We at Nextcloud have remained true to our vision: empowering collaboration without compromising on privacy. This year has been a testament to that commitment. Together with the passion of our global team and the support of our community we have not just build the best open-source collaboration tools, but expanded our dedication to open source itself.

In this annual wrap-up, we want to take a moment to celebrate this year’s achievements. Join us as we continue to reimagine what’s possible – shaping a world where open source, privacy and connection come together and drive progress for the greater good. 

~ Nextcloud team

Charting global growth

Nextcloud is used around the world by private individuals, communities, enterprises, and governments. In 2024, millions of new users gained access through hundreds of new enterprise customers. In the wider community, exact numbers are difficult to come by but there are some 400-500K servers online and this number also continues to grow steadily, with tens of thousands of new deployments across the globe from the US to France, from Australia to Indonesia and South Africa to Hawaii.

These numbers convert in the change Nextcloud brings about, contributing to a more connected, privacy-respecting, transparent, and safer digital world – where we interact with government services, access our education, cast votes in elections, fill forms on websites and call our colleagues and friends through video chat.

Change starts with people

This year, our team has grown significantly, reflecting our success. With 20% increase in size we are now 118 strong united by a shared vision across 23 countries. That includes 7 working students who get a chance to learn the ropes at Nextcloud. While we have expanded into a bigger office space in Berlin, we remain proudly remote-first, reflecting the flexibility and global collaboration that define our culture.

A spirit of fellowship: Nextcloud community

As an open-source project, Nextcloud thrives not just on code but on the people behind it. Thanks to all the developers, translators, maintainers, and other enthusiasts that contribute, Nextcloud has grown into the platform of choice for those who value privacy, security, and transparency. Let us share some facts about Nextcloud in 2024!

Shaping collaboration of tomorrow with Nextcloud Hub

The efficient Nextcloud Hub 8

Launching Nextcloud Hub 8 under the “Regain control over your time” theme, we made it all about efficiency. With Nextcloud Assistant 2.0 bringing innovative AI features, interactive widgets connecting our apps further, advancing chat and sharing tools and ambitious architecture undertakings, this release gave you more control than ever before.

The connected Nextcloud Hub 9

Our latest release brought a major visual redesign to the platform, resulting in a slicker experience all around. But it’s not all about the looks – with a growing stack of federation features, automation centralizing under Nextcloud Flow, and further efforts to elevate performance and scaling, Nextcloud Hub 9 made headlines this September as an “Explosive release”.

Nextcloud Talk: the open-source answer to Teams

In an unrestful world of today, dependency on centralized, opaque systems under strong foreign influence is a ticking clock. It is time the open-source world had a real answer to Microsoft Teams. Nextcloud Talk is the only open-source conferencing hub that seamlessly integrates chats, video meetings and webinar functionality in one powerful, privacy-respecting platform.

We are wrapping up 2024 with a strong standalone release of Nextcloud Talk, celebrating its reinvention within Nextcloud’s product portfolio. New desktop application, new AI features, new streaming capabilities, simplified and mindful collaboration, and reinforced security (again!) – we invite you to meet the new Nextcloud Talk.

Standing ground against Big Tech

In an attempt to slow down the antitrust case backed by Nextcloud and other members of the Coalition for level playing field, Microsoft has unbundled Teams from the Windows ecosystem. Such “malicious compliance” is one of the common instruments in the Big Tech arsenal used to resist the limiting market regulations. A legislation like EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) could protect fair competition further, once it targets Microsoft’s cloud products that squeeze numerous local providers from the market.

With this struggle still far from over, some results of our common efforts are evident. Earlier this year, Germany has officially recognized Microsoft as a tech giant and made it “subject to extended abuse control”, three years since the formal antitrust complaint.

When the global IT so evidently lacks digital sovereignty and resilience, we naturally consider the fight for a fair trade a part of our mission.

AI with ethical integrity

Like we said in one of the early introductions to our AI tools, some AI is hype and some is substance. And we want to give you the substance. Nextcloud does become a better version of itself with the evolving AI stack, helping you get some tasks done quicker.

The back-end, the UX, the features, and the models you can use to power up Nextcloud Assistant – this year our engineers and contributors have done work to be proud of. From context-aware features with Nextcloud Assistant 2.0 and chat UI and platform-wide integration in Nextcloud Hub 9 to new open-source AI models – you can enjoy a fully AI-powered workspace.

And most importantly, you stay in control of this powerful technology. To build the system that you can rely on and keep your data yours, you can refer to our Ethical AI Rating and decide what AI you want to use in Nextcloud Hub.

Ready for mission-critical, enterprise deployment

Enterprise support for Roundcube

Since Roundcube joined us, Nextcloud began to receive requests from large hosting companies for support. In August Nextcloud introduced the first official offering of enterprise support for Roundcube! It is tailored specifically for mail providers running large instances with thousands to millions of end users. We also offer our services to help businesses, universities and the public sector, but our offering makes the most sense for larger installations.

