Nextcloud Has a Free Self-Hosted Cloud — Files, Calendar, Contacts, Office, and 400+ Apps

Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud — they all work great until you realize someone else owns your data and can change the price anytime.

Nextcloud gives you everything Google Workspace does, running on your hardware. Files, calendar, contacts, video calls, office suite, email — all self-hosted. 400K+ deployments worldwide.

What You Get Free

AGPL licensed:

• Files — sync, share, version, encrypt. Desktop and mobile clients.
• Calendar — CalDAV, shared calendars, reminders
• Contacts — CardDAV, contact groups, sharing
• Office — Collabora Online or OnlyOffice integration (Google Docs alternative)
• Talk — video calls, screen sharing, chat rooms
• Mail — IMAP email client built in
• Notes — markdown notes with sync
• Tasks — todo lists with CalDAV
• Photos — AI-powered face recognition and timeline
• 400+ apps — extend with apps from the Nextcloud App Store
• Encryption — server-side and end-to-end encryption
• External storage — mount S3, FTP, SMB, WebDAV

Quick Start

docker run -d -p 8080:80 \
  -v nextcloud:/var/www/html \
  nextcloud:latest

Or use the all-in-one Docker image with everything pre-configured:

docker run -d --init \
  --sig-proxy=false \
  --name nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  nextcloud/all-in-one:latest

What You Can Build

1. Family cloud — replace Google Drive/iCloud for everyone.
2. Business workspace — files + calendar + email + video calls. Google Workspace alternative.
3. Collaboration platform — shared editing, project management, chat.
4. Medical/legal storage — HIPAA/GDPR compliant file storage.
5. Education platform — student file sharing, assignments, scheduling.

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