Nextcloud vs Syncthing: Picking a Self-Hosted File Sync Setup for Your Homelab
Ditching Google Drive or Dropbox is one of the most common reasons people start self-hosting in the first place, and it’s also one of the easiest to get wrong by picking the wrong tool for the job. Nextcloud and Syncthing both get your files off someone else’s server, but they’re built on completely different models, and picking the one that doesn’t match how you actually work is how people end up frustrated and quietly back on Dropbox six months later. Here’s what each one actually is, where they overlap, and how to pick. ...