Process automation at scale with Nextcloud Flow

Shortly before Nextcloud Hub 9, Nextcloud has presented the first automation-enabled open source platform for implementing the Online Access Act (Onlinezugangsgesetz, OZG) in Germany and similar use cases in other countries. The Nextcloud Flow toolbox provides administrations with a digitally sovereign tool for offering and automating public services online and for exchanging the underlying processes among themselves.

BITV 2.0 certified Nextcloud

Nextcloud Enterprise has been awarded a German BITV 2.0 certification that is based on WCAG 2.0 benchmark. This means that the enterprise and public sector users can be confident in the accessibility standards of Nextcloud. The platform is designed with all users’ needs in mind, suitable for people with limitations and requirements for non-standard input devices and additional measures like a screen reader. Contact your sales representative if you require the certification.

Award-winning achievements

Platinum CloudComputing-Insider Award

The IT Awards celebrate outstanding IT solutions across various categories. This is our 8th nomination, bringing us Platinum.

World Summit Award Germany

Nextcloud has been recognized with the World Summit Award Germany in the Government & Citizen Engagement category.

Connecting globally, inspiring locally: 2024 events

Top 3 most watched Nextcloud webinars in 2024:

• Overcome workflow challenges with Nextcloud Flow
• Introducing Nexcloud Hub 9
• How to set up Nextcloud for scale

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Nextcloud Community Conference 2024

This September, we hosted our annual community gathering in Berlin once again. With attendance beating all the records, we certainly scaled up – and so did the program! Our guests – about 200 open-source enthusiasts, Nextcloud lovers, and team – were joined by speakers of a great caliber: computer scientist, author and spokeswoman of the Chaos Computer Club Constanze Kurz, and professor Björn Lundell, a researcher and Software Systems Research Group lead at the University of Skövde.

As always, Nextcloud Community Conference is a platform for our community to showcase their projects and discuss modern day wins and challenges of open-source! You can find the recordings of all the lightning talks in a dedicated YouTube playlist.

Nextcloud Enterprise Day in Paris, Munich and Frankfurt

Nextcloud Enterprise Day is gaining a momentum each year. Over two hundred enterprise and public decision makers attended our first event in Frankfurt in 2024. Featuring keynotes by leading voices across industries, product announcements and roadmap sneak peeks, and ample opportunities for networking and optimizing your platform, it provides a premier setting to explore and advance privacy, digital sovereignty, and digitalization. The success prompted us to organize two more events, in Munich and Paris.

Each year, Nextcloud Enterprise Day events grow in relevance among enterprise audiences, evident in rising attendance and enthusiasm. In 2025, we aim to amplify their impact by exploring new formats and locations.

This year’s content highlights

This year has been busy for our content team. Numbers speak: 154 blog articles, 9 Nextcloud Podcast episodes, 59 videos, 14 community newsletters, an a lot more content across social media and other channels. Here are some of the most popular pieces for you.

The best of our blog in 2024

• Be connected with Nextcloud Hub 9
• The open-source answer to Microsoft Teams
• Regain control over your time with Nextcloud Hub 8
• Nextcloud in the CloudComputing-Insider Awards 2024
• Nextcloud releases Assistant 2.0 and pushes AI-as-a-Service
• Sendent: An Outlook add-in to protect your data
• How to protect yourself against deepfake scams in video calls
• Nextcloud Talk: open-source online video conferencing software
• How to secure your data daily with an open-source file sync and backup tool
• Nextcloud Global Scale: local data and limitless scalability at commodity cost

In conversation: Nextcloud Podcast episodes

• Open source and Nextcloud in government: Insights from Sven Thomsen, Schleswig-Holstein’s CIO
• Constanze Kurz: mass surveillance, Snowden, and the future of digital politics
• Bechtle and Nextcloud: Navigating Digital Transitions in the Public Sector
• Lea Gröber: Understanding self-hosting and security through Nextcloud
• Open source dynamics, philosophy, and community: Jos Poortvliet’s Nextcloud insights
• A fireside chat with Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek
• MagentaCLOUD + T-Systems: Building a 2.2M User Nextcloud
• The Nextclouder’s Journey with Julien Veyssier
• Empowering through open source: Nextcloud’s Director of Engineering Andy Scherzinger

Videos you loved

We published 59 videos with 356K+ views and about 15.5H hours total watch-time! Here are 10 most watched videos this year:

• Introducing Nextcloud Hub 9 – the world’s leading open source collaboration platform!
• Introducing Nextcloud Hub 8: Nextcloud AI Assistant 2.0, Context Chat, and Teams
• Nextcloud Photos 2.0
• Introducing Nextcloud Files
• Automate your business processes with Nextcloud Flow

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More reasons to develop for Nextcloud!

