- "As such, ownCloud is very similar to the widely-used Dropbox, with the
primary difference being that ownCloud is free and open-source, and
thereby allowing anyone to install and operate it without charge on a
private server, with no limits on storage space (except for hard disk
capacity) or the number of connected clients."
- Server-side: php.
- Desktop clients
- Sinchronize files with the server.
- windows, osx, linux, ios, android.
- Web interface to access files, calendar, contacts, etc.
- WebDAV (SabreDAV)
- Multiple backend database management systems
- sqlite
- mariadb
- mysql
- oracle
- mssql
- postgresql
The features
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- File storage in conventional directory structures or via WebDAV
- Encryption of user files
- Synchronization of clients running Windows (Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8), Mac OS X (10.6 or better), or Linux
- Calendar (also as CalDAV)
- Task scheduler
- Address book (also as CardDAV)
- Music streaming (through Ampache)
- User and group administration (via OpenID or LDAP)
- Sharing of content across groups or public URLs
- Online text editor with syntax highlighting and code folding
- Bookmarking
- URL shortening Suite
- Photo gallery
- Video viewer
- PDF viewer (using PDF.js)
- Viewer for ODF Files (.odt, .odp, .ods)
- Mozilla Sync hosting - If you are a Mozilla Firefox user, all history, form data, bookmarks etc. can be stored in your ownCloud server.
- Connecting external storages (If you have accounts on Dropbox, GoogleDrive, or Amazon S3, you can mount those storages into your ownCloud installation)
- Customizable with one-click-install apps
- Logging Module: supports logging of file-related actions, logs, who accessed what, when and from where. (Only available in the ownCloud Business, Enterprise and Education Editions)
The owncloud 7
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- User improvements
- Server to server sharing
- Improved sharing
- Sharing by group
- Filters
- "Shared with me"
- "Files I shared"
- "Files shared with link"
- Shared file owner displayed
- Admins can force password
- Share link default and max. expiration
- Improved documents capabilities
- .odt already supported
- Open word file online
- Edit it live
- Save
- The file gets converted back
- File activity notifications
- Select which activities are shown
- Stream
- Email
- Improved files view
- Lazy load
- Sorting
- Storage location report and filter
- Responsive interface
- Password strength indicator
- Speed improvements
- Admins
- Improved user management
- External storage access
- FTP, Dropbox, Google Drive, sFTP, Swift, S3, WebDAV, SMB/CIFS, etc.
