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Re:OwnCloud releases tech preview on new, innovative platfor... by nickik on Friday January 22, 2021 @11:07PM (#25879546)
I was not very happy with the ownCloud product and this rewirte was very much needed. I seem like they were just adding feature but tons of it just didn't work well at all.

I'm fine with less features, add them when they are ready.

I would maybe try it again after a rewrite.

Anybody have good alternatives? For me most important was exposing my files to other users and giving them access selectively. Also syncing files to the app would have been a great feature for me (this caused the most issues for me).

Re:OwnCloud releases tech preview on new, innovative platfor... by _frkl on Saturday January 23, 2021 @01:02AM (#25880066)
It sounds like Seafile would be worthwhile for you to look into, they do syncing quite well (based on a simplified version of git - its quite fast as they don't have to up-/download the whole file if it changes), and sharing also works fine. Doesn't have a lot of other features, but what it does it does relatively well. There are a few issues as with everything, esp. setup and updating is a bit annoying, but overall I'd recommend it. Can also do end to end encryption (with a few caveats, but IMHO good enough).