With our developer program, you get an opportunity to create apps for hundreds of thousands of Nextcloud servers deployed across the globe. With our App Store, you get free promotion and an opportunity to publish apps for both end users and businesses.

Create new apps or build on top of the Nextcloud platform using 11 available app tutorials. This year, we added 2 new tutorials: a ‘hello world’ app tutorial and a guide to using Github Codespaces as a developer environment.

Other important improvements for developers this year include:

• Getting help from Nextcloud translator community with Transifex
• New mechanics in AppStore: donations, enterprise support
• Support for AI apps
• Support for external UI injection

New integrations

We designed Nextcloud to fit effortlessly into your existing workflows – by offering a wide range of integrations with popular tools and platforms, and an ability to create unique Nextcloud-ready apps in any programming language. This year, we introduced integrations with popular apps XWiki and Paperless-ngx, added new AI models to power up Nextcloud Assistant, and enabled enterprise support for a range of apps, working together with teams behind them.

New app integrations:

Paperless-ngx

XWiki

Enterprise support for apps:

Mailvelope

Dovecot

Stalwart

Let’s make it awesome in 2025!

If you made it this far, we hope this hefty read has brought you a personal reason to celebrate alongside us. From millions of new users choosing privacy to an ever-expanding deployments of servers worldwide, Nextcloud continues to connect people and organizations without compromising control over their data. And our story as a community-driven project is told by people. So today we thank you for being a part of it.

Cheers to reaching new heights together in 2025!

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Keynote speakers

Whether you’re intrigued to learn more about mass surveillance and data privacy from Dr. Constanze Kurz or European technological sovereignty by Prof. Björn Lundell, you are sure to gain new insights.

On Saturday, September 14th at 10AM, we will kickoff the event with a special keynote announcement on Hub 9 by the Nextcloud team followed by the other keynote speakers.

Live podcasting session

On Saturday, September 14th, you will have the opportunity to listen to our live podcasting session with Björn Lundell and Brent Gervais as they deep dive in a fruitful conversation about the open source in the public sector, public procurement, digital government and other topics.

Panel session – How to contribute?

Nextcloud wouldn’t be where it is without the community of contributors

On Sunday, September 15th, join Nimisha Vijay, designer at Nextcloud, as she puts the spotlight on 3 contributor stories from Nextcloud’s vibrant community.

Lightning talks

On both Saturday and Sunday of our Nextcloud Community Conference weekend, we will host our famous Lightning Talks!

Lightning talks are ~5 minute talks covering a wide range of topics from how to build an app to topics on data privacy.

Workshops

After the Lightning Talks on both days, we host knowledge sharing workshops so you can learn a new skill or get motivated!

• Build your first Nextcloud app by Nextcloud team
• Join the Nextcloud forums & Contribute by the Forum Crew
• Setup of a local docker-based development setup by Christian Wolf
• Nextcloud on SUSE Rancher Harvester by Scott Williams

On Sunday, September 15th we will host an 1 hour long hands-on Android app development session. A collaborative hacking session focused on brainstorming new functionalities, squashing bugs, and introducing new engineers to our apps by Tobias Kaminsky.

Group photo

On Saturday, September 14th, we will take in the stage area the famous group photo of Nextcloud’s dynamic community. If you want to be part of it, please stay on the stage area after the Q&A section of the Hub 9 announcement.

Party, code, network

We want to make sure that in this event we will have a lot of time to meet each other in person, relax, code and have fun. At the end of Day 1, stay with us for the party which will include pizza, drinks, music and the beautiful crowd!

A networking space and co-working area will be available for you.

See you there!

We look forward to meeting you!

Be sure to use the hashtag #NextcloudConf24 on all your social media platforms to spread the word and share your experience!

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This blog is your guide to everything you need to know about the Nextcloud Community Conference 2024 happening in Berlin, Germany.

Our goal is to help you feel prepared, relaxed and excited for an incredible week!

Community Conference and Contributor Week schedule

What to expect?

At Nextcloud Community Conference, get ready for a fun weekend of coding, design, discussions, talks, and fun! Connect with the global Nextcloud Contributor Community and be part of shaping the future of Nextcloud.

During the Contributor Week you’ll be able to sit and code with like-minded individuals – developers, coders, entrepreneurs and designers – for the whole week. You’ll also have plenty of spaces to enjoy a meal or snack, take time for yourself, and unwind.

What’s on the agenda?

• Nextcloud Hub 9 will be released on September 14th at 10:00 AM CEST during the opening keynote and on a live premiere event on YouTube
• Inspiring keynotes by Dr. Constanze Kurz & Dr. Björn Lundell
• Engaging panel sessions: ‘Building a safer digital world’ & ‘How to contribute’
• Hands-on lightning talks on data privacy, open source & Nextcloud related topics
• Knowledge-sharing workshops by long-time Nextcloud contributors and the team
• Networking & coding time,
• Famous Saturday party  (Plus, enjoy great drinks and pizza!)

