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Nextcloud Decentralize the way we share, sync and collaborate Bjrn Schiele www.schiessle.org @schiessle bjoern@mastodon.social About Me Bjrn Schiele Free Software activist for 20+ years Building free, decentralized and open

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Björn Schießle  www.schiessle.org  @schiessle  bjoern@mastodon.social

Nextcloud

Decentralize the way we share, sync and collaborate

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About Me

Björn Schießle

Free Software activist for 20+ years Building free, decentralized and open cloud platforms for 6+ years Co-founder of Nextcloud

 bjoern@nextcloud.com  schiessle  @bjoern@mastodon.social  @schiessle

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The Problem we are facing

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The Solution?

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Meet Nextcloud

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The DNA

  • 100% Free Software

– GNU AGPLv3 / GNU GPLv3

  • Based on Open

Standards

– WebDAV, CalDAV,

CardDav

– Rest-API’s – Open Cloud Mesh

  • Self-Hosted /

Decentralized

– Run your own Nextcloud – Choose a provider

  • Federated

– Connect Nextclouds

through Cloud Federation

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File Sync & Share

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Great, but...

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Cloud Federation

  • Every user has a cloud ID, similar to an email address,

e.g. user@my.nextcloud.com

  • REST API to send shares to another server
  • WebDAV to access the fjles
  • Vendor neutral standard: Open Cloud Mesh
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Not just Files

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Federation beyond Files

  • Federated Calendars
  • Federated Address Books
  • Federated Chat/Calls

… and much more is possible based on Open Cloud Mesh

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Nextcloud Social (ActivityPub)

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Nextcloud Social

  • Based on ActivityPub
  • Compatible with Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, Pixelfed
  • We want to support the Mastodon client API
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Why?

  • Public social network
  • Let friends follow your (public) photo gallery
  • Internal social network (think about Facebook for

business, etc)

  • Should be part of a modern collaboration platform
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Summary

  • 100% Free Software
  • File Sync & Share
  • Platform for a rich app ecosystem
  • Federation as core feature
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Join us! (https://nextcloud.com/contribute)

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Björn Schießle  www.schiessle.org  @schiessle  bjoern@mastodon.social

Thanks!

https://nextcloud.com/contribute K building (level 1)