Nextcloud
Nextcloud is an open-source, self-hosted app in the File Sync & Storage category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in PHP. It is a self-hosted alternative to Google Drive, Dropbox and Google Docs. It has 37,298 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 37,298
- Forks
- 5,309
- Open issues
- 2,797
- Commits, last 12 months
- 8,041
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v33.0.10Oct 15, 2026
- Created
- Jun 2, 2016
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 8,041 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases5 releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors75 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 8,041 |
| Latest release | v33.0.10 (Oct 15, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 5 |
| Releases, all time | 484 |
| Open issues | 2,797 |
| Open pull requests | 1,023 |
| Good first issues | 65 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jun 2, 2016 |
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About Nextcloud
Access and share your files, calendars, contacts, mail and more from any device, on your terms.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/nextcloud/server.
Topics
- open-source
- file-sharing
- enterprise
- sharing
- collaboration
- cloud
- nextcloud
- self-hosting
- decentralized
- federation
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Is Nextcloud free and open source?
Yes. Nextcloud is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Nextcloud with Docker?
Nextcloud does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (PHP and deb), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Nextcloud?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Nextcloud include Syncthing, Puter and Cloudreve. Nextcloud itself is a self-hosted alternative to Google Drive, Dropbox, Google Docs, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and Google Calendar.
Is Nextcloud actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Nextcloud was on Oct 26, 2026 with 8,041 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v33.0.10, published Oct 15, 2026. It had 2,797 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.