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Nextcloud

Self-hosted Google-Workspace replacement

provisional — pending verificationAGPL-3.0self-hostable
Arete score
4.0 / 5
Autonomy5
Return4
Efficiency2
Transparency5
ἀρετή “AH-reh-tay” — excellence: a thing being good at what it’s for. Mean of the four principle scores. How we score →
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~ Provisional — seeded estimate by a human researcher; full rubric pass pending. Working notes ↓

Why it's listed

Nextcloud is listed in file sync & storage because it competes on utility: self-hosted google-workspace replacement. It's built by an independent, bootstrapped team — no growth-at-all-costs pressure, no ad-tax passed to you. Licensed AGPL-3.0; pricing: free (ce) / enterprise. It's on the heavier side for its category — we score that honestly and say so. This entry is provisional — the scores are seeded estimates pending our full manual rubric pass, and the verification date will appear here once complete.

Facts

License
AGPL-3.0
Pricing
Free (CE) / enterprise
Funding model
Bootstrapped OSS company
Self-hostable
Yes — deploy difficulty: medium
Replaces
Google Drive, Dropbox
Verification
Provisional — scores are seeded estimates pending manual verification

Evidence notes

PHP; feature-rich but resource-hungry

Recorded during the rubric pass — every score must carry evidence a stranger could re-check.

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