Server
Stay in control of your data!
Choose one of the providers or download the Nextcloud server for self hosting.
Read the documentation
Here you can find our manuals:
Need help?
Discuss using, installing or maintaining Nextcloud in our support channels.
These consist of users helping each other. Consider helping out others, too!
Browse dozens of free apps and services you could use with your Nextcloud on the Nextcloud app store.
Get Involved
If you want to help out with developing and testing, grab a daily build. Find our GitHub project here and find our issue tracker for the server here.
Latest testing version is 22.0.0rc2
Help test our clients: Android Release Candidate client on Play store and Android Beta client on F-Droid. For iOS, join Testflight for iOS
The archive should be extracted in a folder your web server has access to. Latest stable version: 22.0.0 (Changelog)
Follow the Nextcloud Admin Manuals installation chapter.
If you already run Nextcloud, refer to the upgrade manual.
Need an enterprise solution?
- Download the .tar.bz2 or .zip archive.
- Check package integrity using MD5 (.tar.bz2 / .zip) or SHA256 (.tar.bz2 / .zip)
- Verify the authenticity via PGP (.tar.bz2 /.zip). The Nextcloud GPG key is here. You can also grab the keys by issueing this command:
gpg --keyserver ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 28806A878AE423A28372792ED75899B9A724937A
You can already find server packages included with many distributions or provided by active community members. Find an overview of packages for various distributions as well as Docker and snap images here. Can't find packages you need? Ask your distribution for packages or contribute to creating them!
Looking for older versions or major releases?
Nextcloud Server does not support Microsoft Windows. We recommend using a virtual machine or docker image on Windows Server.
Security note:To receive information about updates and security issues, we recommend a subscription to our low-traffic newsletter here
Release Channels:We offer Release Channels with production, stable, beta and daily-branches. This gives you the opportunity to choose your balance between stability and features.
The Web Installer is the easiest way to install Nextcloud on a web space. It checks the dependencies, downloads Nextcloud from the official server, unpacks it with the right permissions and the right user account. Finally, you will be redirected to the Nextcloud installer.
- Right-click here and save the file to your computer
- Upload setup-nextcloud.php to your web space
- Point your web browser to setup-nextcloud.php on your webspace
- Follow the instructions and configure Nextcloud
- Login to your newly created Nextcloud instance!
You can find further instructions in the Nextcloud Admin Manual.
Note that the installer uses the same Nextcloud version as available for the built in updater in Nextcloud. After a major release it can take up to a month before it becomes available through the web installer and the updater. This is done to spread the deployment of new major releases out over time.
Nextcloud Server does not support Microsoft Windows. We recommend using a virtual machine or docker image on Windows Server.
Security note:To receive information about updates and security issues, we recommend a subscription to our low-traffic newsletter here
Release Channels:We offer Release Channels with production, stable, beta and daily-branches. This gives you the opportunity to choose your balance between stability and features.
You can find further instructions in the Nextcloud Admin Manual. If you already run Nextcloud, refer to the upgrade manual for moving to new Nextcloud releases.
Continue
Security note: We recommend a subscription to our low-traffic newsletter for notifications on updates and security issues. Find the public Nextcloud GPG key here.
Looking for repositories of previous major releases?
Nextcloud Server does not support Microsoft Windows. We recommend using the Nextcloud Appliance on Windows Server.
Virtual Machine image
The Nextcloud VM is designed to be an easy way for less technical home users to get Nextcloud up and running or to test it out. It builds on Ubuntu Linux and makes configuration easy.
If you are looking for a more extensive virtual machine with many scripts to easily set up advanced functionality, get the full-version VM from Hansson IT. Note that Nextcloud GmbH does not offer support for this Virtual Machine image, but you can purchase support from Hansson IT.
For small businesses, Nextcloud GmbH maintains a free appliance built on the Univention Corporate Server (UCS) with easy graphical setup and web-based administration. It includes user management via LDAP as well as optional online office integration. Get the SME/Enterprise appliance.
Docker image
Several Nextcloud community members maintain a Docker image. It supports a wide range of architectures, releases, various webservers, databases and more.
Snap package
Canonical and the Nextcloud community maintain a Nextcloud Snap, including release channels and quick and easy deployment for easy home use.
Security note:To receive information about updates and security issues, we recommend a subscription to our low-traffic newsletter here
Release Channels:We offer Release Channels with production, stable, beta and daily-branches. This gives you the opportunity to choose your balance between stability and features. Most of our Appliances support these release channels or let you fix on specific major versions.
Use the desktop clients to keep your files synchronized between your Nextcloud server and your desktop. Select one or more directories on your local machine and always have access to your latest files wherever you are. Learn more about our clients here.
Windows10 macOS
10.12+, 64 bit Linux
AppImage
Looking for integration apps like browser add-ins for Passwords, a feedreader and more? Check our app store for integrations!
find here:
documentation
source code
You can already find Nextcloud Desktop client packages included in openSUSE Tumbleweed, Arch Linux and Fedora. You can find Ubuntu/Debian packages in this PPA. Packages for Alpine Linux over here. See the latest state and more packages in this post on our forums. Can't find packages? Ask your distribution or contribute to creating them! Note that all of those packages are community-developed and maintained, Nextcloud currently only provides a the Appimage you can download above.
Nextcloud Files is using WebDAV, so you can also try out any other client you want!
Try also our Outlook and Thunderbird integration: Sync your files, calendars, contacts and tasks with Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird
The Nextcloud mobile apps are available in various app stores. Learn more about our clients here.
Nextcloud Files
The apps allow you to access, sync and upload your data and feature instant upload for photos and videos, upload management and more features.
Find iOS Sources here, Android Sources here and direct APK download here.
Nextcloud Talk
Find iOS Sources here, Android Sources here.
Looking for mobile apps for Deck, News, Passwords and more? Check our app store!
Nextcloud is using open standards like CalDAV, WebDAV and IMAP so many independent third party clients can connect to it.
