I am setting up my NAS right now, and I need some suggestions for apps that I can run on my NAS or self-host.

  • I have seen some online articles, but they are too confusing because they list too many apps for each category.

  • I want backup apps for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows. (It would be great if they could back up automatically).

  • I want to sync my calendars and contacts.

  • I want to download media like TV shows and movies. (And music, too). “Of course, only legal obtained from the internet cough.”

  • I want apps that let me access my data from anywhere.

  • I saw this cool thing where you could use a Raspberry Pi to access your NAS bios from your PC.

Os - Unraid

  • milicent_bystandrEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I’m also loving Nextcloud for a simple way to do a bunch of simple things. Installing with AIO wasn’t so hard (though I plan to migrate to NixOS someday), and it introduces me to a bunch of things I can do (such as making links for shared folders with random people, no login required for them) without my having to learn a ton different specialised things.

    Most of what I want to do I feel in principle there should be a better way (e.g. syncthing plus a web-frontend file server) but there’s always a weak point somewhere.

    Especially that Nextcloud had decent apps for both Android and iPhone.

    True, it’s a bit slow, takes most of my low-budget VPS’s memory, and doesn’t always work the way I’d like etc. but it’s great for me for now.

    • Gooey0210@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I’m already on nixos, so nextcloud is not a pain anymore

      I’m fully agree on all the points you mentioned

      I run nextcloud on a es i9 with so much ram I don’t remember how much exactly, 32 or 64

      P.s. I believe the future of selfhosted cloud is based on syncthing, has some e2e encryption, and vpn integrated

      • milicent_bystandrEnglish
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        7 months ago

        I believe the future of selfhosted cloud is based on syncthing

        We need some more volunteers to run relays :-)

        Ed: or maybe ipv6 will solve everything one day