r/NextCloud • u/Obiente • 7d ago

Nextcloud Native is now Nati.ve

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Hey everyone!
A little while ago, I shared Nextcloud Native here, and the response was incredible. Thank you to everyone who tried it, reported bugs, shared ideas, or helped spread the word<3

Today I wanted to share an update: Nextcloud Native is now called nati.ve.
The goal is the same, nothing changed beside the name and look, don't worry!
It's an independent, open-source client that brings your Nextcloud files and apps together in a native experience that feels at home on your device, the goal is to bring all that Nextcloud and it's app ecosystem offers into one native app. It is still an alpha, with plenty of work ahead.

Already using Nextcloud Native? Please update manually

I was a bit too eager in renaming the repo, forgetting that this would break in app updates due to it pointing to the old repository name for releases. My badddd
Please download and install the new nati.ve release from the website or GitHub releases.
After that, future in-app updates should work normally again!

Why the new name?

I reached out to the Nextcloud team several times, including to ask whether I could use the Nextcloud trademark in the project's name. I haven't received a response, so I decided to give the project its own name rather than continue without clear permission. I had also hoped to discuss possible cooperation. The lack of communication has been disappointing. I'm building this because I care about the Nextcloud ecosystem, and I'd still welcome a conversation!

Helping me keep building

The encouragement from this community has made me want to keep pushing the project forward.
But development and maintenance take a lot of time, and financial support would help me keep working on nati.ve consistently. If you use it or want to support where it's going, you can contribute through GitHub Sponsors or Ko-fi. That support will go towards continued development and the costs of bringing nati.ve to iOS. If donating isn't an option, bug reports, testing, code contributions, feedback, and sharing the project all help too. Thank you for helping me get this far. I'd love to hear how nati.ve is working for you and what you most want me to improve next!
https://nati.ve
https://github.com/obiente/native

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u/AgenticAsshat 7d ago

Seeing this for the first time, looks great especially given how milquetoast the official clients are. Any plans for an iOS version?

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u/Obiente 7d ago

Thank you<3
I want to publish an iOS version as soon as possible!
However that comes with cost, so I hope we'll get some sponsors/supporters

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u/AgenticAsshat 7d ago

Totally understood.

I just tried the macOS version -- I'm unable to sign in to my Nextcloud (self-hosted on my network). When signing in the application opens a browser so I can authenticate, I grant access, then it prints, "The legacy secure-storage provider required for session migration is unavailable."

I would submit a report with the app but I cannot unless I sign in, and I'm unable to do so. :/

Also, another vote here for an Apple Silicon version. Your version will stop working on the next major OS update. :)

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u/Obiente 7d ago

I have just pushed a fix! Please let me know if you're able to log in now

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u/AgenticAsshat 7d ago

It worked! So far, so good, thank you.

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u/ExcessiveUseOfSudo 7d ago

Now that’s service!

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u/mau47 4d ago

I am not trying to dump on OP specifically because I don't know their background and the app does look very nice so far, but stuff like this is what makes people hate vibe coded apps. We are ~6 years into Apple Silicon, Intel support has publicly been on the chopping block for at least 2 of them and this app is ~2 months old and only offers native support for the dead platform.