Engineering

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Behind-the-scenes engineering at Uploadex — encryption architecture, infrastructure decisions, performance trade-offs, and the technical choices that keep your files safe.

Engineering

Self-Hosted File Sharing in 2026: Nextcloud vs OwnCloud vs FileBrowser (and 3 More)

I tested six self-hosted file sharing tools in 2026 — Nextcloud, OwnCloud Infinite Scale, FileBrowser, Pydio Cells, ProjectSend, and rclone with Cloudflare R2. Each one makes a different tradeoff between setup complexity, features, and storage cost. Here's what I found, and which one fits which use case.

Surya Prakash

2 months ago12 min read96