What's wrong with Nextcloud, and why is it slow/clunky? - eviltoast

I hear people say that about Nextcloud often, which is part of why I haven’t bothered setting it up yet.

Is there a technical reason why it’s slow and clunky? Any problematic choices with how it was built?

    • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.deEnglish
      51·
      8 months ago

      I’d argue that the primary function of Nextcloud is to serve files. Of course the other services lack other stuff, which is why I’m still using Nextcloud. But I still wish its performance was similar to pure file servers.

      • cron@feddit.deEnglish
        8·
        8 months ago

        I think the file server analogy isn’t really fair. Nextcloud is better compared to Microsoft 365 or Google GSuite.

        All of these offer file storage, but also much more.

        • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.deEnglish
          31·
          8 months ago

          Sure. But serving files is the core functionality of Nextcloud. You can remove every other functionality. But the files app cannot be removed.

          • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
            11·
            8 months ago

            I disagree. The extras and modularity are the core functionality. If you’re just serving files, there’s SFTP, WebDAV, etc.