What to bring?

• Lanyards: In light of sustainability, we would ask attendees who have come before to bring their lanyard. If you haven’t been before, don’t worry, we will have lanyards and badges for you to wear.
• Nextcloud T-shirt: If you have a Nextcloud T-shirt, please bring and wear it! If not, then there will be T-shirts available!
• Headphones: There will be free time and areas to work in, so be sure to bring your own ear buds or headphones if that’s your thing to get in the zone.
• Laptop (+ charger): You will need to bring your own laptop if you want to use one, as we will not have ones for rent or borrowing.

Our event venue

Our venue MotionLab.Berlin is unique to say the least. The large industrial space of 1.500 sqm is full of inviting areas to work like spacious open spaces as well as many small nooks and corners to retreat to – including a renovated bus!

Regarding the hygience and safety, MotionLab.Berlin has all the mandatory protocols for upholding a safe environment, including first aid kits around the building and an in-house staff that keeps things running smoothly.

We thank you for your cooperation in being mindful of others to maintain a healthy and safe event.

We hope you enjoy this space and use it to your full advantage!

Arrival information and instructions

To get to our venue MotionLab.Berlin, the most convenient way is to take public transport with the bus or S-Bahn. The closest S-Bahn station is Treptower Park. The easiest way to enter is via Jordanstrasse, 3rd entrance. To your left, you will find Hall 20 – MotionLab.Berlin.

We recommend to put in the following address into a Maps app on your mobile device:

MotionLab.Berlin in Treptow
Bouchéstrasse 12, Halle 20
12435 Berlin

Upon your arrival, there will be some signs to help guide you.

There is free street parking available but it can fill up. Bikes, scooters, etc. can be parked on the commercial yard, The Bouché-Höfe.

Admission

Once you’ve entered the building, you will be greeted at our registration desk where you will check in, receive a badge and lanyard (if you didn’t bring your own lanyard from the last Conference), and have the opportunity to be able to ask any questions you might have.

Code of conduct

The Code of Conduct presents a summary of the shared values and “common sense” thinking in our community. The basic social ingredients that hold our project together include:

• Be considerate
• Be respectful
• Be collaborative
• Be pragmatic
• Support others in the community
• Get support from others in the community
• Our community

Read our code of conduct here.

Sustainability

Nextcloud is committed to sustainable, responsible practices and ensuring empathy in a (digital) society. As we host a major in-person event, we are aware of our social responsibility and environmental impact. Therefore, we will recycle all we can and try to avoid waste.

As for your contribution, we ask you to bring your old lanyard and/or Nextloud T-shirt from a previous event to help our cause. We hope to make the #NextcloudConf24 a sustainable and friendly environment for all so we can continue these events in the future responsibly.

Food & drinks

Every day of the conference there will be access to free water (regular and sparkling), soft drinks, tea, and coffee. The fridges will be re-stocked regularly so there won’t be any shortages!

In addition, a complimentary lunch is provided during the two days of the conference including vegetarian, vegan, lactose-free, and gluten-free options. By registering for the event, you already filled out your dietary preferences. On Saturday for the party, we will provide pizza which will also have vegetarian, vegan, lactose-free, and gluten-free options.

Breakfast, snacks and dinners (excluding Saturday night) are on the attendee.

Accessibility & inclusion

We are committed to #NextcloudConf24 being an accessible event to everyone who wants to participate.

The entire conference will be held in English, however there’s a good chance you will meet other people attending who speak your native language as we attract many international visitors.

The venue is completely barrier-free, wheelchair accessible and accessible for persons with disabilities. A quiet space will also be available where people can have a quiet moment if needed.

Photos and privacy

As every year, we will be taking photos and videos throughout the event purely for our marketing purposes i.e. photos for our website and a compilation video of the event. If you don’t want your photo taken or don’t want to be in a video, please let us know during your registration time.

At the Nextcloud Conference, we want everyone to feel part of the community and rest assured they are safe and feel heard. It’s a great time for unity and togetherness as we have fun, share ideas, learn and grow. If at any time you get stuck, have any questions, or just need a mentor, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team via email, Twitter, or through other attendees.

Connect with us

Be sure to use the hashtag #NextcloudConf24 and connect with us on Mastodon, LinkedIn, Instagram and ex-Twitter, or join our forum to spread the word and share your experience!

Won’t be able to make it to Berlin?

We’re happy to share that we’ll be offering a livestream option for our Nextcloud Community Conference, so you can join in from anywhere in the world. If you have already registered for the event, you’ll receive the livestream link before the event via email.

#NextcloudConf24 survey

After the #NextcloudConf24, we will provide an optional survey for you to provide feedback about the conference and share your event experience with us. The survey will be available already during the event and we’ll send it afterward in our newsletter!

