ownCloud Infinite Scale
Shares rank 13 of 14 file sync apps by recommenders
Recommended as a full-featured file sync setup that does only that, written in Go. The most common caveat is its opinionated requirements, which assume Ubuntu LTS and Docker.
Recommended as a full-featured file sync setup that does only that, written in Go. The most common caveat is its opinionated requirements, which assume Ubuntu LTS and Docker.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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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.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Many issues, hard to get working
“There were so many silly issues”
Comment from 11 Jun 2026 in “Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring: Built together, designed for the future” “I tried for weeks to get OCIS working but gave up”
Comment from 11 Jun 2026 in “Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring: Built together, designed for the future”
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
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“There were so many silly issues”
“I tried for weeks to get OCIS working but gave up”
“Only thing that got somewhere near of the commercial offering is OwnCloud's Infinity Scale (OCIS) which is written in Go.”
“for personal use it's just not right for me (because I choose not to use docker in my personal projects)”
“they haven't thought through basic things you need to operate a service”
“it's requirements are pretty opinionated (Ubuntu LTS 22.04 or 24.04 and lots of docker containers littering your system)”
“might be the best option for a full featured file sync setup, as thats all it does”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.