Have you considered NextcloudPi? Installs a full, SSL-ready (self-generated or LetsEncrypt) Nextcloud instance with a single copy-paste command in terminal/via SSH.
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Helped me a bunch when starting read everything twice Emmet does like a good typo.
Syncthig is.now my goto for mobile.
Nfs or samba for home network.
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Not sure how the new Pi5 is but Pi4 struggles quite a bit with Nextcloud. Nextcloud is not really designed to run on low-end devices, let alone an SBC. It may seem fine for the first time but when you actually try to do something, it'll get sluggish and oftentimes downright completely fail.
I stopped using my Pi4 for anything file related but I guess there might be something that it can reliably run(I'm guessing Syncthing).
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I have had a very easy time running a variety services on single board computers using DietPi. Give it a look. It will save you time and headaches.
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Also check out Syncthing. I have it running on my Pi5, PCs and my Android phone. The phone's photos directory and lots of other files are automatically synced to my server and computers. No open firewall port is needed, everything is encrypted in transit and it supports trusted and untrusted hosts. Syncthing supports pretty much any topology, but I've found using star topology is easiest to manage.
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Easiest way I think is : https://ubuntu.com/appliance/nextcloud/raspberry-pi or https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/releases
Note: In my case (Overclocked Raspberry Pi4B + SSD), I manually installed Nextcloud using docker (https://hub.docker.com/_/nextcloud/) and used for a year.
As others have pointed out (and so is my experience), the performance will be okayish; the main issue you will encounter is thumbnail generation being quite slow (even with overclocked Raspberry Pi).
Couple of suggestions: Try to keep the installation slim, avoid too many addons/ extra packages.
Also, make sure your Raspberry Pi is connected to LAN and not via Wireless. As that will help with at least improving network throughput.
I recently migrated to old laptop based homelab setup and installed Nextcloud AIO, and the throughput is significantly higher as it should be over LAN.
Whilst I do like Nextcloud it is getting a super bloated thing these days and performance is struggling as a result. Still the best for me right now, but I might change in the future if they continue to fatten it up for slaughter!
I use a Pi5 with SSD (running Raspberry OS Lite 64bit). It runs Nextcloud, Nginx, DuckDNS, Docker, Portainer & also syncing Joplin & Memories for other family members to see holiday photos/special events (I run Immich on an alternative server not exposed to www). Only 1 user but its run flawlessly & seems pretty fast to me
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