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by art4ur 2383 days ago
It's easy to forget that sometimes you don't really need to host things. I used to run a Next Cloud server for syncing my documents, contacts, and calendar with all my devices. I'd rarely use a device that was not mine to access those things. I've switched to Syncthing (https://syncthing.net/) and DecSync (https://github.com/39aldo39/DecSync) and that's replaced 95% of what Next Cloud did for me.

Your use case might differ from mine quite a bit, but for me it was the best way to go. No server to babysit and everything "Just Works™".
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ShamelessC 2383 days ago
Do you mean you switched to a hosted Syncthing?

I'm looking into Nextcloud and syncthing. A lot of people suggested Nextcloud. What do you like better about syncthing?

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DenseComet 2383 days ago
Syncthing is not a hosted service, rather its a p2p way to sync files and other things between your devices. It relies on the bittorrent protocol, so you don't need to have a central server. What you can do though, is install it on a NAS as well, so that files are also synced to a central location.
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rollanders 2383 days ago
With syncthing or the similar Resilio you can sync folders between your computers. This works best if you also install it on a NAS so as intermediate storage constantly available. Nextcloud can do this also but adds a lot of other functionality. This is a cloud. You can access your files from any device. You can upload photos from your mobile. You can share files. You can create and edit documents. Play music. Show your photos. There are many apps adding further functionality. And you can install Nextcloud on your NAS at home or any VPS service
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