See you there!

We can’t wait to welcoming you in Berlin and work together towards Building a safer digital world!

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At Nextcloud, we believe in user-centric design and keep on improving our platform every day to make it even more accessible, intuitive and powerful. If you are a developer or a UX designer and want to contribute to Nextcloud design or improve the design of your own app, we invite you to participate in or weekly design review call. Read on for details.

What is the Nextcloud design review?

Our design review call happens every Tuesday in our Design team public conversation. On the weekly basis, we review the design of Nextcloud apps among fellow teammates and community members.

We invite everybody with UX design experience, including developers and designers, to participate in the reviews to listen and speak, share ideas, exchange feedback and collaborate with us on making Nextcloud apps even more awesome

*We can adjust the meeting date and time for your review if this combination doesn’t fit your day schedule.

Why join the design review?

• Participate in open discussion: Bring your app or feature to the table and engage in an open, constructive dialogue with our design team.
• Exchange feedback: Receive valuable feedback and insights to refine your designs and improve usability.
• Grow and learn together with Nextcloud!

How to participate

To join our weekly design review, become a member of our open conversation and simply drop us a message. Our team will assign you the next available slot in the call schedule.

Looking forward to seeing you there

Meet in person at the Nextcloud Community Conference

Want to meet with the Nextcloud community to share your work, design and develop Nextcloud apps together, and have lots of fun while at it?

Lucky you, because this September the Nextcloud community gathers for the annual Nextcloud Community Conference and Contributor Week in MotionLab.Berlin. Register for free today and start packing — an exciting week of meeting, speaking, coding and learning awaits!

If you develop your own Nextcloud apps, work on a project involving Nextcloud, or just love open-source and privacy, we welcome you to become a speaker! We provide the speakers with travel support which covers up to 80% of your travel costs.

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At Nextcloud Community Conference, our community comes together to do more than networking, coding, and sharing the latest Nextcloud updates. We are united by one purpose, and that is to make this world a safer, more open and more inclusive space — on a digital level.

This year, Nextcloud Community Conference runs under the motto “Building a safer digital world”. For that’s what we do as Nextclouders!

Building a safer digital world

Imagine a world where big tech doesn’t track everything you do to sell you products you don’t need. Where surveillance is not a scary word and is actually there to protect you. Where citizens’ data stays at home, handled with transparency and by software they choose to trust.

Changing this reality must sound nearly impossible. But we believe that many drops make a bucket! Since day one, we stick to our core values and build accessible, decentralized, open-source products that put people back in control. Nextcloud’s mission has been an ongoing success thanks to our amazing diverse community.

At the Nextcloud Community Conference, we are going to celebrate our achievements and set new milestones to keep building a safer digital world together — by sharing ideas, telling stories, and mastering the craft of software that gives people their privacy back.

We are preparing an agenda full of inspiring topics and community activities. That includes keynotes by renowned privacy advocates, researchers, and writers, dynamic panel sessions, lightning talks by members of the Nextcloud community, and hands-on workshops led by our team and contributors.

Two keynotes already scheduled:

Keynote by Dr. Constanze Kurz: Mass surveillance: The haystack has only grown bigger

Keynote by Professor Björn Lundell: Recipes for getting stuck in proprietary clouds: How public sector organisations discriminate against OSS solutions

Stay tuned for the upcoming program announcements and start planning your trip! Want to become a part of it? Read on to learn about speaking and volunteering at the Nextcloud Community Conference.

Be a part of it: join the stage!

Love privacy, open-source and all things Nextctcloud? Speak at the Nextcloud Comminity Conference! Everyone can apply until July 21 to present a 5-minute lightning talk or lead a 30-60 minute practical workshop. Find out more about speaking opportunities and submit your proposal below.

Learn, grow, and have fun: become a volunteer!

Want to help us organize Nextcloud Community Conference? We are calling for volunteers to work with us at the site and help with registrations, stage support, and other tasks. Every volunteer receives up to 80% of travel support to cover their transportation to and from the conference as well as the hotel stay in Berlin.

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In this blog, we’ll go through all the engaging aspects about Nextcloud Calendar, but most importantly, we’ll guide you through how to set up meetings easily and effectively. Let’s get to it!

From the moment you open the app, you’re greeted with a visually appealing calendar that can be set by day, week, month, year or even in list form. You can have multiple calendars too, for all your teams and needs – which can be switched to in the left sidebar. It’s so easy to toggle between upcoming weeks and calendars so you can feel at ease when using it.

Scroll through Nextcoud Calendar in week, day, month, year and list form!

How to set up a meeting in Nextcloud Calendar

The simplest way to set up a meeting is to click directly on the date and time you want. Just click on an empty time slot and a pop-up window will appear.

