A little background first: I'm selfhosting our (wife and mine) files for over 12 years now, started with a simple FreeNAS folder, switched to Owncloud and moved on to Nextcloud after the split. We only really need the files part, and while it works fine in general, setting it up took more tinkering than it should've.

I'm also not a fan of NC's direction, moving from file cloud hosting to a "full-stack" enterprise one-for-all solution. While that wouldn't be an issue in general, it seems that other parts are prioritized without getting the older parts to work correctly first.

Which seems to match with the recent-ish code analysis https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Service-Navi/Presse/Alle-Meldungen-News/Meldungen/Projekt-CAOS-30_Nextcloud_250205.html (in German, although CVE entries have an English description) which found nearly 40 vulnerabilities, amongst them modules like 2FA/MFA.

So I've tested through most of the other options, but maybe I missed something obvious.

Requirements:

• selfhostable in a docker environment
• file storage/syncing from a central server, preferably selective sync (so Syncthing is out)
• either structured storage (folders etc) or at least structured export/backup from flat storage for application-indepentent file backup
• desktop client for Windows, mobile client for Android
• Web UI for simple browser access
• virtual file support a definite plus

Things I've tried:

Nextcloud

• well-working setup, definitely my "fallback" option
• no fan of the general direction development is going

Syncthing

• While working absolutely fine for sync between different devices (have it in use in a different scenario), the peer-to-peer nature is unsuitable for what I'm looking for

Pydio Cells

• server and web UI work fine, desktop and app sync didn't really work (might be an error on my part though)
• backup fiddly due to needing cells-fuse tool for structured files, although I haven't tested structured storage yet

Seafile

• will have to test this again, when I did years earlier the storage situation was a little tricky

Owncloud Infinite Scale

• Similar to Pydio Cells, but haven't really tested yet due to dev exodus

Opencloud.eu

• several devs from Owncloud moved to Opencloud and forked their "own" OCIS server
• first release scheduled March '25, so no testing yet
• I have hopes this might be a useful alternative, but time will tell

So: did I miss something? Any obvious software solution?

Autumn is here, which means it's time for Federweißer (new wine, still fermenting) and Zwiebelplootz!

Sautéed onions and bacon mixed with eggs and a kind of heavy crème fraiche on a yeast dough base.

But beware, every town and sometimes family has their own, slightly different recipe, so no guarantee it'll look the same should you ever try it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federweisser

Edit: So whoever wants to give it a try, here's the recipe:

Dough:

• 375g flour (Type 405 in our case)
• 250ml milk
• 60g butter (room-temperature soft)
• 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cube fresh baking yeast (German cubes have 42g, so 21g)

Topping:

• 1kg onions, cut to fine rings

• 100g bacon, finely diced

• if the bacon is lean, add 20g of your preferred fat (lard, ghee, sunflower oil, etc)

• 3 eggs

• 4 tablespoons Schmand (i think this will depend on where you are, but it's basically a sour heavy cream. Ours has 24% fat)

• salt and pepper

• ground nutmeg

• 1 tablespoon caraway seeds

Mix all the dough ingredients together, knead until you have a smooth dough. Let rest at room temperature until it has roughly doubled in volume (about 30 minutes)

Meanwhile, take a large(!) pan or pot, put in bacon (and extra fat if applicable) and lightly fry, then add the onions. It helps to separate the slices into rings while adding. Sautée until soft. Let them cool down.

Pre-heat your oven to 200°C top/bottom heat. Convection should work too, just reduce the temperature as always. Roll out your dough on a baking tray. We use baking parchment or whatever it's called in English. Pull up the sides a little so you have a small rim.

Mix Schmand (sour cream, whatever else you have as a substitute) and the eggs, add salt (quite a bit), pepper and nutmeg. Crush the caraway seeds if possible, add those too. Add the cooled-down onions and mix well. Spread evenly on top of the dough.

Bake at 200°C between 20 and 30 minutes until the bottom is done and the topping is no longer soggy (this will depend heavily on your oven. Just check regularly)

Tastes best when still warm, but no longer hot.

Cut up it should look roughly like this:

What should be the caterpillar of an African death's-head hawkmoth (as far as my Google-fu tells me) having lunch in a botanical garden on the Azores. That thing was massive, but I guess you need a certain size for a 12cm wingspan.

Dice in the Crete sunset. 5 ones in the first throw.

We were playing a game called "to 10000", where different groups are worth a certain amount of points. 3x 1 in one throw is worth 1000, 4x 10000. We counted this one as 100k points in one throw, although the wife was somehow not amused.

The picture came out better than expected, I mostly took it as proof this actually happened.

Samsung S23+