# OpenCloud

18 Hacker News commenters recommended OpenCloud and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a lighter, faster, more stable self-hosted alternative to Nextcloud for file sharing; critics note it has fewer features.

## Why people recommend it

- Uses fewer resources than Nextcloud (5 comments): "It's much more stable and uses less resources, but it also does a lot less than Nextcloud" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47655867)) "It works very well, has polished UI and uses very little resources." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45804890)) "opencloud is faster, more stable and less resource hungry" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46570388))
- Faster and more stable (4 comments): "It's much more stable and uses less resources, but it also does a lot less than Nextcloud" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47655867)) "opencloud is faster, more stable and less resource hungry" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46570388)) "Opencloud is the golang rewrite and is much faster." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48492546))
- Good for basic file sharing (3 comments): "It's a very nice replacement for Nextcloud, if you don't need the Groupware features/Apps and are only looking for File sharing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45804876)) "it might have less features but it's just what I needed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48492383)) "It looks simple but it does the job." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45860492))
- Rewritten in Go (3 comments): "Opencloud is a nextcloud analog rewritten in golang." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49422027)) "Opencloud is the golang rewrite and is much faster." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48492546)) "Written in go, it looks promising." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45799897))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Syncthing](https://hackerapproved.com/p/syncthing.md): 212 recommend
- [Nextcloud](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nextcloud.md): 154 recommend
- [Seafile](https://hackerapproved.com/p/seafile.md): 18 recommend
- [ownCloud](https://hackerapproved.com/p/owncloud.md): 9 recommend
- [Maestral](https://hackerapproved.com/p/maestral.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "OpenCloud", https://hackerapproved.com/p/opencloud/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).