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Nextcloudvszusam

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

Nextcloudzusam
Score86/10044/100
Rank in category#1 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration#58 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars37 339223
Stars, last 30 days+432+0
Stable releases, 12 months222
Latest releasev33.0.10 · 15 Oct 20260.6.1 · 2 Mar 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePHPPHP

Which one should you pick?

Nextcloud scores 86/100 against 44/100 for zusam, so it is the safer default.

Nextcloud ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for zusam.

Nextcloud is growing faster right now (+432 stars in 30 days).

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