Extend your Nextcloud environment
Tutorial – Nextcloud Plugins
Using apps to make your Nextcloud work more efficient and private.
In a previous installment of this tutorial [1], I described how to build and configure Nextcloud as a fully self-hosted cloud hub that individuals or small groups can use to store files, edit office documents, communicate through chats and video calls, and access webmail. This month, I will show how to make your online work even more private and efficient thanks to Nextcloud's extensive gallery of plugins or (as they're called these days) apps.
I'll introduce you to some Nextcloud apps that fit two criteria: First, they help ordinary web users keep their data, work, and online life under one roof without distractions, information overload, and privacy invasions. Second, these apps are all actively maintained and compatible with the version of Nextcloud I described in the previous tutorial (version 30.0.5). The apps are also easy to install, even for first-time Nextcloud administrators with limited time and resources.
Nextcloud also provides app bundles that offer a collection of apps for a specific purpose such as education, public service, or social sharing. The app bundles are great, but they are aimed at professionals or large groups with full-time professional administrators, so I won't cover them in this article.
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