Claim the title you want, adjust the time and specific calendar, add a location and a description about what will happen in the meeting. Next you’ll want to click on ‘More details.’

Here, you’ll be able to customize your meetings and most importantly, add the attendees. Add the users by name if they’re in your instance, by group or by email. If you want to extend an external invite, add the recipients email and they will receive the invitation. They will be able to click on the secure, public Talk link and join the meeting.

In our Nextcloud Hub 8 release, we made it simple to find a time that works for everyone, based on their availability and schedule. Just click ‘Find a time’ and a pop-up box will automatically suggest the next suitable time slot on the attendees availability. Voila!

You can even start a Nextcloud Talk chat here directly by clicking ‘Create Talk room for this event.’ This way, you can already start communication with your team and have the room ready to start the call.

Sound easy? We hope you find it so!

How to set up a meeting or event from Nextcloud Mail

Take the following scenario: You’re checking your emails in Nextcloud Mail and see an email from an important customer. They have several questions and want to set up a meeting asap. You don’t even need to open up your Calendar to set up the meeting because you can do it directly in the Nextcloud Mail app! Just click on:

The ‘3 dots’ icon ‘More actions’ ‘Create event.’

Automatically, and with the use of AI, a meeting is set up! Feel free to adjust the title, date/time and/or description, however it’s all generated for you. Click ‘Create’ and your meeting is set! Now, give yourself that *much deserved* coffee break!

How to share and manage your Calendars

If you’ve read our blog about how Nextcloud is a single platform that integrates all apps, then you know how intuitive and versatile Nextcloud really is.

You can be in any one of our apps, say Nextcloud Talk, and you can share a calendar with a colleague directly in the chat so they can easily browse upcoming meetings or events, dates and schedules.

In fact, you can embed a whole, interactive calendar in a Text file, Collectives page or Deck card description too! Easily manage your calendar and have it viewable in the spaces its relevant for. And don’t worry, Nextcloud only shows the embedded calendar to users with access, while for others it will remain blank, respecting your right to privacy and control over your data.

Our interactive widgets provide a whole new way to collaborate and work efficiently.

Did you know Nextcloud Calendar has these features?

In our Nextcloud Hub 8 release, we announced some helpful, new features:

• Default calendar picker for Calendar/CalDAV backend
• Mail iCloud compatibility
• Database cluster read/write split readiness for Calendar

All in all, Nextcloud Calendar enables more automation and comfort than ever before. We hope you learned how to properly set up a meeting in your Nextcloud Calendar or from Nextcloud Mail, how to share calendars and more!

Do you have any feedback about Nextcloud Calendar? Want to share your experience? We invite you to submit and share your review!

Check out more blogs about Nextcloud Hub 8 features

• Nextcloud Teams: essential hacks for better team sharing and management
• Guide to interactive widgets in Nextcloud Hub

Get Nextcloud Hub 8

Download and install Nextcloud Hub 8 and test Nextcloud Calendar today!

Get Hub 8

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This year, we’re excited to be offering a volunteer program including travel support for the 2024 Nextcloud Community Conference!

The Nextcloud Community Conference

The Nextcloud Community Conference is an incredible weekend of learning, discovering, coding, design and fun! Connect with your community and help us build a safer digital world

Where: Berlin, Germany at MotionLab. Berlin

When: September 14-15, 2024 [Contributor Week: 16-20]

Why volunteer?

Volunteering your time at the Nextcloud Community Conference offers numerous benefits, both personally and professionally.

• Learn and Network: Gain hands-on experience and connect with experts and enthusiasts in the open-source community
• Get insider access: Be an integral member of our team and witness the behind-the-scenes at our largest community event of the year
• Develop skills: Enhance and hone your team building, collaboration, technical and public speaking skills
• Give back: Contribute to the success of the conference and the broader Nextcloud community. Your efforts help ensure the event runs smoothly and remains a valuable resource for attendees
• Fun experience: Be part of a dynamic, engaging event, meet new people, and make lasting memories

Become a volunteer, get travel support

To ensure everything runs smoothly, we are calling on passionate volunteers like you to join our team. Whether you are a seasoned Nextcloud veteran or new to the community, your enthusiasm and skills can make a significant impact. As a volunteer, you’d help out with tasks like:

• Helping out at the registration table – greeting guests, handing out swag, providing information, etc.
• Assisting with the technical support of keynote speakers
• Passing around the mic for Q&A after keynotes and panel sessions
• And more! (with still plenty of time to enjoy the conference yourself!)

Every volunteer receives up to 80% of travel support to cover their transportation to and from the conference as well as the hotel stay in Berlin. Other expenses like food are not covered.

Count me in!

