12

Ways to host nextcloud for free without paying money every month

posted
by
Avatar
YugiohMaster88@lemm.ee
in
Avatar
foss@beehaw.org
26 comments
hidereport

i have a question im trying to find a way to self host a nextcloud local instance for free without paying any money every month to different companys or sites is there anyway to do this?

Sort:
HotTopControversialNewOld
You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments
Avatar
Dr. Jenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube
9 points

Get a raspberrypi (or similar sbc), second hand computer, or a NAS and host it yourself. You’ll have to pay for hardware and power, but assuming you already have an Internet connection, that’s it.

permalink
report
reply
Avatar
YugiohMaster88@lemm.eeOP
3 points

a raspberry pi has been something ive been looking into for awhile now im considering getting one in the near future

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
christophski@feddit.uk
5 points

In my experience nextcloud was unbearably slow on a Raspi 3b. I’d recommend a an intel j4125 based micro computer, I got mine second hand for about £80 and it’s many times faster than the Raspi.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
words_number@programming.dev
4 points

It should run fine for personal use on an rpi4 or 5. The sd card is definitely a bottle neck though, so using a fast usb3 ssd for that probably makes a big difference.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml
1 point

Have you tried NextcloudPi? It’s a special build for SBCs and seems to work much better than my current server (HP Microserver Gen 8) for NC anyway. I am using a pi4 though, so ymmv on a 3b

permalink
report
parent
reply

Free and Open Source Software

!foss@beehaw.org

Create post

If it’s free and open source and it’s also software, it can be discussed here. Subcommunity of Technology.

This community’s icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Community stats

  • 713

    Monthly active users

  • 879

    Posts

  • 13K

    Comments

Community moderators