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Ways to host nextcloud for free without paying money every month (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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i have a question im trying to find a way to self host a nextcloud local instance for free without paying any money every month to different companys or sites is there anyway to do this?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No company is just going to host a server for you for free, a (virtual) server for running nextcloud will cost you at least a few bucks a month. As others have already said, you can run a server at home on your own hardware, but this is also not free (hardware cost, electricity, etc.) and you will additionally have to deal with any hardware issues & replacements yourself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

thats true i could just host my own at home using a computer im not normally going to use for daily use

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That can be a good solution at least if electricity costs are not a big deal. If power is expensive in your area, it might be worth to buy something more power-efficient, like a raspberry pi (assuming they're not completely sold out right now).