If this sounds like a win-win to you, we’d love to have you! These are the steps to take if you want to be considered to be a volunteer and receive travel support:

1. Submit your application HERE
2. You’ll receive and email from us if you’re accepted, or not at this event (you can always re-apply next year and/or for another event)
3. Book your travel and hotel!
4. Attend the conference
5. Fill out the reimbursement form including all receipts
6. Reimbursements can take between 4-8 weeks

Important: This opportunity is offered as a way to include everyone who wants to come to the Nextcloud Community Conference, to be able to come. Therefore, please consider your need carefully before applying, as requesting support may limit assistance available to others who might need it more. Only apply if you truly need financial assistance to attend.

Thank you for your support!

We’re so grateful to have you join us at our Community Conference and can’t wait to see you there! What are you most looking forward to?

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Nextcloud turns 8 today! It is hard to believe that it has been that long — time flies when you’re having fun, they say.

We’ve achieved a ton in those 8 years, going from a small startup to a team well over 100, from the unknown to the leading on premise collaboration platform, from a file sync & share to a full-stack ecosystem, and so much more.

And in all that, we brought freedom and privacy to tens of millions of users and tens of thousands of businesses and local and federal government organizations. We are, of course, incredibly proud of that!

However, none of that would have been possible without the wholehearted support of our amazing community. From coders and designers to translators and testers – everybody is part of this success and we are grateful for your contributions. Together, we’re standing stronger against the Big Tech firms that aim to hoover up our data!

So, let’s reflect a bit today on what we achieved. And think of what we will be doing the coming years!

Frank & the Nextcloud team

From a bright few to a global team of 100

In the beginning, Nextcloud was no more than a dozen of enthusiasts and engineers chasing a dream of a fair world where your data belongs to you. Today, we are a team of over 100 employees scattered over 20 countries, a contributing community of thousands, and a thriving ecosystem of partnerships. Nextcloud helps millions of users, thousands of organizations, on their journey to digital sovereignty and data privacy.

Always looking for new talents

Rising tide lifts all boats. Whether you are pursuing a career in software engineering, marketing, sales or human resources, we welcome you to become a part of the Nextcloud story!

See open jobs

Celebrating our blossoming community

Community is in the DNA of our project. It is the force behind the evolution of Nextcloud, its look and feel, and, of course, the global awareness. Numerous coders, designers, testers, writers, bloggers and users are shaping Nextcloud, and today the numbers make us beam with pride!

Championing privacy, transparency and responsibility

We are very proud to continue our organic growth, achieved in the most sustainable way with no external investors involved. Year after year, no stage of development shifts our focus from the values we’ve held since day one.

Nextcloud believes privacy is a fundamental human right, driving all our product development. We prioritize long-term stability over short-term gains. Our 100% open-source approach, adherence to open standards, diversity and decentralization empower our users to stay in control, in the most direct sense.

Powered by trust

To this day, Nextcloud has been deployed on countless machines, on the scale from a family server at home to multi-million-user setups leveraged by the biggest cloud providers. Cloud pioneers like América Móvil or Deutsche Telekom, government users like the German Federal Government and French Ministry of Internal Affairs, financial companies like Raiffeisen Informatik and Stadtsparkasse München, public radio and television, charities, international organizations like Amnesty International, and countless other teams regain control over their data with Nextcloud.

Enterprises

Providers

Education

Government

Looking back at our breakthroughs

8 editions of Nextcloud Hub

A file sync and share service evolves into a comprehensive collaboration platform, integrating pioneering technologies within the most user-friendly and accessible package. Just over a month ago, we launched the 8th edition of Nextcloud Hub, our latest and greatest — Nextcloud Hub 8. What a lovely coincidence!

Paving the path for Ethical AI

Best tools, not the hype — since the dawn of generative models and new-age virtual assistants, we are doing our research to help you stay safe and sane. Nextcloud Assistant that has just hit the 2.0 milestone is not just the interface, but everything you want to make of your AI helper. Using open, ethical, local tech. Beep!

Contributing to global digital sovereignty

We are standing our ground when it comes to data ownership, across industries and applications. Since the very beginning, we conceptualize, invest our resources and make friendships to make true digital sovereignty possible:

• Alternatives to US hosted generative AI models becoming available with Nextcloud
• Bechtle and Nextcloud offer digitally sovereign collaboration services for the public sector
• Nextcloud provides new home for email giant Roundcube
• Nextcloud complaint precedes investigation into Microsoft market dominance by German antitrust authorities
• European Governments work with Nextcloud to build Digitally Sovereign Office
• New Nextcloud health app doesn’t sell your data

After eight years, we have lots of stories to tell. Find more in our press room!

Bracing for the challenges of tomorrow

No accomplishment will make us pause and think, ‘Well, I already like where I am!’ Our achievements today are just the fuel for future breakthroughs, energizing us to keep moving forward. Thank you for being a part of this adventure!

What does this future hold for Nextcloud? A perfect place to meet, discuss and decide is the upcoming Nextcloud Conference! You can already register for free and submit your proposal for a talk if you wish to become a speaker.

