Nextcloud gives you universal access to your files through a web interface or WebDAV. It also provides a platform to easily view & sync your contacts, calendars and bookmarks across all your devices and enables basic editing right on the web. Installation has minimal server requirements, doesn’t need special permissions and is quick. Nextcloud Server is extendable via a simple but powerful API for applications and plugins.

Nextcloud started as ownCloud with a keynote by Frank Karlitschek at Camp KDE’10 where he talked about the need of a self-controlled free and open source cloud.

Two years later, Frank announced the start of ownCloud, Inc. which was replaced 5 years later by Nextcloud GmbH

The company makes it possible for developers to work full time on Nextcloud, organizing Nextcloud events, marketing Nextcloud to a wider audience and supporting companies, governments and schools in their Nextcloud deployments.

The business model of Nextcloud GmbH is very similar to other successful Open Source companies, offering services and support around Nextcloud for the enterprise. The company is dedicated to working entirely in the open, accelerating development in the areas of its customers' needs while enabling a completely open development process where everybody can contribute.

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