NextCloudPi
Nextcloud preinstalled and preconfigured, with a text and web management interface and all the tools needed to self host private data. With installation images for Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Rock64, Docker, and a curl installer for Armbian/Debian.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Partly: no commits in 90 days, but v1.58.0 shipped in Aug 2026.
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At a glance
NextCloudPi quick facts
- Health score
- 59/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 2,951
- Last commit
- 2 months ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.58.0, Aug 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "This is the build code for the NextcloudPi open-source community project."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
NextCloudPi scores 59/100, #16 of 28 in Self-hosting Solutions: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.58.0, 3 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,951 stars add 13.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.58.0 released 3 months ago
- Stars 13.9 / 20
3k 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
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 81
- Last 12 months
- 2 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #16 of 28 tools in Self-hosting Solutions by health , between OpenMediaVault (#15) and FreedomBox (#17) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | Shell, PHP |
| Latest release | v1.58.0 · 3 months ago |
| Stars | 2,951 |
| Open issues | 209 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | nextcloud/nextcloudpi ↗ |
NextCloudPi vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with NextCloudPi (Self-hosting Solutions), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umbrel | 96 | 12k | ⊘ Proprietary | 1 month ago |
| HomeButler | 90 | 313 | MIT | yesterday |
| DietPi | 85 | 6.4k | GPL-2.0 | today |
| DockSTARTer | 83 | 2.6k | MIT | 9 days ago |
| HomeServerHQ | 77 | 73 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| NextCloudPi (this tool) | 59 | 3k | GPL-2.0 | 2 months ago |
NextCloudPi: common questions
Is NextCloudPi still maintained?
NextCloudPi had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 months ago; the latest tagged release, v1.58.0, is from 3 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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