Whilst I do like Nextcloud it is getting a super bloated thing these days and performance is struggling as a result. Still the best for me right now, but I might change in the future if they continue to fatten it up for slaughter!
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2025
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Not sure how the new Pi5 is but Pi4 struggles quite a bit with Nextcloud. Nextcloud is not really designed to run on low-end devices, let alone an SBC. It may seem fine for the first time but when you actually try to do something, it'll get sluggish and oftentimes downright completely fail.
I stopped using my Pi4 for anything file related but I guess there might be something that it can reliably run(I'm guessing Syncthing).
Yep, same. I would add that if you get a compatible usb sata enclosure and run the OS off that the performance improvement is tangible, but i still felt it wasnt worth running nextcloud this way. Even on a pentium nuc i feel this just barely put nextcloud over the acceptable threshold.
I use a Pi5 with SSD (running Raspberry OS Lite 64bit). It runs Nextcloud, Nginx, DuckDNS, Docker, Portainer & also syncing Joplin & Memories for other family members to see holiday photos/special events (I run Immich on an alternative server not exposed to www). Only 1 user but its run flawlessly & seems pretty fast to me
Have you considered NextcloudPi? Installs a full, SSL-ready (self-generated or LetsEncrypt) Nextcloud instance with a single copy-paste command in terminal/via SSH.
Yes that is one of the most popular ones currently will sure do
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Helped me a bunch when starting read everything twice Emmet does like a good typo.
Syncthig is.now my goto for mobile.
Nfs or samba for home network.
Syncthing is great for syncing files and that's about it. No groupware, sharing, off-site storage and so on. I ran Syncthing+DecSync for years for great groupware sync but it's completely deprecated. I'm back on Nextcloud, though still use ST for syncing program files.
Umm my use case here is support for contacts,files,photos for both android and PC . So I think I'd prefer Nextcloud
Also check out Syncthing. I have it running on my Pi5, PCs and my Android phone. The phone's photos directory and lots of other files are automatically synced to my server and computers. No open firewall port is needed, everything is encrypted in transit and it supports trusted and untrusted hosts. Syncthing supports pretty much any topology, but I've found using star topology is easiest to manage.
Synching is incredibly useful, my list of synced folders keeps getting longer, my list of added devices keeps growing. I pray the never drop android support!
android support is not official, so they won't drop it. and currently we are using a fork of the formerly popular android app because the original's maintainer (btw one of the original lemmy devs) got fed up with the google play store's fuckery.
Thanks will definitely take a look , just wanted to ask what os do you use?
Debian 12, Mint, Pi OS, Windows 11, Android. Works perfectly on all of them.
I have had a very easy time running a variety services on single board computers using DietPi. Give it a look. It will save you time and headaches.
YunoHost is also a good management system, though more focused on web services compared to DietPi which seems more... Everything.
Agreed DietPi , Thank you
+1 DietPi
Yeah wanted help here , I have used very much GUI related softwares , after the switch I'll only connnect using ssh . So to overcome the learning curve which websites would you recommmend?
I again want to recommend DietPi. Installing software like NextCloud from it is as easy as choosing it from a menu and hitting enter.
Yes after reading , I am choosing Diet Pi and installing NextCloud , I will update you further and ask any help if required thanks