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Our Nextcloud webinars are for you to help you solve the challenges you face. In each one, we invite professional experts and software engineers from our team to share key insights about topics of interest that are relevant to your work or industry.

This month we have some very exciting webinars taking place and we wanted to highlight some of them! As always, they’re all free and just one registration away.

Air-gapped Nextcloud

Air-gapped Nextcloud provides a secure and isolated environment for hosting your Nextcloud instance, physically disconnecting it from external networks (e.g., the Internet) to ensure the highest data privacy and protection possible.

Joined by Joe Dutka, Sales Engineer at Nextcloud, learn how you can safeguard highly confidential data by going beyond standard security practices with an air-gapped Nextcloud environment.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• Critical factors to consider before diving into Nextcloud’s air-gapped environment
• Four different air-gap setups to tailor to different threat profiles
• Setting up air-gapped Nextcloud instances to ensure a robust foundation from the get-go
• Best practices for ongoing maintenance and upgrades in an air-gapped environment

Whether you’re a seasoned IT professional or a decision-maker responsible for safeguarding mission-critical data in the military, government agency, or a large enterprise, this webinar will give you the knowledge and tools necessary to fortify your Nextcloud fortress.

Date and time: Wednesday May 22nd, 3pm CEST / 9am EDT

German state Schleswig-Holstein: Nextcloud and AI

Schleswig-Holstein is transforming its state administration by adopting open-source solutions, with a key focus on the Nextcloud Hub collaboration platform. Felix Gebauer, Program Lead and Project Manager at the Schleswig-Holstein State Administration is currently leading the transition to open-source software and is overseeing the implementation of the state’s open-source strategy and the rollout of Nextcloud as the primary collaboration platform.

This webinar offers an in-depth exploration of how these strategic implementations are enhancing collaboration and bolstering digital sovereignty for over 25,000 public administration employees. Discover Schleswig-Holstein’s innovative approach to digital governance, emphasizing practical AI applications and effective strategies for managing digital transitions.

Key topics:

• About Schleswig-Holstein’s open-source strategy
• Challenges and developments in integrating Nextcloud
• The role of AI in enhancing digital governance
• Envisioning a digitally sovereign future in public administration

Date and time: Thursday May 30th, 3pm CEST

Nextcloud Hub 8: Regain control over your time

Nextcloud Hub 8 is designed to save you time and make your work life easier. Featuring the powerful Nextcloud Assistant 2.0, you have your own private AI assistant at your disposal.

With features like federated messaging in Talk and faster Mail capabilities, collaborating and managing your inbox is now easier. Plus, meet Nextcloud Teams for improved teamwork. To see all the new features in action, we invite you to join our webinar for an overview of Nextcloud Hub 8!

Date and time: Wednesday May 29th, 3pm CEST

Additional webinars

We also host webinars if you’re new to Nextcloud or are curious about switching from ownCloud to Nextcloud. Get all the information you need in these in-depth sessions.

• How to get started with Nextcloud
• Make the switch from ownCloud to Nextcloud
• More upcoming!

Can’t make it?

If you can’t make it to any of our live webinars, register to receive the webinar recording!

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Nextcloud is ready to share Nextcloud Hub 8 with you! Join us at the following global events to learn about our new release as well as:

• Discover Nextcloud’s AI features and apps that are ethical, open-source and integrated throughout our platform
• Be inspired by our integrated single platform with file storage, a full office suite, chat and video conferencing, group collaboration possibilities and more
• Understand how Nextcloud can scale for big companies with thousands of users
• See firsthand how Nextcloud provides you 100% control over your data

Whether you’re in or traveling to Malaysia, Germany or Morocco, we’re ready to share the latest of what Nextcloud has to offer nearest you.

The Data Centre & Cloud Infrastructure Summit (DCCI)

May 14-15 – Malaysia

We’re excited to be attending Malaysia’s leading digital infrastructure hub event for the first time this year.

Come visit our booth to explore cutting-edge cloud collaboration, security solutions and how Nextcloud empowers businesses to revolutionize their digital workflows and safeguard their data.

Bechtle IT Forum Thüringen

May 15 – Erfurt, Germany

Nextcloud is among 70 other exhibitors at the 15th annual IT Forum by our partner Bechtle. The event will host approximately 700 participants from administration and industry sectors in the Thuringia, Franconia, and Eastern Hesse regions.

This year’s booth will focus on digital sovereignty and open source as well as Nextcloud Hub 8 to showcase how the public sector, businesse, and schools can take on new heights of digitization.

GITEX Africa

May 29-31 – Marrakech, Morocco

Ready to join the largest tech and startup show in Africa?

Then join us at our booth to be part of this innovation-driven event. Our team will be happy to provide demos, showcase the new features of Nextcloud Hub 8 and spark your interest about our open-source and data sovereignty missions.

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