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Third party apps that sync with Nextcloud (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/selfhosted
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I searched quite a bit and wasn't able to find a conclusive list of available third party apps that can sync with Nextcloud. So I thought I'd start one for folks who might be interested. Feel free to chime in with any you've used!

Notes

macOS:

Linux:

  • Iotas - minimalist markdown notes app in the same vein as IA Writer.

Android:

  • Quillpad - Google Keep clone that supports Markdown. Fork of Quillnotes. There are some quirks with this one. For example, if you create a task list from NC WebUI version of Notes, the checkboxes will show up in Quillnotes, but you cannot check them off as complete. Has a promising roadmap.

  • Carnet - another Google Keep clone. This one has an app in the NC app store, so it has a web based counterpart unlike Quillpad. The Android app is weirdly slow to open. I'll need to test this one more.

Tasks/ToDo

Android:

  • Tasks.org - excellent Task app. Supports subtasks, categories, reminders, recurring events. It can also sync with Google but ewwww.

Handwritten Notes:

All:

  • Saber - Cross platform notes app. Akin to Samsung notes. This one is rough in my experience so far. But it has potential and I will be following to watch how it updates.

2FA:

Android:

  • Aegis - excellent 2FA app. I just recently migrated out of Google and Microsoft's versions and am very happy. To be honest though, I'm not exactly sure how the NC integration works on this one, but it is mentioned on their site:

If your cloud provider supports the Storage Access Framework of Android (like Nextcloud does), it can even create automatic backups to the cloud.

There are others I've tested, but not long enough to make any comments on. Les Pas being one of them. I'm happy with Immich, so didn't give this one a fair shake.

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[–] hperrin 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Technically, anything that syncs with WebDAV, CardDAV, or CalDAV syncs with Nextcloud, since Nextcloud has built in servers for these.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Make sure to test your setup if you are using DAV. Large files can fail if your nextcloud setup is done incorrectly.

Source: idiot who misconfigured PHP that resulted in a DAV client stuck in a retry loop, then getting banned by my own firewall for DoS.

[–] hperrin 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah. There’s two completely different settings in PHP you have to change just to get it to work. Then if it’s behind a proxy.. even more settings!

[–] herrfrutti 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm adding AntennaPod for Podcast.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the reminder! I had forgotten about that because login wasn't working for me when I started using antennapod a year ago

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Joplin syncs with Nextcloud - Orgzly does too. Agreed, Jtxboard does - via davx5.

I'm currently using obsidian synced via syncthing. I know it's not Nextcloud, but it works well and has a nice interface and lots of plug-ins - even on Android. It might be able to sync - not bothered trying to yet - if anyone has, please comment.

Good luck with your search.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I tried syncthing with Obsidian and kept getting collisions and conflicts. So I ended up paying for a year of their Sync. It's been flawless. But now that I know a bit more about selfhosting, I will try again with this scenario. $8/mo is too much.

You could sync it with NC in sort of a janky way. Using Rclone to connect to NC via Webdav. Then rclone mount that remote and put your vault in it. Or maybe just symlink it? I'm not sure if Rclone can do a persistent mount that would stick through reboots though.

[–] dfense 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am using Autosync to sync Obsidian between my mobile, a laptop and a tablet with the central point being Nextcloud. Running without any problems for ca. 3 months.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh very nice. Hadn't heard of that one. I'm running an instance of seafile that does a bang up job syncing and I could just leverage that for Obsidian. It stores data on the server in git-like chunks, which some folks don't like. But it's also what makes it stupid fast and has revising history. I personally love it.

[–] Rootiest 1 points 1 year ago

There's also a self-hosted LiveSync plugin in obsidian, uses CouchDB IIRC

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.handmadeideas.floccus/

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.orgzly/

https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.quillpad/

are some nice ones. Edit: ah, except floccus already mentioned.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Quillpad is great. I didn't like it much at first, but it fits a hole in my Obsidian workflow that I really like: easy and simple Todo and checklist type notes. Can even do basic reminders.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

DavX for contacts and Calendar

jtxBoard for notes, todos, and journals.

[–] homegrowntechie 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Otp manager is a well integrated 2fa code app Many services like opnsense and others have backup features that integrate with nextcloud.

Memories photos is really good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did like Memories, but ultimately went with Immich so that I could access photos outside of Nextcloud.

I'm interested in the backup features you mentioned. Can you point me in the direction of something specific?

[–] homegrowntechie 2 points 1 year ago

The two main ones that come to mind that I use are open sense and home assistant which both have add-ons to backup directly to next cloud

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

NewsFlash syncs to nextcloud news

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For Aegis it means when you go to select a folder location once you have before installed and setup on the device it will show your nextcloud as a storage location on your phone you can set aegis to upload backups there automatically

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, ok. I'll have to set that up. I currently have aegis backing up to my phone's documents folder which Seafile is syncing with my server and 3 other clients. Sounds like a similar idea

[–] ikidd 1 points 1 year ago

Antennapod via Gpoddersync