Nextcloud has been recognized with the World Summit Award Germany in the Government & Citizen Engagement category. WSA selects and promotes local digital innovation improving society, aiming to contribute to the United Nations’ agenda of sustainable development goals. In addition, Nextcloud is shortlisted for the World Summit Awards on a global level. The winners will be announced in January 2025.

What this award means for Nextcloud

The digital collaboration platform has been recognized for excelling in data sovereignty and giving customers and users control over their data. Nextcloud builds an open source platform for people to store their files, chat and videoconference, manage calendars, emails and more, that is not run by a single entity. Using a web interface and mobile apps, users don’t have to hand over their data to anybody else. Users, companies and governments can use Nextcloud software to build their own clouds, in a very easy way. And – hundreds of thousands have.

Data is concentrated in the hands of a very small number of companies. This is not good for society – especially with the rise of AI. Privacy is the foundation of democracy and society does not function well if all communication and collaboration is mediated by a few democratically unaccountable entities.

Frank Karlitschek

Founder and CEO of Nextcloud

Digital sovereignty for millions of users

Nextcloud is deeply rooted in the open source community and has become the most popular self-hosted alternative to the collaboration platforms of big tech companies. There are an estimated 500,000 servers on the internet running Nextcloud, some of these with millions of users. We do not track users but estimate to have between 25 and 50 million users in total.

For the business side, besides companies and other organzations, more than 600 EU institutions, federal and state ministries, as well as city and local governments globally rely on Nextcloud, including Germany, France, the Netherlands, Serbia, Canada, Australia, Brazil and the USA. The most popular self-hosted collaboration solution for 2 million users in the public sector and tens of millions of users overall around the globe.

To help the German public sector digitalise their services for citizens, Nextcloud has rolled out several efforts. Latest example is the launch of Nextcloud Flow, the first fully open source, integrated process automation platform.

WSA awards digital solutions with impact on society

The World Summit Awards (WSA) aim to promote the best digital solutions with impact on society. It is a non-monetary award system with a focus on sustainable knowledge transfer through a worldwide network. The award was launched in 2003 and aims to contribute to the United Nations’ agenda of sustainable development goals by recognizing local digital content with societal impact and showcasing the wealth and diversity of innovative applications.

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Nextcloud has been awarded Platinum at the IT Awards 2024! This proves once again that love and support of our community is everything. Today, we celebrate this win together!

This recognition, decided by thousands of IT professionals, reflects the trust that our community places in us. It’s an incredible acknowledgment of our efforts to provide a secure, open-source, and flexible platform.

The IT Awards, hosted by Vogel IT Media, celebrate outstanding IT solutions across various categories. Being recognized in this highly competitive contest is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire team.

At Nextcloud, our mission is to enable individuals and organizations to regain control of their data through solutions that prioritize data sovereignty and privacy. Winning the Platinum Award strengthens our commitment to this vision, showing that our approach resonates with users and professionals alike.

We are deeply grateful to our community, partners, and customers for their continued support. Your trust drives us to keep innovating and delivering solutions that meet the evolving demands of modern digital collaboration. We look forward to continuing this journey together, building a more open and secure digital future.

You can read a full overview of the winners in this article (in German).

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Nextcloud is nominated for the CloudComputing-Insider IT-Awards in 2024, making it our 8th nomination. With your help, let’s make it to the winners’ list this year! Read on to learn more about the award and how to vote.

Best in the category? Yes if you say so!

Over the last seven years, we’ve been nominated to third, second, and three times the first place. You are our best cheerleader – we can’t thank you enough for supporting us year after year!

In 2024, Nextcloud is nominated for the CloudComputing-Insider Readers’ Choice Award in the Cloud Content Management category. We invite you to share your love for Nextcloud once more!

To leave your vote, you need to complete a short form on the CloudComputing-Insider Award website. The page is in German language – find our easy voting instruction non-German speakers below.

For non-German speakers: how to vote

1. Open the form and click Los geht’s which means “Let’s go”.

2. Scroll to the “Kategorie: Cloud Content Management” and click the Nextcloud logo to vote (or the one you prefer) and press “ok” Note: It will be selected in red.

Scroll all the way down and click on “Weiter” meaning “Continue”.

