | 2k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Hoodik | Active | 1.6k | CC-BY-NC-4.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Colanode | Maintained | 5.2k | Apache-2.0 | ✓ | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Openmeetings | Active | 688 | Apache-2.0 | ✓ | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| egroupware | Active | 303 | GPL-2.0 | ✓ | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Group Office | Active | 287 | AGPL-3.0 | – | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Tracim | Active | 275 | AGPL-3.0, LGPL-3.0, MIT | – | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Tine | Active | 22 | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Digipad | Active | 7 | AGPL-3.0 | – | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Digistorm | Active | 7 | AGPL-3.0 | – | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Digibuzzer | Active | 3 | AGPL-3.0 | – | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Digiscreen | Active | 3 | AGPL-3.0 | – | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Digitools | Active | 1 | AGPL-3.0 | – | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Digiwall | Active | 0 | AGPL-3.0 | – | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Citadel | Unknown | – | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Cozy Cloud | Unknown | – | GPL-3.0 | – | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| FileRun | Unknown | – | ⊘ Proprietary | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Git Annex | Unknown | – | GPL-3.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| OpenSSH SFTP server | Unknown | – | BSD-2-Clause | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
The options in detail
1. bewCloud
File sharing + sync, notes, and photos (alternative to Nextcloud and ownCloud's RSS reader).
Active Last commit 2026-11-05. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release v4.22.0 (2026-11-05). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
2. Syncthing
Peer-to-peer file synchronisation tool.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. Latest release v2.1.7 (2026-10-21). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
3. Puter
Web-based operating system designed to be feature-rich, exceptionally fast, and highly extensible.
Active Last commit 2026-11-10. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release 26.11 (2026-11-02). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
4. Cloudreve
File management and sharing system, supports multiple storage providers.
Active Last commit 2026-09-21. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release 4.19.1 (2026-09-18). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
5. Seafile
File hosting and sharing solution primary for teams and organizations.
Active Last commit 2026-10-16. 7 releases in the past year. Latest release v9.0.5 (2024-02-27). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
6. ownCloud
All-in-one solution for saving, synchronizing, viewing, editing and sharing files, calendars, address books and more.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release v11.1.0 (2026-11-03). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
7. OpenCloud
File Sharing and Collaboration Platform.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release v9.0.0 (2026-10-27). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
8. Unison
File-synchronization tool for OSX, Unix, and Windows.
Active Last commit 2026-09-20. 1 release in the past year. Latest release v2.54.0 (2026-05-01). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
9. Peergos
Secure and private space online where you can store, share and view your photos, videos, music and documents. Also includes a calendar, news feed, task lists, chat and email client.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
10. Pydio
Turn any web server into a powerful file management system and an alternative to mainstream cloud storage providers.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. Latest release v5.1.1 (2026-11-02). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
11. SOGo
SOGo offers multiple ways to access the calendaring and messaging data. CalDAV, CardDAV, GroupDAV, as well as ActiveSync, including native Outlook compatibility and Web interface.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. 9 releases in the past year. Latest release SOGo-5.12.13 (2026-11-04). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
12. Sync-in
File storage, syncing, sharing, and collaboration with real-time editing, permission management, and desktop/CLI clients.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. Latest release v2.6.3 (2026-11-09). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
13. Hoodik
End-to-end encrypted cloud storage server. Files are encrypted and decrypted in the browser, so the server only ever holds ciphertext. Runs on SQLite or PostgreSQL, stores chunks on local disk or any S3-compatible service.
Active Last commit 2026-11-04. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release v2.6.1 (2026-11-05). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM incl. postgres. How to run it →
14. Colanode
Collaboration suite with real-time messaging, rich text pages, file management, and dynamic databases - built for offline work (alternative to Slack, Notion).
Maintained Last commit 2026-04-03. 8 releases in the past year. Latest release v0.4.7 (2026-04-03). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
15. Openmeetings
Video conferencing, instant messaging, whiteboard, collaborative document editing and other groupware tools using API functions of the Red5 Streaming Server for Remoting and Streaming.
Active Last commit 2026-11-08. 2 releases in the past year. Latest release 9.1.0 (2026-07-14). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
16. egroupware
Software suite including calendars, address books, notepad, project management tools, client relationship management tools (CRM), knowledge management tools, a wiki and a CMS.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release 26.10.20261030 (2026-10-30). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
17. Group Office
Enterprise CRM and groupware tool. Share projects, calendars, files and e-mail online with co-workers and clients.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release v26.0.59 (2026-11-09). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
18. Tracim
Collaborative Platform for team collaboration: file,threads,notes,agenda,etc.
Active Last commit 2026-10-28. Latest release release_04.12.00 (2024-12-23). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
19. Tine
Software for digital collaboration in companies and organizations. From powerful groupware functionalities to clever add-ons, tine combines everything to make daily team collaboration easier.
Active Last commit 2026-11-10. Latest release weekly-2026.44.1 (2026-10-31). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
20. Digipad
Online application for creating collaborative digital notepads (documentation in French).
Active Last commit 2026-10-22. 14 releases in the past year. Latest release 1.6.3 (2026-10-12). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
21. Digistorm
Create collaborative surveys, quizzes, brainstorms, and word clouds (documentation in French).
Active Last commit 2026-10-12. 17 releases in the past year. Latest release 1.3.1 (2026-10-12). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
22. Digibuzzer
Create a virtual game room around a connected buzzer (documentation in French).
Active Last commit 2026-11-13. 12 releases in the past year. Latest release 0.8.6 (2026-11-13). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
23. Digiscreen
Interactive whiteboard/wallpaper for the classroom, in person or remotely (documentation in French).
Active Last commit 2026-10-20. 6 releases in the past year. Latest release 1.2.2 (2026-10-14). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
24. Digitools
Set of simple tools to accompany the animation of courses in person or remotely (documentation in French).
Active Last commit 2026-10-11. 5 releases in the past year. Latest release 0.6.1 (2026-10-13). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
25. Digiwall
Create multimedia collaborative walls for in-person or remote work (documentation in French).
Active Last commit 2026-10-22. 14 releases in the past year. Latest release 1.0.3 (2026-10-12). Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
26. Citadel
Groupware including email, calendar/scheduling, address books, forums, mailing lists, IM, wiki and blog engines, RSS aggregation and more.
Unknown Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
27. Cozy Cloud
Personal cloud where you can manage and sync your files, notes, contacts, passwords, and documents.
Unknown Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
28. FileRun
Complete solution for your files with integration with Google and Office.
Unknown Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
29. Git Annex
File synchronization between computers, servers, external drives.
Unknown Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
30. OpenSSH SFTP server
Secure File Transfer Program.
Unknown Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
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