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What's wrong with Nextcloud, and why is it slow/clunky? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I hear people say that about Nextcloud often, which is part of why I haven't bothered setting it up yet.

Is there a technical reason why it's slow and clunky? Any problematic choices with how it was built?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Likely because it's mainly written in PHP and the default database is SQLite, which is not great for large deployments.

But I use Nextcloud daily on a low end machine and I don't think it's that bad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

SQLite sure but I doubt PHP has any negative impact.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

PHP for sure can have a negative effect depending on how they are handling their data access through.

The application code itself running on PHP probably isn't a problem but the influence that PHP may have over your data access patterns can be a source of significant performance problems.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

but the influence that PHP may have over your data access patterns can be a source of significant performance problems.

Let me rephrase that for you: the influence that poorly written PHP code, an utter and total disregard for good software development practices and the general ineptitude shown by the NC developers have over your data access patterns is the source of significant performance problems. We also have to consider all the client side issues, poor decisions and a general lack of any testing.

Fixed :)

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Likely because it’s mainly written in PHP and the default database is SQLite

Maybe the issue isn't the technologies but rather the complete and utter ineptitude of NC's developers and bullshit decisions their business team makes. Every tool is a great tool if you know how to use it properly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Idk man, runs great on my Proxmox machine