3. Click “Nein” for “No” to decline or “Ja” for “Yes” to subscribe to the newsletter.

4. Select which other IT topics interest you (optional).

5. Fill out your information: Anrede (pick Herr if for male, Frau for female), Vorname (first name), Nachname (surname), e-mail.

6. Click “Nein” for “No” to decline or “Ja” for “Yes” to join in on the contest.

Finally, click “Umfrage abschliessen” or “complete survey” to submit the vote!

About IT-Awards

The CloudComputing-Insider Award (also called IT-Awards) is a prestigious award presented by the German online platform CloudComputing-Insider, a part of the Vogel IT-Medien network. The awards recognize outstanding IT products, services, and companies in the field of cloud computing worldwide on the bases of public voting and the editorial team evaluation.

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Today, we are sharing some exciting news, coming just a few weeks after Frank won the prestigious European Software Freedom award in Austria. Nominated for the European Award of the Acteurs du Libre contest, Nextcloud wins this year’s prize! We are thankful to our community, our talented team, and the great visionaries behind the project for achieving this important win.

The Acteurs du Libre contest

Part of the Open Source Experience event, the Acteurs du Libre contest awards Free Software companies, entrepreneurs, projects and associations that make notable contributions to open source and free software.

Each year, six awards are given to the nominees, each highlighting to the contribution in a particular area of FOSS development, management or implementation: the Committed Public Service Award, the European Award in collaboration with APELL, the Business Development Award, the Best Open Source Strategy Award, the Open and Edthical Digital Award, and the Jury’s Special Award.

Nextcloud and the European Prize

This year’s ceremony welcomed Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek on stage to receive the European Award given in collaboration with APELL. This prize aims to reward open source organizations headquartered in Europe, but outside of France, that has successfully led the commercial development of an open source project. The evaluation of the proposals and the award ceremony is organized in collaboration with APELL (European Free Software Professional Association).

This is truly a remarkable milestone for our hardworking team and the community surrounding Nextcloud and engaging in our project.

This achievement is a testament to the dedication and our collective brilliance. Tireless efforts and commitment to excellence shown by the community and the talented Nextcloud team have lifted us us to new heights. Deepest thanks to everyone that has stood by us throughout this journey.

Frank Karlitschek

Nextcloud Founder

About Open Source Experience

Open Source Experience is an event bringing together over 6,000 professionals in the open source indistry for two days of exhibiting and presenting. The agenda encompasses discussions over open source technologies, solutions, and challenges within Europe and France in particular. Over 160 topics presented at the event include AI, IoT, Cloud, Responsible Digital, Devops, platforms, cybersecurity, language, strategy, work environment, artificial intelligence The event is supported by Systematic Paris Région.

This year’s edition is taking place at Palais des Congrès – Porte Maillot in Paris, on December 6 and 7. Nextcloud is participating in the event with a company booth. On stage, Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek is presenting a talk about what the AI revolution means for Open Source, Open Tech and Open Societies.

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Earlier today, our founder Frank Karlitschek accepted the honorary SFS Award for ongoing contribution to the mission of Free Software. The award is a highlight of the 20^th annual SFSCON dedicated to promotion and implementation of FOSS in Europe and beyond. Image source: NOI Techpark

A big day for the Nextcloud community

European SFS Award is a big part of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference (SFSCON), an event centered around promotion and implementation of the Free Software culture.

Each year, the award is presented to an individual who, according to the SFS community, has made a meaningful impact in advancing the principles and adoption of free software in their respective communities and in the broader software industry.

In the 2023 edition, Frank Karlitschek earns the honor, dedicating the award to everyone participating in the Nextcloud project.

I accept this award in the name of Nextcloud, our dynamic and dedicated community, and a hardworking team of bright individuals who made it happen. Today, we all win!

Frank Karlitschek

Founder and CEO of Nextcloud

In previous years, the European SFS Award has been given to the pioneers of Free Software representing a wide array of backgrounds including software engineering and research, open source project coordination, and free software advocacy. To the Nextcloud community, this is a milestone that recognizes our collective impact on the FOSS industry and the European IT as a whole.

About SFSCON

SFSCON is one of Europe’s most established annual events focused on Free Software that has a history dating back to 2004. The event’s mission is the promotion of FOSS in digital infrastructures, as a means of creating the environment for better innovation and healthy competition. The event takes place in person in South Tirol, Italy.

