No need to pay Dropbox or any other cloud storage company a monthly fee for storing your files on a server you have no control over. No need to worry about Google reading your emails and using your photos for machine learning purposes. Nextcloud provides a private and secure vault for all your personal information. Why use Nextcloud? Simply put: data privacy. Many others (See the Nextcloud App Store).File Sharing policies (timeframe, encryption options, public link expiration, etc).Mail (A very functional Mail client application with encryption, multiple accounts, etc).Talk (Meeting software like Zoom or Jitsi, no Nextcloud account needed to join calls!).Bookmarks (Bookmark storage that can be synced to your browser using Floccus).

Contacts (Address book that uses WebDav to sync with other devices).

Maps (Directions, pinning locations, mapping where your photos were taken, etc).

Gallery (This helps with managing your photos in a centralized location).

Tasks (This also can be synced using WebDav to other devices like MacOS/iOS Reminders).

Calendar (This uses WebDav and can be synced to other devices more on this in a later post).

Files (This is installed by default and aids in storing/sharing/managing your files).

Some of the apps include: A sampling of a few Nextcloud apps Nextcloud is made up of many, many apps that can be installed as needed. Over the past few years Nextcloud has come a long way and is now my recommended solution for anyone seriously interested in hosting their own data with privacy and security in mind. Nextcloud is a Free and Open Source Software ( FOSS) that provides an enterprise grade all-in-one solution for file storage, collaboration, meetings, etc. TLDR: A Nextcloud description is below, but why not just check out the demo!

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