SeaFile shat the bed and I just could be bothered to fix it. It’s deployment is a mess

OMG. YES! I tried to install Seafile in my environment, but I gave up after a few days. I got it partially running, but some requests weren't making it past the 100th proxy for some reason. idk.

Why are you not simply using nextcloud?

Why would you want that all in one container? That sounds like a bad system. I like docker / podman especially because I can separate the containers.

These might be apples and oranges, but how does NextCloud compare to Seafile?

To be honnest, Nextcloud is kinda a piece of shit software. Every major version break something, an error in an extension can make it crash entirely without any failsafe preventing it. I already lost the database twice (in what... 5 major versions), and the only reason I still use it is because I'm too lazy to use anything not in the TrueNAS apps repository.

It's not bitching if it's true. Nextcloud has really poor performance alone, it tries to do to many things at once and none of it ends up being good. It was amazing for it's time and it's idea but it simply doesn't scale, not technically, not with time. They need to redo the architecture and probably move to something better performing than PHP. I never heard anyone in any environment even considering PHP as an option in 2025.

Checkout opencloud, owncloud clients are compatible with it

I was also wondering if it will sync.

Mostly happy with syncthing, but open to trying new solutions.

I've tried several WebDav clients, and I've found that the great majority will work great. Their performance will depend on the server. For example, Nextcloud was slow. CopyParty was blazing fast, as if it was a local folder.

You might want to checkout CopyParty too, it's UX/UI sucks, but you don't need to see it, since you can use it with almost any client on any platform via any protocol.