Nextcloud とは何ですか?

Nextcloud allows you to securely store various types of data on the cloud via web hosting. The data types stored by Nextcloud include:

• ファイル (ドキュメント、音声ファイル、動画ファイル、写真など)
• 連絡先リスト
• カレンダー
• やることリスト
• お気に入り設定

Nextcloud is a free and open-source software solution that distinguishes itself by being self-hosted. This means instead of having to subscribe to a cloud service that’s hosted on a company’s servers, such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, iCloud, and many others, you are free to host your Nextcloud instance wherever you please. That way, you have full control over your cloud server and its configuration.

To add more services to Nextcloud’s already powerful file-sharing capabilities, you can also install many add-ons designed for specific purposes. For example, you may integrate other file-sharing platforms into Nextcloud’s interface to help centralize and integrate your file management strategy.

Because Nextcloud was designed with collaboration in mind, its large community regularly releases new plugins. Among available Nextcloud plugins, you can find a complete video conferencing solution, a password manager, a software suite, and more.

Nextcloud started out as a fork of ownCloud. But, today they’re Nextcloud and ownCloud are very distinct products offering different services. While ownCloud has both a free-to-use open-source project and a separate proprietary Enterprise Edition, Nextcloud provides the same core code to both its free and paying users.

ownCloud Enterprise Edition を Nextcloudの業界ソリューションと比較すると、Nextcloud が機能面で上回り、次のような機能を備えています。

• 音声通話、動画通話、テキストチャット
• グループウェア (カレンダー、連絡先リスト、メールなど)
• 動画認証
• アクセシビリティ機能 (WCAG 2.1, dyslexia-friendly fonts など)
• ホワイトリスト
• リアルタイム通知

その他多くの機能があります。

Thanks to Nextcloud’s WebDav protocol, you can access your Nextcloud server via the file manager, whether it on Windows, Mac OS or GNU/Linux. These platforms, as well as the mobile operating systems Android and iOS, also feature synchronization software that may be used to mirror the contents of your Nextcloud server onto your physical device.

Self-hosting (installing Nextcloud on your own webserver) should only be done by those with sufficient knowledge to properly secure their instance. For everyone else, we recommend an hosting with an automated installation of Nextcloud, which you can get from a regular web hosting service like Gandi’s Simple Hosting.

Once set up, you can access your Nextcloud instance using any modern web browser through a dedicated URL, using your Nextcloud username and password. You may also use software to synchronize your Nextcloud with your local files so you can access your files directly on your computer.