Blogs
Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
Your PR was written by an AI. We don’t care. (But we do have rules.)
We don’t care if an AI wrote your pull request. Last year a community member shipped two oCIS extensions that way. Here are the four rules that make it work.
Kiteworks Open Source Program Office (ownCloud)
Kiteworks empowers organizations to manage risk in every send, share, receive, and save of sensitive content, protecting over 200 million end users across thosuands of global enterprises and government agencies. The Kiteworks Open Source Program Office is the steward of ownCloud, the open-source platform for sovereign secure data exchange, file synchronization, and collaboration. Built from the ground up in Go with zero database dependency, ownCloud Infinite Scale scales from a single binary to million-user deployments. Guided by a published governance charter and Apache 2.0 licensing, the OSPO ensures ownCloud remains a transparent, community-driven digital commons.
ownCloud extends the scope of its OpenID Connect extension
With version 2.0 of the OpenID Connect Marketplace App, ownCloud extends its authentication support to include Auto-Provisioning and Azure AD.
In 2020, ownCloud grows by more than 50 percent
ownCloud grows by more than 50 percent in 2020, driven by the switch to remote work, the need to safeguard sensitive data and increased awareness for digital privacy.
Transition Strategy: Outlining your road to infinite scale
Thinking about a transition strategy towards ownCloud Infinite Scale? Learn about the aspects to consider and the preparations that are already in place.
Access ownCloud on a Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi can be a nice and lightweight workstation. We show you how to seamlessly access ownCloud using WebDAV and the ownCloud Web frontend.
How to install ownCloud Infinite Scale on a Raspberry Pi in 4 easy steps
Want to install ownCloud Infinite Scale on a Raspberry Pi? While we would not suggest this for production, it is a nice way to get to know Infinite Scale.
The benefits of Microservices, an essential attribute of ownCloud Infinite Scale
When we explain what sets ownCloud Infinite Scale apart from other file collaboration platforms, one big aspect is microservices. This blog post aims to explain what this is all about.
Outlining the security aspects of ownCloud Infinite Scale
ownCloud Infinite Scale is built on a microservices architecture which brings, among other aspects, structural security improvements. Our security engineer David Christofas explains the different security aspects our engineering team focused on in developing ownCloud Infinite Scale.
Now available: ownCloud 10.6 as Appliance
Improvements for ownCloud Server now also available for Appliance deployments.
ownCloud releases tech preview on new, innovative platform
The all-new ownCloud platform, built on microservices and the Go programming language, is now officially available as a tech preview for evaluation and feedback.
How to sync notes with ownCloud and Joplin
Our Head of Marketing replaces Evernote with open-source solution Joplin in her quest to become digitally sovereign. In this blog post, Franka Ellen Wittek explains how you can set up Joplin and sync your notes via ownCloud in a few easy steps.
How to Set Up Your Own Private Cloud Storage Service in Five Minutes with ownCloud
In this short tutorial, we’ll show you how to get ownCloud up and running quickly using Docker on macOS, Windows, and 64-bit Linux.
Testing ownCloud Infinite Scale: How to report an issue on GitHub
We ask you to test the all-new ownCloud Infinite Scale to see its speed and scale for yourself. But what would you do if you find an error? When using open source software, you get to co-create even if you are not into programming. In this blog post we’ll show you how you too can report an issue on GitHub.
Presenting ownCloud Infinite Scale 1.0.0 – the Tech Preview release
Over a timespan of two years and with a growing developer force, we built it: ownCloud Infinite Scale 1.0.0 Tech Preview! The new easy, scalable and secure file platform written in Go.
ownCloud Web: A new view on your file platform
The upcoming ownCloud Infinite Scale, completely rewritten from scratch in Go, comes with an all-new web frontend to match its speed, scale and modularity – ownCloud Web. It’s available for ownCloud 10.6, too.
ownCloud Server 10.6 brings new vistas and a bridge to the future
The new ownCloud Server 10.6 is here and brings a number of federation improvements, the new ownCloud Web frontend and a bridge mode with the upcoming ownCloud Infinite Scale.