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I used OwnCloud for a while and never had any problems with it, but it seemed like overkill for my use. I didn't have multiple users and I wasn't using it to share files with anyone -- just syncing files between my own devices.

I started using Sandstorm[0] for my personal server, and there's an app for it called Davros[1], which implements the OwnCloud protocol. It doesn't really do a good job of advertising that fact (not even mentioned in its description), but you can use the OwnCloud clients with Davros. It's been satisfying my file-syncing needs with no problems. Just be aware that it lacks versioning.

I'm excited to see what's coming for NextCloud, though.

[0] https://sandstorm.io [1] https://apps.sandstorm.io/app/8aspz4sfjnp8u89000mh2v1xrdyx97...

[tinix]

It's not an "owncloud protocol"... It's called WebDAV and it's a web standard[0], like HTTP.

[0]https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4918

There are literally 100s and 100s of these tools... Nothing is special about OwnCloud, or Sandstorm, in this case, to support interoperability.

It's pretty obvious, IMO, that it supports WebDAV since "dav" is right there in the name.

[kentonv]

To be fair, in order to work with the ownCloud client, Davros had to implement a few ownCloud-specific extensions. But basically, yes, it's WebDAV.