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branon | 3 months ago

I have been considering https://bewcloud.com/ + Immich as an alternative

Nextcloud's client support is very good though and it has some great apps, I use PhoneTrack on road trips a lot

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troyvit|3 months ago

> I use PhoneTrack on road trips a lot

If every aspect of Nextcloud was as clean, quick and light-weight as PhoneTrack this world would be a different place. The interface is a little confusing but once I got the hang of it it's been awesome and there's just nothing like it. I use an old phone in my murse with PhoneTrack on it and that way if I leave it on the bus (again) I actually have a chance of finding it.

No $35/month subscription, and I'm not sharing my location data with some data aggregator (aside from Android of course).

zeagle|3 months ago

Immich is a night and day improvement for photos vs nextcloud. You could roll it in addition if you wanted to try.

glenstein|3 months ago

Fantastic recommendation, it's like exactly what the doctor ordered given the premise of this thread. Does Bewcloud play nice with DAV or other open protocols or (dare I hope) nextcloud apps? I wouldn't mind using nextcloud apps paired with a better web front end.

BrunoBernardino|3 months ago

bewCloud creator here, it does play nice with WebDAV, CalDAV, and CardDav. That's what's used for file/photo sync, calendars, and contacts.

It does not support Nextcloud apps (and I don't ever plan to). If you're looking for extensibility, it's not a great option for you (I've been feeling some "pressure" to add a plugin system, but I'm very concerned it'll compromise bewCloud's main value drivers — it's speed, low resource use, simplicity, and ease of use).

meonkeys|3 months ago

PhoneTrack +1, if you don't mind some tinkering. It looks like a power tool someone made with great care.

I wish there was a better client-side view/share app. I've been meaning to try Dawarich, I've heard it does this better.