OpenCloud
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 6 of 14 file sync apps by recommenders
Recommended as a lighter, faster, more stable self-hosted alternative to Nextcloud for file sharing; critics note it has fewer features.
Recommended as a lighter, faster, more stable self-hosted alternative to Nextcloud for file sharing; critics note it has fewer features.
21 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 18
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 18 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Uses fewer resources than Nextcloud
“It's much more stable and uses less resources, but it also does a lot less than Nextcloud”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “OpenCloud: Open-source, sovereign alternative to Google Drive, fork of OwnCloud” “It works very well, has polished UI and uses very little resources.”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Why Nextcloud feels slow to use” “opencloud is faster, more stable and less resource hungry”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great” - Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Why Nextcloud feels slow to use”
- Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “PHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE in PHP”
Faster and more stable
“It's much more stable and uses less resources, but it also does a lot less than Nextcloud”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “OpenCloud: Open-source, sovereign alternative to Google Drive, fork of OwnCloud” “opencloud is faster, more stable and less resource hungry”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great” “Opencloud is the golang rewrite and is much faster.”
Comment from 11 Jun 2026 in “Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring: Built together, designed for the future” - Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Why Nextcloud feels slow to use”
Good for basic file sharing
“It's a very nice replacement for Nextcloud, if you don't need the Groupware features/Apps and are only looking for File sharing.”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Why Nextcloud feels slow to use” “it might have less features but it's just what I needed”
Comment from 11 Jun 2026 in “Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring: Built together, designed for the future” “It looks simple but it does the job.”
Comment from 8 Nov 2025 in “Opencloud – An alternative to Nextcloud written in Go” Rewritten in Go
“Opencloud is a nextcloud analog rewritten in golang.”
Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “A website for debloated open source alternatives” “Opencloud is the golang rewrite and is much faster.”
Comment from 11 Jun 2026 in “Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring: Built together, designed for the future” “Written in go, it looks promising.”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Why Nextcloud feels slow to use”
Other file sync apps people recommend
The four most recommended other file sync apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 14 file sync apps, rankedWhat people said
25 of the 26 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“more lightweight and memory efficient anyways”
“OpenCloud had been great for me lately”
“Found this and never looked anywhere after”
“Opencloud is a nextcloud analog rewritten in golang.”
“same goes with opencloud for other docs/files”
“Opencloud is the golang rewrite and is much faster.”
“it might have less features but it's just what I needed”
“It was easy to install on a VM and uses S3 for storage.”
“It's much more stable and uses less resources, but it also does a lot less than Nextcloud”
“I’m excited to see what comes out of their groupware (mail/calendar) efforts.”
“Kiteworks isn't happy about this”
“opencloud is faster, more stable and less resource hungry”
“desktop apps currently don't support lazy loading of files/aggressive unloading”
““File Native Backup” is interesting, while not a user feature”
“their docker choices are quite opinionated”
“Good job to the authors. I have been waiting for something like that for years.”
“continuously chipping away at making OSS more suitable for business and government use-cases”
“It looks simple but it does the job.”
“It's convenient, but not particularly sophisticated.”
“Holy cow this looks awesome.”
“I have OpenCloud working on my home server”
“It works very well, has polished UI and uses very little resources.”
“It's a very nice replacement for Nextcloud, if you don't need the Groupware features/Apps and are only looking for File sharing.”
“It's much more stable and uses less resources”
“Written in go, it looks promising.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.