ownCloud

From IndieWeb


ownCloud is an open source software project for self-hosted personal web services including a file manager (an indie version of Dropbox), music, calendar (CalDAV), contacts (CardDAV), and more.

IndieWebCamp participants who are/were using it:

  • Johannes Ernst (2013) is running it for his calendar and contacts
  • Jan-Christoph Borchardt (2012)
    • what is the personal site URL that is running ownCloud? - Tantek
    • not apparently running on Jan's primary domain (jancborchardt.net) as of 2013-082
  • Brennan Novak (2013) is running it for file sync & backup cloud.bnvk.me
  • β€œclose to 100% of the devs selfdogfood” β€” Brennan Novak [1]
  • jonnybarnes (2014) is using it mainly for CalDAV

Other community members using it:

  • John Rogerson is using ownCloud (as of the 2013-11-20 Homebrew Website Club meeting)


Applications

  • ownCloud News - an RSS/Atom feed aggregator. It offers a RESTful API for app developers.


Forked to Nextcloud

In early June 2016, ownCloud was forked to create Nextcloud. Discussion and reasons for the fork.


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