bewCloud
File sharing + sync, notes, and photos (alternative to Nextcloud and ownCloud's RSS reader).
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 20 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.21.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Google Drive.
At a glance
bewCloud quick facts
- Health score
- 81/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,242
- Last commit
- 12 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v4.21.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to bewCloud
Full rankings: Google Drive alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "This is the bewCloud app built with Deno and deployed using docker compose."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
bewCloud scores 81/100, #10 of 20 in File Transfer & Synchronization: 20 commits in the last 90 days earn 23.3 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.21.0, 12 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,242 stars add 12.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 11.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 23.3 / 35
20 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v4.21.0 released 12 days ago
- Stars 12.4 / 20
1.2k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 20
- Last 90 days
- 91
- Last 12 months
- 12 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #10 of 20 tools in File Transfer & Synchronization by health , between Pydio (#9) and Cloudreve (#11) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v4.21.0 · 12 days ago |
| Stars | 1,242 |
| Open issues | 14 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | bewcloud/bewcloud ↗ |
bewCloud vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with bewCloud (File Transfer & Synchronization), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ownCloud | 96 | 8.8k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Sync-in | 93 | 1.9k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Nextcloud | 88 | 37k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Cozy Cloud | 82 | 1.3k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| bewCloud (this tool) | 81 | 1.2k | AGPL-3.0 | 12 days ago |
| Seafile | 36 | 15k | GPL-2.0 | 14 days ago |
bewCloud: common questions
What does bewCloud replace?
Repoly lists bewCloud as an open-source alternative to Google Drive. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where bewCloud stands against the others.
Is bewCloud still maintained?
bewCloud had 20 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 12 days ago; the latest tagged release, v4.21.0, is from 12 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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