docker VS filemanager

Am I better off using this container: https://hub.docker.com/_/nextcloud/

It looks like I'm not the only person who has faced this. apache-based images require buster, for instance, and some docker images that rely on Ruby face issues too (for example, I decided to try setting up Postal but it looks like it's facing the same issues).

Nextcloud is free and open source. The easiest way to install it is via docker containers. nextcloud docker

The correct way to do it is to build your own docker container with the command to install the smbclient installed. You can find example docker files here: https://github.com/nextcloud/docker/tree/master/.examples/dockerfiles/smb

Have you considered Docker? There is an official NextCloud image https://hub.docker.com/_/nextcloud

I just use this Dockerfile and something like this docker-compose file. The result is super-flexible (not everyone needs this though).

Some of the extensions have dependencies not included in base image. They keep the base image clean to keep it small. See some of their official examples. https://github.com/nextcloud/docker/tree/master/.examples/dockerfiles/full. I’m using their official image as the base image and adding dependencies. I based mine off of https://github.com/andrey18106/mediadc-docker-example, but use Nextcloud 25 as the latest version (25 is latest stable with most plugins up to it) as well as dependency additions for recognize and facial recognition extensions not available in base.

However, you should probably take a look at the official nextcloud all-in-one docker setup. Otherwise, the official nextcloud docker image comes preinstalled and provides lots of customization options via environment variables (like NEXTCLOUD_DATA_DIR).

The OnlyOfffice desktop app is a pretty good and free alternative to Microsoft Office Suite. You can simply install it on your local machine for offline access.

OnlyOfffice is also self-hostable as a web app for a cloud alternative to Google Sheets.

Filebrowser is a self-hostable alternative to Google Drive.

There's a pull request open to integrate OnlyOffice with Filebrowser for self-hosted google-drive + google docs.

https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/pull/1420

For strictly local use, Google's Nearby share is technically FOSS but the documentation is basically non-existent and a proper Linux implementation is not here yet. Alternatives aren't hard to find though, with Mint's Warpinator or KDE Connect having worked well for me.

For non-local use (everything out of Bluetooth range), you almost have to trust a third party and it really depends on your use case. Want to send your friend a file or host pictures of your birthday for multiple people to download? For the former magic wormhole works great, for the later you could almost spin up a nextcloud or similar (personally I like https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser ). Want to regularly send files from device 1 to device 2? Now classic sync solutions like syncthing become really viable.

If everything else fails, FTP always has your back

File Browser - For access to the files on my NAS

I use FileBrowser ( https://filebrowser.org/) to manage some files easily on my setup, but also behind a Nginx Proxy to share some files with my family and friends.

Why don't you try File browser? (https://filebrowser.org/) I also looked for things you looked for. But I didn't find anything.

This is very cool and does everything you want: https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser

I am currently using FileBrowser and it works well for me.

Based on your basic usecase, I'd recommend syncthing for syncing files + filebrowser for viewing them in the browser