ownCloud vs Syncthing
A side-by-side comparison of ownCloud and Syncthing — stars, license, self-host difficulty, deploy options, and what each replaces.
| Tagline | Self-hosted file sync and share server, the original fork parent of Nextcloud | Continuous peer-to-peer file synchronization between your own devices |
| Category | File Storage & Sync | File Storage & Sync |
| Replaces | Dropbox, Google Drive, Box | Dropbox, Google Drive |
| GitHub stars | 8.8k | 85k |
| Language | PHP | Go |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 4/5 Involved | 2/5 Easy |
| Deploy options | Docker Docker Compose Manual | Docker Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 9 months ago | 5 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