The conference brings together everyone involved: education and research organizations, software developers, Free Software foundations, and decision makers of all levels. Its program covers dedicated tracks for development, AI, cybersecurity, community activities, lawmaking, and more.

At SFSCON 2023, Frank takes the spotlight among the Main Track talks, presenting “What the AI revolution means for Open Source, Open Tech and Open Societies” and becoming a part of the Software Freedom” roundtable. Björn Schließle, computer scientist and Nextcloud’s co-founder, contributes to the Artificial Intelligence Track under the “Nextcloud – did you know?” title.

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As the form is in German, if you need help, read on for some quick tips that help you get through the German form fast!

Let’s make it together to 1st place in 2023!

Over the last six years, readers of the renowned German “Insider Medien” magazine have voted Nextcloud to third, second, and three times first place! Share your love again for your preferred Filesharing & Collaboration Tool and let’s make it together to the first spot in 2023!

The voting form is available in German only, so here’s a quick guide for English speakers. Click the button below and then follow the steps: Note: Even if your browser has automatic translations, the voting is in a box that does not translate itself.

1. Open the form, Click on “Los geht’s” which means “Let’s go”
2. Confirm “ok” or just scroll down
3. Scroll to the “Cloud Content Management” category or “Kategorie” and click the Nextcloud logo to vote (or the one you prefer) and press “ok” Note: It will be selected in red
4. Scroll fully down and click on “Weiter” meaning “Continue” to fill out the following:
5. The next page has several options:
   • Click “Nein” for “No” to decline or “Ja” for “Yes” to subscribe to their newsletter
   • Select which other IT themes interest you (optional)
   • Fill out your information
   • Click “Nein” for “No” to decline or “Ja” for “Yes” to join in on the contest
6. Finally, click “Umfrage abschliessen” or “complete survey” to submit the vote!

Thank you for your time and support!

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Over a total of 20 weeks from spring to late summer 2022, readers of the individual insider portals were asked to vote for their favorite in each category. IT Awards got votes from over 70 000 readers this year and Nextcloud came out on top, left behind Dropbox, Microsoft and others, and was chosen by the largest community of IT professionals!

We’re very proud of this and we’d like to thank everyone who made this possible, that is, all of you! Especially all of you who voted, but also everyone else who helps spread the word or improve Nextcloud directly with code, documentation, or helping other users on our forums. Every bit makes a difference!

The Insiders Awards

The editors created a shortlist in each category with the most important companies in each of the last twelve months. The editorial shortlist included companies that had made a particularly positive impression in the recent past – whether through groundbreaking new technologies, outstanding products, and concepts, or forward-looking strategies.

With over 1.5 million monthly page impressions, many IT professionals in the German B2B world follow the Insiders portals. The yearly IT Awards are a highlight for the community, with strong competition. You can read a full overview of the winners in this article (in German).

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The organizational chart the team created is a new feature of the Nextcloud Contacts App. Using just one open source library, you can have an entire organizational chart be created in seconds from your contacts list.

Starting with the head of the organization or company, a list of employees under different heads, managers, and teams can all be made into a visual dream.

The organizational chart is perfect for the HR manager or team of any organization or business, as it works swiftly and is a place that can keep track of all the changes in staffing occuring all the time. For other employees in the organization, it’s a great visual to understand the hierachy in the organization and to be able to play around with the different teams and their leaders.

Visually appealing, interactive, and versatile, this new organizational chart is a must have! No more manual work, it’s now all automatic and easy, thanks to our hackers.

Also available is a single pull request for the code from the Contacts app.

To hear it from the team lead herself, watch the demo video below!

This feature is available now in the Contacts app. The team already has an open GitHub for improvements.

Under the team lead Shieva Saavedra, Manuel Castro, Juan Manuel Tejonero Valdes, Alba Real Aragón, and Vassilis Kritharakis all received the 2nd prize at the NextGov Hackathon and were awarded €3,500 for their time, efforts, and talents in creating the new Contacts feature. We thank them all for their work and dedication at the event, and in improving Nextcloud which in turn will hope to encourage public administrations to switch to more secure, open source cloud solutions.

Stay tuned for features of the rest of the winners on #AppTuesday!

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From April 25^th to May 10^th, Nextcloud and the European Commission’s DIGIT team joined forces in creating the NextGov Hackathon.

