What Nextcloud apps do you use the most?
What apps do you recommend for people? Which apps did you start integrating into your day to day once you discovered they were there? Which apps solved a problem you faced?
A relatively new addition for me is the Memories app. It does some object recognition on photos and makes it easier to search through your own photos. I think Immich might be better but memories is integrated in nextcloud.
I installed nextcloud at first because I was looking for a basic forms app. Not something very complex, just needed something simple. The best I found was Nextcloud Forms. So I ended up driving a nail not with a hammer, but a battering ram. But I knew that I might find other uses later.
Since then, I've discovered and used many apps.
How are you liking the tasks app? I haven't used it much but I was trying the Deck app for a while as a Trello replacement but found it too basic. I was wondering if the regular tasks app was missing any useful features too.
I actually started with deck and then moved to tasks because I likes the simplicity of a binary "done/not done" as apposed to moving cards across boards (which I used todo/doing/done). Theres a couple features that I use on a given task, like dates, descriptions, and subtasks, but thats it. I suspect that if deck was insufficient for you, thats tasks isnt the right solution either.
I use a lot of the apps. Most of them are "just good enough" to keep from installing alternate, standalone versions. However, having them all integrated into NC is a big plus over maintaining separate applications.
When Nextcloud finally shipped a credible wiki (the somewhat absurdly-named "Collectives" app), this was finally enough to get me to install it for myself and my business partner. So, currently, Collectives plus the Sync feature ... other apps may draw me in later.
How do you like the wiki? What do you use it for? Internal use or can you spin it public for projects?
It's okay, not great, still needs UX work. That being said, it stores all its files in Markdown and they are also accessible in the Files app.
Not actually sure if it can be made public, they grafted some unnecessary features onto it in order to call it "Collectives" which might make it a bad fit for such, but I haven't actually looked to see if it's possible.
Notes Bookmarks CookBook Calendar Tasks Deck
and obviously Files the most
I use news, gPodder sync app, TimeManager and Deck all with the corresponding android apps (AntennaPod for Podcasts). Also nextcloud office (collabora), The music player and obviously files, calendar, contacts. I'm sure I forgot some :)
Calendar and contacts for syncing.
I'm also a huge fan of Nextcloud Office with Onlyoffice, legitimately a better experience than Microsoft Online for editing documents in the browser and less syncing issues when collaborating with others.
I use Calendar, contacts, notes and cospend on a daily basis.