u/Obiente

I love how much you can run through Nextcloud, but I always wished the whole thing felt like one proper native app instead of a mix of browser tabs, separate clients and different interfaces.

So I started building Nextcloud Native!

It is an independent open source client for desktop and Android. The idea is to connect your Nextcloud account once and get native interfaces for your files and installed apps. No WebViews and no shortcuts that just send you back to the browser.

It is still a new alpha, but there is already quite a lot to try. Files, Photos, Memories, Talk, Notes, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Mail, Music, Cookbook, Deck, Tables and more all have native interfaces at different levels of completeness.

On desktop, it is also more than a sync tray. There is a complete app with native workspaces, folder sync and operating system file integration. Windows gets Cloud Files placeholders in File Explorer, while Linux has folder sync and a virtual filesystem mount.

There is an Android app too, with native mobile layouts, system file access, offline files, folder sync, media backup and background transfers.

I only started the project recently, and I am still the only contributor. I am sharing it now because I would really like other Nextcloud users to try it, break it, suggest improvements and maybe help build it!

If you use Linux, Windows or Android and feel like testing an early build, I would love to hear what works and what does not. Contributions are also very welcome, whether you work with Kotlin, Compose, DAV, Nextcloud apps, design, accessibility, documentation or testing.

Website: https://nc-native.obiente.dev

GitHub: https://github.com/Obiente/nc-native

Testing releases: https://github.com/Obiente/nc-native/releases

Roadmap: https://nc-native.obiente.dev/roadmap/

What part of Nextcloud would you most like to have as a proper native experience?

EDIT:
Thank you all so much for your lovely support and kind words<3
And thank you for the 400 UPVOTES!! And the 120+ STARS?!!!