There were three main goals of our hackathon:

One, to add new features and improvements to Nextcloud Hub. We have a large team of developers working hard every day, however new ideas and talent from our community and beyond are much appreciated.

“As developers, it’s really nice to see other people working on Nextcloud who make new applications.”

Carl (Nextcloud) & mentor at the NextGov Hackathon

Two, with new, additional enhancements and features of Nextcloud, we hope to attract public administrations and government entities to use our cloud solution. The more Nextcloud improves and develops, the more it will be seen, shared, and used by these important administrations who also share the values of data privacy.

Three, to bring people together from around the world in the name of coding and software development. As what are hackathons for but to bring likeminded people together to achieve a common goal. In the end, it’s about you!

We are pleased to have met these goals and to achieve overall success.

Prize Winners!

Between 60 participants from 33 different countries were phenomenal ideas, inspiration, and talent, as well as a lot of effort yielded. As announced in our live streamed video, we have 5 lucky winners who won prizes from €500 to €5,000.

Prize #1:

Our first prize winner (€5.000) was for a contributor from Germany, who created an extension to the maps application with loads of exciting features.

The collaborative map allows you to create, organize, and share a map which is ideal for collaborating on trip preparations.

For example, you can tag locations on your map for places you want to stop at like viewpoints, restaurants, and landmarks. These show up as picture icons directly on the map which makes it easier to visualize your trip. Then, you can immediately share the map with your family and friends and they can even comment in the space.

“We expect there will be a lot of demand for this. This feature is very helpful for both private and organizational use, and the developer did great work implementing it.”

– Jos Poortvliet, Nextcloud Co-founder and Director of Marketing

Stay tuned next #AppTuesday for a very special feature about the first prize!

Prize #2:

The second prize winner (€3.500), comprised of a group from Malaysia, Spain, and Greece, worked on an extension to the contacts app that brings a cool, new organizational chart feature.

Directly in your Nextcloud contacts, you can create a visual organizational chart fast and simply which is ideal for companies and organizations of all sizes to keep track of your always changing organization.

“This is a wonderful idea that will make even our own HR-team super happy. I can see how this is useful in pretty much any organization deploying Nextcloud.”

– Jos Poortvliet, Nextcloud Co-founder and Director of Marketing

Prize #3, 4, & 5:

Third prize (€2.500) focused on a SSO (single sign-on system), while fourth (€1.500) and fifth (€500) prizes were awarded to projects focusing on the Trello to Deck integration.

Nextcloud and the European Commission are pleased with the results, and a huge thank you goes out to all the contributors whether an individual or a team, the moderators from Nextcloud, the organizers of the event, and those cheering on from afar. We couldn’t have achieved so much without you!

Hope to see you same time, next year!

Nextcloud and the European Commission have been working closely together for years, as they share our mission and values regarding data sovereignty, and making EU institutions, governments, and businesses be able to take back control of their data.

About the Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT)

The Directorate-General for Informatics is the Commission department responsible for providing digital services that support other Commission departments and EU institutions in their daily work and that help public administrations in EU member countries work better together. DIGIT’s mission is to deliver digital services to enable EU policies and to support the Commission’s internal administration. Follow DIGIT on Twitter @EU_DIGIT.

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Support Nextcloud, vote now!

As the form is in German, if you need help – read on for some quick tips that help you get through the German!

Let’s make it together to the first spot in 2022!

Over the last five years, readers of the renowned German “Insider Medien” have voted Nextcloud to third, second and twice time first place in the FileSharing & Collaboration category. Share your love again for your preferred Filesharing & Collaboration Tool and let’s make it together to the first spot in 2021!

The voting form is available in German only, so here’s a quick guide for the rest of the world:

1. 1. Open the form, click on “Los geht’s”, confirm with “ok” the description of voting and results where you can win a quadcopter drone.
   2. Scroll to the “Filesharing and Collaboration” category and click the Nextcloud logo to vote (or the one you prefer).
   3. Scroll fully down and click on “Weiter” which stands for “Continue” to fill the following:
   4. Click “Nein” for “No” to decline or “Ja” for “Yes” to subscribe, respectively, to the newsletter (which is in German).
   5. Click “Weiter” to submit the vote.
   6. That was it! Click here to vote.
      Vote for Nextcloud

      Thank you for your time and support!

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