Nextcloud features

Discover all features of Nextcloud, self-hosted collaboration platform designed to empower your productivity and collaboration.

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  • Nextcloud Teams dashboard widget
  • Redesigned UI for team management
  • Easy guest account creation
  • Collaborate in whiteboards seamlessly in Nextcloud Talk
  • Draw with multiple colors and stroke types, shapes, add images, arrows and other objects
  • Import images of your own into the canvas
  • Present using the laser pointer feature
  • Export drawings as PNG or SVG
  • Version history support available
  • Interactive sessions with timers, comments, reactions and voting polls
  • Transcribe: Record your speech or upload an existing audio file and transform it to text right in the Nextcloud Assistant interface using AI
  • Email thread summary: Integration of the Assistant in Mail allows users to request the Assistant to summarize a email thread.
  • Reply suggestions: Find the right words with reply suggestions in Nextcloud Mail
  • Talk bot: Assistant integrated in Talk as a bot users can talk to.
  • Chat and call summaries in Nextcloud Talk
  • Suggestions for free/busy times in Calendar
  • Live AI subtitles in calls in Nextcloud Talk
  • Automatic AI content labels on generated images
  • Memories to remember your conversations
  • Live translation in Nextcloud Talk
  • Display documents, photos, videos, audio files, as a list or thumbnails, sorted as you like.
  • Stream media files (needs at least Nextcloud 14)
  • Edit files on the phone built in or using other apps installed on your Android device.
  • Local and server-side search
  • Add, rename, copy, move and delete files and folders
  • Keep your favorite files available offline
  • Restore deleted files
  • Share files with others
  • Shared files view
  • Simple contacts backup & restore
  • Auto-configuration of Contacts and Calendar integration through DAVDroid
  • Client-side, End-to-end encryption
  • Support for server push notifications and file activity feed
  • View and reply to comments on files
  • Real-time collaborative document editing
  • TalkBack screenreader support
  • Multi-account support
  • Fingerprint locking
  • Adjusts to Nextcloud server theming preferences
  • Auto-upload of any type of data including photos and videos with custom file naming and folder sorting, wifi-only upload, differential handling of photos and videos
  • monitor any number of folders for any file type so you can upload Whatsapp images, documents and anything else
  • Quick configuration with a QR code
  • Image editing capabilities
  • Enhance image preview view / detail
  • Logo, colors, login graphics and name
  • Add custom links for privacy policy, imprint and terms of service
  • Default / example files every user gets on first login can be modified
  • Mobile apps and web interface adjust to theme settings, except app icon on mobile)
  • Real-time push notifications on comments, mentions and new shares
  • Edit documents with others using real-time document editors like Collabora Online or ONLYOFFICE.
  • Smoothly transition between commenting on files to chat or video calls
  • Transfer ownership of files and folders to other users
  • Lock files so others know you are working with them
  • Add a description to public links so you can keep them apart
  • Tag and comment on files, and see tags and comments by others
  • Search by file name, tags, comments or file content (with the full-text search app)
  • See what is happening with your data in the Activity feed, get notified by mail or RSS feed
  • Previous versions of files you modified are retained and can be brought back
  • Share with individual users, groups or create custom groups with the Teams app.
  • Share photo galleries
  • Share public links read-only, secure view (no download/print/copy-paste) or with editing capabilities
  • Attach notes to a share, either to a Nextcloud user or to a public link
  • Choose to automatically accept all incoming shares, or choose to accept them on a case by case basis
  • Protect your files with client side, End-to-end encryption
  • Set up multiple accounts with different servers
  • Sync and collaborate on your desktop or laptop
  • Select any number of local folders to keep in sync with specified remote folders
  • Exempt any number of subfolders in a synced folder from being synced
  • Optional warning in case a very big new subfolder was added
  • Easily pause and resume syncing
  • Remote wipe to clean data and accounts from the client
  • Receive notifications of server events like a new share or audio/video call
  • Use the activity feed to track what happens to your data
  • Immediately reply to notifications to join a call or accept a share
  • Protect your files with client side, End-to-end encryption (version 2.7.0+)
  • Easily configure a proxy or set bandwidth throttling
  • Enjoy convenient file manager integration for easy sharing
  • Set up multiple accounts with different servers
  • Allow automatic locking for Office files
  • E2EE file sharing
  • End-to-end encrypted calls in Nextcloud Talk
  • Store E2EE key on hardware token
  • Any number of folders can be end to end encrypted.
  • Easily add a new device with a strong passcode consisting of 12 dictionary words.
  • Secure sharing with other users without the need to enter passwords.
  • Efficient sharing and revoking shares without the need to re-encrypt large files.
  • Design supports a Hardware Security Module for enterprise environments which enables securely issuing new keys to users.
  • Supports an offline administrator recovery key to be kept in a physically separated location. Users get warned when this key is enabled.
  • Supports a complete audit log without compromising end to end security.
  • Can be combined with our File access control to block specific file types or files by specific user groups from uploading unless they are end-to-end encrypted.
  • Extended end-to-end encryption features in the browser
  • Each device of the user can aid in recovering their private key. Only if a key is lost on all devices AND the 12 secure key words are lost, the user loses access to his/her data. The optional offline administrator recovery key can still be used to re-gain access.
  • By default, keys can’t change so as to protect the identity of users from hacking if the server is compromised. If the key could change, a hacker could issue a ‘new’ certificate for the user and have clients respond by re-encrypting data with the new, compromised key.
