Best Open Source Alternatives to ownCloud

Compare the best free and open-source alternatives to ownCloud — self-hosted and desktop replacements you fully control, ranked by GitHub stars, license and platform support.

Curated by open-source.store · Updated November 2026 · 3 alternatives

ownCloud

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ownCloud alternatives compared

Open-source alternatives to ownCloud, compared by stars, license and platform
Tool		License	Platforms	Self-hosted
Hoodik	1,547	—	DockerLinux	Yes	Nov 2026	Visit
Twake Drive	991	AGPL-3.0	Web	No	Nov 2026	Visit
Firefiles	370	AGPL-3.0	Web	No	Nov 2025	Visit

Top open-source ownCloud alternatives

Hoodik1,547

Hoodik is a self-hosted cloud storage alternative to Dropbox with client-side zero-knowledge encryption and post-quantum keys for private file sync.

DockerLinux

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Edgar Sipki

Go & gRPC engineer · founder of EasyP

Promoted

Mentoring for backend developers. Consulting for startups.

Go, gRPC and Protobuf done right, LLM agents in production, and the hard parts of shipping a first product.

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sipki.online

Speaker at HighLoad++, GolangConf, AI Conf, DevOpsConf
Helped launch 7+ startups
Maintainer of EasyP, the open-source Protobuf toolkit

Twake Drive991AGPL-3.0

Twake Drive is an open-source web alternative to Google Drive, providing browser-based file storage, folder sharing, and complete data privacy.

Web

vs ownCloud: a free, open-source option you fully control, licensed AGPL-3.0.

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Firefiles370AGPL-3.0

Firefiles is an open-source web drive that connects directly to AWS S3 and Firebase, offering high-throughput file transfers without Dropbox subscriptions.

Web

vs ownCloud: a free, open-source option you fully control, licensed AGPL-3.0.

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