The community is probably still bitter from the way Owncloud went corporate which prompted the Nextcloud fork in the first place.
And now Nextcloud is plagued with the technical debt slowing it down.
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The community is probably still bitter from the way Owncloud went corporate which prompted the Nextcloud fork in the first place.
And now Nextcloud is plagued with the technical debt slowing it down.
Owncloud Infinite Scale definitely has speed going for it! But yea, the lack of customization can be a letdown. As for plugins, the community is still in its early stages compared to Nextcloud. Might have to roll up your sleeves and contribute some plugin development if you're up for it! Also, you could poke around the GitHub repo - sometimes early-stage projects have hidden gems in the issue tracker or branches.
Yeah, it may be less customizable but at least is fast and error free (unlike NextCloud)