  • The process enables a complete audit log, crucial for enterprise use.
  • The certificate can optionally be issued by a Hardware Security Module so it is possible to issue new certificates for existing users in a secure way.
  • Consistent file system view with Nextcloud and IBM Spectrum Scale – More in the announcement blog
  • Deploy multiple data storage systems in the public cloud or hosted with a trusted provider or on-premise
  • Advanced capabilities and additional tools to enhance performance on large instances
  • Easy creation of secure upload point
  • Activity tracker notifies sender about file uploads/downloads
  • Integrated anti-virus scanning
  • Unlimited shares and upload folders
  • Unique links for each customer
  • Edit/rename without link change
  • Read only/write permissions
  • Password protection
  • Expiration date
  • Document scanner in action
  • Display documents, photos, videos, audio files, as a list or thumbnails, sorted as you like.
  • Edit files on the phone built in or using other apps installed on your iPhone or iPad.
  • Add, rename, copy, move and delete files and folders
  • Keep your favorite files available offline
  • Real-time collaborative document editing
  • Quick configuration with a QR code
  • Share files with others
  • Client-side, End-to-end encryption
  • Local and server-side search
  • Support for server notifications and file activity feed
  • 3D Touch peek&pop and homescreen quick actions
  • Scan-to-PDF with rotation and quality level control
  • Multi-account support
  • Adjusts to Nextcloud server theming preferences
  • Auto-upload of photos and videos with custom file naming and folder sorting, wifi-only upload and HEIC support
  • iOS 11 Files Integration
  • Trash and versions integration
  • Remote wipe to clean data and accounts from the client
  • Image editing capabilities
  • Enhance image preview view / detail
  • Group admins
  • Guest accounts
  • Password security enforcement – More on the blog
  • Add accounts easily with a QR code
  • User-defined group management – Users can define their own, custom groups, named Teams.
  • Automated or manual provisioning
  • Multi-factor authentication
  • Single-sign-on – Nextcloud features an SSO & SAML app for easy Single-sign-on integration
  • Remote wipe
  • Automatic locking for files while they are being edited locally on the desktop clients
  • Server locks files in use on the server (editing in text or office)
  • Administration can configure lock time-out
  • Outlook integration (Files Sharing)
  • Outlook integration (Exchange Connector)
  • Teams integration
  • WND & Sharepoint integration
  • Office Online Integration
  • Secure email box (prevent leaking of email content and attachments with Outlook integration)
  • Built-in App for monitoring
  • Monitoring API endpoint integration
  • Protect and retire data
  • Advanced file access control and retention capabilities
  • New or deleted files in shared folders
  • File modifications
  • Download of shared files
  • New comments or tags
  • Calendar invitations
  • Incoming calls or chat requests
  • Configurable dashboard widgets
  • Widgets for social media apps
  • Move the widgets where you want them
  • View and edit files directly from the dashboard
  • Change the background
  • Quick login with QR code
  • Advanced business process automation application based on Windmill
  • Automated workflows with the basic, easy to use Flow app
  • Open Collaboration Services API for streamlined collaboration across services
  • Structured data management application Nextcloud Tables
  • Based on Nextcloud’s Federated Cloud Sharing API, part of Open Cloud Mesh
  • Federated file sharing between Nextcloud Hub instances
  • Federated group chats supporting most of essential chat features
  • Calls between Nextcloud Hub instances using own account and interface
  • Federation available for Nextcloud Talk, Deck, Calendar, and Teams
  • Separate read, create, edit rights
  • Control resharing
  • Hide content on public upload links (file drop)
  • Block downloading of content on shared links (secure view)
  • Fully enable or disable sharing
  • Disable public link sharing
  • Disable uploading on public links
  • Enforce passwords and expiration dates
  • Block resharing
  • Block sharing with groups
  • Block sharing outside own group
  • Set default sharing permissions
  • Control sharing between Nextcloud servers (federation)
  • Read, Write, Create, Delete and Share permissions
  • ‘inherit’ (default), ‘allow’ or ‘deny’
  • Each property of each file can be configured for any number of users or groups
  • Control can be delegated to group administrators
  • Passwords for public link shares
  • Expiration date in internal or public link shares
  • File-drop hides existing files, providing just an upload target
  • Hide Download (Secure View)
  • Ultimate protection for email shares with Video Verification
  • Sketch Picker allows users to draw a sketch or draw on other people’s sketches or images
  • Add formatting Smartpicker (in Text and Text components like in Deck or Notes only)
  • Create Deck card from smart picker
  • Insert an interactive table or a view on a table in a document
  • Configurable imprint and privacy links for your login page
  • Data Request app to allow users to request data deletion or modification from their user settings
  • Delete Account app to allow users to delete their account
  • Terms of Service app that only gives access to Nextcloud after users read and agreed to terms (handles updated terms as well)
  • Export of data
  • Activity tracking and audit log, real-time reporting
  • Built in secure communication with comments and audio/video chat
  • Secure email box (prevent leaking of email content and attachments with Outlook integration)
  • Advanced search within the whole VDR
  • Extensive file compatibility
  • Unlimited data and accounts
  • Easy, familiar interface
  • Document versioning
  • Extensive security capabilites including:
  • Multi-layer, military-grade encryption
  • Advanced digital rights management
  • multi-factor authentication
  • Video Verification to ensure identity proof
  • Extensive file access control mechanisms
  • Watermarking of files
  • Remote wipe

We aim to list all Nextcloud features here, but there are a lot. Let us know if something is missing.

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