In 2026, if you want to free yourself from Google Drive or Microsoft 365, self-hosted options remain surprisingly limited. Nextcloud is essentially the only serious choice, with very few real alternatives. DjanCloud was born out of this frustration: an all-in-one, lightweight Nextcloud-compatible server with a 100% Python backend built on Django and a Vue.js frontend, offering the essential features without the complexity of the PHP stack.
What is working so far:
- Login page, user management with simple role.
- Web UI to browse files and folders.
- Simple shared folder
- Login with official Nextcloud client and full synchronisation
- Browsable files over webdav.
- Collaborative markdown editor
- Shared calendars with CalDAV support
- Shared contacts with CardDAV support
- Email client with SMTP and IMAP support
What I'm planning to do:
- Integrate OnlyOffice or Collabora Office
Any requests or pull requests are welcome.
This is draft project, don't expect to have it running in production !!
cp .env.example .env
docker compose up --build
The application will be available at http://localhost:8080
To create the first admin user:
docker compose exec -ti web python manage.py createsuperuser
Install system packages (Debian/Ubuntu)
apt-get install python3 python3-pip python3-venv git nodejs npm
Clone this repository and create virtual env
git clone https://github.com/olivierb2/djan-cloud
cd djan-cloud
python3 -m venv venv
. ./venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
Build the frontend
cd frontend
npm install
npm run build
cd ..
Configure the environment
cp .env.example .env
Create database and first admin user
python3 manage.py migrate
python3 manage.py createsuperuser
Run the development server
python3 manage.py runserver