Adaptive by design
It reads app contracts, data shapes and actions, then composes a useful native experience.
Independent · open source · early preview
Your cloud.
One native experience.
Nextcloud Native is one adaptive client for your whole Nextcloud. It turns app data and actions into interfaces that feel built for your phone and desktop.
Built by Obiente. Not affiliated with Nextcloud GmbH.
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A different kind of client
Native does not have to mean narrow.
Custom experiences stay possible, but shared semantics do the heavy lifting. New apps can inherit the right patterns without waiting for a one-off rewrite.
Native where it matters
Files, photos, messages, tables and media use reusable platform components, not embedded pages.
Your server stays yours
Credentials and learned app knowledge stay local. There is no Obiente cloud in the middle.
From unknown API to useful UI
The interface is compiled, not guessed.
Deterministic discovery comes first. Semantic inference can improve the result, but it may never invent an endpoint, payload or permission.
Read the architecture- 01
Discover the contract
Capabilities, OpenAPI, app metadata and observed safe reads describe what the server can actually do.
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Compile the semantics
Resources, fields, relations and actions become a typed platform-neutral native schema.
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Compose the experience
Reusable native components choose the right list, gallery, editor, table, conversation or dashboard.
One coherent workspace
Apps should feel connected.
Shared search, previews, people, files and actions can move through the whole client instead of stopping at app boundaries.
See the compatibility workOne core, platform-native edges
Designed beyond a single screen.
The shared runtime keeps behavior consistent. Each operating system still owns credentials, files, background work, notifications and calls.
Developer build
Android
Native login, media, filesystem integration and background work.
Developer build
Linux
A real desktop workspace with platform credential storage.
Architecture ready
iOS · macOS · Windows
Shared domain logic with thin, genuinely native platform integrations.
The work behind the promise
Read the project, not just the pitch.
The public documentation is built directly from the repository, so architecture decisions, current limitations and acceptance gates stay visible.
RoadmapThe dependency-driven path from developer preview to a safe, native five-platform Nextcloud client.35 minArchitectureHow verified contracts, semantic inference and reusable native components turn app APIs into useful interfaces.11 minCompatibilityThe current integration matrix, tested Nextcloud apps and evidence behind each supported experience.3 minNative schemaThe platform-neutral grammar that maps discovered resources, fields and actions to native components.2 minDynamic appsThe validated discovery and execution contract for arbitrary installed Nextcloud applications.3 minPlatformsHow Android, iOS, Windows, macOS and Linux share domain rules while keeping native system integrations.1 min
Straight answers
What Nextcloud Native is, and is not.
Is this a web wrapper?
No. Nextcloud Native consumes server APIs and renders native Compose interfaces. Web content is reserved for formats that genuinely require a document renderer, not app navigation.
Does every Nextcloud app work already?
Not yet. This is an early developer preview. Files, Photos and Memories, Talk, Activity, Notes and several dynamically discovered apps have working paths, while the compatibility matrix records what still needs evidence or deeper interaction support.
Why use adaptive components instead of only app-specific clients?
App-specific knowledge can improve an experience, but reusable semantics let similar data and actions work across apps we have never tested. Verified adapters remain available for the places where they create a genuine UX improvement.
Is this an official Nextcloud project?
No. Nextcloud Native is an independent Obiente project, licensed under AGPL-3.0-or-later. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Nextcloud GmbH.
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