With version 21, the optional “Files High Performance Back-end” was introduced at Nextcloud. Technically, this is a service that you can install separately and actively notifies clients about file changes with “client push”.
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Nextcloud Office
In the meantime I have been using Nextcloud on my own servers for several years and also an Office integration in order to be able to edit documents together with others directly in the browser. Originally, I chose OnlyOffice because it was much more mature than Collabora in 2018.
Full text search in Nextcloud
Nextcloud supports a search via the web interface and in the clients. However, only file names are compared and not searched for in file contents. However, there is the option of setting up a full-text search.
OnlyOffice in Nextcloud – the current status
I recently reported hastily that OnlyOffice in Nextcloud would generally no longer work properly.
However, this is generally not correct and I did premature conclusions for some points. Ascensio System also got in touch with me and did everything possible to help me with my problems – thank you!
I removed the original post because it was based on incorrect assumptions.
Nextcloud Talk: “High Performance Backend” now Open Source
Nextcloud Talk is an extension for Nextcloud that enables chats as well as video conferencing. A decent browser and a webcam are sufficient to use that. You can also use an app for Android or iOS.
With a few simultaneous connections this usually works quite well if you pay attention to a few points, such as using a server for STUN/TURN like coturn (I will write a separate article about this).
Nextcloud and Netdata with more metrics
A while ago I wrote about a plugin for Netdata which I created for my Nextcloud server.
Luca Olivetti was so kind to extend the plugin by additional metrics – thank you!
The source and documentation are still available at Github.
Note: if you use the plugin already please keep in mind that the configuration has changed. You now only have to define the base URL of the server and not the full monitoring API URL any longer.
Nextcloud and Netdata
I’ve been using Netdata on my servers to monitor many system parameters for quite a while now. What missed so far is Nextcloud. I filled this gap with a plugin for Netdata. The plugin uses the API which is provided by the “Monitoring” app to display the number of active users.
You get the source and description at Github.
Nextcloud and OnlyOffice in Android
As reported at OnlyOffice, you can now also use OnlyOffice in Android with Nextcloud, although you do not need a separate app for Android – it is part of the current Nextcloud app for Android. On the server you need at least Nextcloud 18 and the latest OnlyOffice integration for Nextcloud (4.1 or newer). OnlyOffice also runs collaboratively in the same way as in the browser – all changes are sent directly to the server and if other users are also editing a file at the same time, their changes can be seen immediately.
However, there is one thing to note:
If the file has not yet been downloaded (no green check mark), tapping the file name will open it in OnlyOffice. If the file already exists on the device (green check mark), it is opened directly when tapped – i.e. if an another office app is installed on the device, that app will be used to view or edit the file.
In addition, you can also use the context menu, which opens when you tap the three dots on the far right and then select “Edit”. In this case the file is always opened with OnlyOffice.
Update 2020-03-09
The free open source version does not provide editing functions any longer – neither in the app nor in the browser. If you need this, you have to buy on of the packages of the “Integration Edition” (currently beginning at 935 EUR one time payment per server for a maximum of 50 concurrent connections).
Update 2020-03-20
After I created a feature request at Github to get back the mobile editing or at least a cheaper license for private and home users, Ascensio decided to offer a cheaper “Home” license for 99 USD. Also see the comment at Github.
Update 2020-09-02
The free Android version of OnlyOffice have been supporting using Nextcloud to open and save documents for a while now and is more comfortable to use than the version in the browser. The only limitation is that this version does not support the collaborative functions.
Collaborative text editor in Nextcloud
In June 2019 Nextcloud introduced an interesting text editor which uses Markdown as format but does not show this optically – the user interface is very tidy and text will always be shown and edited formatted. You can use Markdown syntax when entering text but in addition there is a toolbar at the top of the editor. To create a new file you can use the “+” symbol in the Nextcloud file manager as usual.
OnlyOffice with Nextcloud
In my article about Nextcloud I also mentioned OnlyOffice which you can use within Nextcloud in a web browser.
Since then many things happened: Nextcloud and OnlyOffice have announced their partnership in November 2018 and meanwhile the desktop version of OnlyOffice also offers the integration of Nextcloud.
