Hi everyone,
I’m seriously thinking about moving from Nextcloud AIO to OwnCloud Infinite Scale (OCIS), and I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Here’s why I’m considering the switch:
- I need software that’s stable and doesn’t break after every update.
- Minimal maintenance is a priority for me.
- A solution that works out of the box with minimal setup complexity.
- Support for Docker Compose deployment.
- Support for S3 storage as the primary storage backend.
What I like about OCIS:
- It’s written in Go (which I prefer over PHP).
- It doesn’t require a database, simplifying setup and maintenance. (Not sure about it)
However, I’m still hesitant due to:
- The limited documentation for OCIS.
- Concerns about whether it’s as open-source friendly as Nextcloud.
While I’ve been using Nextcloud Talk, I find it slow and unstable, so I’m planning to transition to XMPP. That said, Nextcloud itself has been challenging to maintain, and I’m looking for something faster and more reliable.
For those who have experience with OCIS, would you recommend switching, or should I stick with Nextcloud despite its issues?
Thanks in advance for your input!
The only thing the AIO is missing is #5, and you can probably mount an S3 bucket on the docker host and set the environment variable in the docker-compose.yml accordingly.
I’ve used NC for a long time now in virtually every configuration available from bare metal to snap to NCP, the AIO is by far the easiest thing I’ve ever used to set up and maintain Nextcloud. I wouldn’t be climbing into bed with a proprietary oriented company instead. They will eventually fuck over the users, count on it.
Just to throw my own experience in the mix. I tried the AIO and standard versions of Nextcloud and found them to be flakey and slow. But I felt compelled to keep trying. That’s when I found NextcloudPi. I’ve installed it on a Pi4 running from an external SSD and it’s been rock solid. I believe that version is no longer in development though and I primarily use it as a sync platform for various apps rather than using the web apps directly.
And just to be contrary, have you looked at Seafile? It’s stupid fast and stable but some features are hidden behind a paywall if you have more than 3 users (community vs pro). Their documentation is poor, and the data is stored in Git-lik chunks on the server. All of which can be a deal breaker for some. The external storage feature works, but for a newb like me, it was a bear to get running.
OCIS is bad for third party integration. OCIS force the use of OIDC with no workaround since the launch of OCIS few years ago.
For example, owncloud claims that it can integrate with rclone. Owncloud suggest the use of OIDC-agent which is very complicated. It also suggest enable the use of Basic Authentication which is bad for security.
I started and ended up bailing. The deciding factor for me was the way data is stored with OCIS (basically hashes), so backup/restore would be a much larger pain. So I’m sticking with Nextcloud as much as I hate PHP and dislike the performance issues.
I had good and bad times with both. I am finally happy with “pydio cells”
First, nothing. But I run just my private containers and update them automatically with watchtower. I like it when I could don’t care about things. OCIS was one of the freaky ones. Breaking changes are literally breaking everything. I lose the data and start over two or three times. (The data wasn’t completely lost, I had backups and/or was able to use an older version instead.)
