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Self-hosted
How product activity is processed.
INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE
Nextcloud
An open-source self-hosted collaboration platform for files, communication, groupware, and extensible applications.
- Web · Desktop · Mobile · Self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Open source
- Pricing
- Open core
- Category
- Self-hosted software
Privacy at a glance
A quick view of the dimensions most useful for comparing this product. Unconfirmed facts stay explicitly unconfirmed.
Identity
Organization-managed
Whether an account is needed to use it.
Tracking
Not confirmed
Reported analytics and tracking posture.
Ownership & source
Open source
Availability of the product source code.
Offline support
Partial
Whether core use can continue offline.
Self-hosting
Yes
Whether you can run it on your own infrastructure.
What to know
Why it stands out
- Organizations can run the server and retain control over storage, identity, integrations, and network location.
- An optional end-to-end encryption application can prevent the server from seeing plaintext for selected files and folders.
Trade-offs
- Standard server-side files are accessible to the server environment and its administrators unless end-to-end encryption is deliberately used.
- Security, patching, backup, logging, application selection, and administrator access controls depend heavily on the deployment operator.
Best for
Organizations and technically capable users wanting a self-hosted collaboration and file platform.
Consider another option when
People who want a maintenance-free zero-knowledge drive with identical privacy guarantees across every installed app.
Technical details
Complete privacy-profile dimensions, grouped for easier review. Each value is retained from the catalogue record.
4 groups · 18 dimensions
- Processing
- Self-hosted
- Storage
- Self-hosted
- Offline support
- Partial
- Self-hosting
- Yes
- Data export
- Yes
- Data deletion
- Yes
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Evidence
7 public sources collected
- About Nextcloudnextcloud.com · Product page · open-source self-hosting and data-control positioning
- Using end-to-end encryptiondocs.nextcloud.com · Documentation · optional E2EE and server visibility
- Nextcloud threat modelnextcloud.com · Documentation · security boundaries and E2EE protection goals
View all 7 sources
- Nextcloud Servergithub.com · Source repository · server source code and licensing
- Nextcloud pricingnextcloud.com · Product page · community, enterprise, support, and managed-service boundaries
- Nextcloud security and encryptionnextcloud.com · Documentation · security program, encryption layers, and deployment responsibilities
- Nextcloud features and data exportnextcloud.com · Documentation · data export and optional end-to-end encryption
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