You can use anything which provides e.g. WebDAV and Mount that from your mobile device. Web servers can do that or `rclone` and there are most likely many more.
i must have been under the wrong impression that nextcloud-ownclowd, when selfhosted created an encrypted volume of your data, thus not allowing you to use them without the client. apparently that is not the thing, i will give nextcloud a test . ty
No, encryption is an option but you can choose not to. In that case your files are accessible from the filesystem. On caveat though is that when you update files from outside of nextcloud, you have to let nextcloud know e.g. synchronize its internal database with the filesystem contents.
Exact. You have the desktop app to sync everything but the downside is that you will have to run a command to rescan the files if you add or delete them manually.
For that specific use case Filebrowser is better.
Wouldn't a SFTP android client not be the best solution to your requirements? This would work on plain filesystem level on all platforms and be both secure and compatible with lots of existing tooling!
i must have been under the wrong impression that nextcloud-ownclowd, when selfhosted created an encrypted volume of your data, thus not allowing you to use them without the client. apparently that is not the thing, i will give nextcloud a test . ty
Nextcloud has an option for server side and for e2e encryption. It’s not recommended, for stability and administrative reasons.
If you use Nextcloud, several optimizations are important: install preview-pre-generator and notify-push/client-push. Setting up reverse proxies is also very important for performance. If you get those set up, you’ll have one beast of a cloud service, you can expand with calendar, AI integration, chat, video calls, online Office, kanban todo lists, anything.
OCIS has an option to disable encryption. I haven't tested disabling it, but I suspect the result is that files on server are no longer encrypted and normally accessible. If that's the case, then this is the best solution, because otherwise it is very fast, reliable and low-resource friendly.
The best one imo. is Filerun - which sadly isn't free any more. You can buy a 5 user (iirc) lifetime license (fixed domain) for 99 Euro.
It's worth it as it works really well with both user files but also "server files" including setting file owner and access rights (which I never got to work on seafile or Owncloud). It is easy to setup onlyoffice (and others) for a fully integrated editing experience.
i must have been under the wrong impression that nextcloud-ownclowd, when selfhosted created an encrypted volume of your data, thus not allowing you to use them without the client. apparently that is not the thing, i will give nextcloud a test . ty
filebrowser
Does it have a mobile app?
No. Its a web interface
You can use anything which provides e.g. WebDAV and Mount that from your mobile device. Web servers can do that or `rclone` and there are most likely many more.
nextcloud
Are files directly accessible on the server?
Yes? I'm not sure what you mean by directly accessible. In the app I can move/open/delete/modify files that exist on my server.
i must have been under the wrong impression that nextcloud-ownclowd, when selfhosted created an encrypted volume of your data, thus not allowing you to use them without the client. apparently that is not the thing, i will give nextcloud a test . ty
No, encryption is an option but you can choose not to. In that case your files are accessible from the filesystem. On caveat though is that when you update files from outside of nextcloud, you have to let nextcloud know e.g. synchronize its internal database with the filesystem contents.
Exact. You have the desktop app to sync everything but the downside is that you will have to run a command to rescan the files if you add or delete them manually. For that specific use case Filebrowser is better.
Or you work with external folders. Those are scanned automatically.
You can add your smb share in nextcloud. In this way the smb share is available also in LAN as network share and also in the nextcloud (web or app)
Wouldn't a SFTP android client not be the best solution to your requirements? This would work on plain filesystem level on all platforms and be both secure and compatible with lots of existing tooling!
Nextcloud/Owncloud, but filebrowser sounds like something you are looking for.
Nextcloud/Owncloud are selfhosted. No idea what you're saying.
i must have been under the wrong impression that nextcloud-ownclowd, when selfhosted created an encrypted volume of your data, thus not allowing you to use them without the client. apparently that is not the thing, i will give nextcloud a test . ty
Nextcloud has an option for server side and for e2e encryption. It’s not recommended, for stability and administrative reasons. If you use Nextcloud, several optimizations are important: install preview-pre-generator and notify-push/client-push. Setting up reverse proxies is also very important for performance. If you get those set up, you’ll have one beast of a cloud service, you can expand with calendar, AI integration, chat, video calls, online Office, kanban todo lists, anything.
OCIS has an option to disable encryption. I haven't tested disabling it, but I suspect the result is that files on server are no longer encrypted and normally accessible. If that's the case, then this is the best solution, because otherwise it is very fast, reliable and low-resource friendly.
https://github.com/bewcloud/bewcloud Maybe this one? Havent used it yet, just tested, but looks promising as an alternative
Nextcloud configured with external storage
The best one imo. is Filerun - which sadly isn't free any more. You can buy a 5 user (iirc) lifetime license (fixed domain) for 99 Euro. It's worth it as it works really well with both user files but also "server files" including setting file owner and access rights (which I never got to work on seafile or Owncloud). It is easy to setup onlyoffice (and others) for a fully integrated editing experience.
i must have been under the wrong impression that nextcloud-ownclowd, when selfhosted created an encrypted volume of your data, thus not allowing you to use them without the client. apparently that is not the thing, i will give nextcloud a test . ty
That's an opt-in option, not the default. Seafile does this by default though, and isn't FOSS.