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I like how OwnCloud was characterized on Bad Voltage (paraphrasing here): "It's as if someone a few years ago wrote down their definition of cloud and sent it b
by IgorPartola 10y ago
I like how OwnCloud was characterized on Bad Voltage (paraphrasing here): "It's as if someone a few years ago wrote down their definition of cloud and sent it back in time to 1996. Then a bunch of PHP developers in 1996 implemented it knowing nothing about what they were doing and then sent the code back to present day."
That's not to say I don't appreciate the fact that ownCloud exists, but I find it much harder to use, and the fact that it's written in PHP makes me not want to dig into it to fix.
- creeble 10y agoIndeed I've been waiting for something like Owncloud for Django or Flask or something Pythonesque for a while. I'd join in if there were a better Pythonista to start it than myself.
- mnutt 10y agoI actually wish that Owncloud would focus on file syncing and not on apps. Their app API feels like the wrong level of abstraction, more like you're building wordpress plugins than actual apps. I appreciate that it makes it easy for devs to get started, but can result in some terrible security holes and messy APIs. Something like Sandstorm is a much better way to separate apps and content and prevent security issues. Owncloud's syncing clients for mac/win/linux are descended from mirall and are pretty good. I used Owncloud server for a while then built myself a lightweight replacement in node that uses the same sync API. (webdav)
- IgorPartola 10y agoI have been hearing good things about SyncThing, though it lacks an iOS client.
- mxuribe 10y agoHave you tried Seafile? (https://www.seafile.com/en/home/ https://www.seafile.com/en/home/) I have not installed it, but I believe its python-based.
- lima 10y agoIt's great and can do differential syncing. It also doesn't blow up if you try to upload a few thousand files. OwnCloud is a joke in comparison.
- Dylan16807 10y agoDid they ever fix the design of using a separate TCP connection per transfer, serially? It sure is fun to upload directories full of small files at 2 per second.
- rhinoceraptor 10y agoI tried Owncloud a year or two ago, the feature set is pretty remarkable for an open source project. But between user error, software upgrades, or bugs, relying on it is just not viable. There's been too many horror stories of data loss and corruption to trust it.