Nextcloud has announced the availability of Nextcloud Hub II, the second major incarnation of the integrated collaboration platform first announced in January 2020. Nextcloud Hub 2.0 is designed to address the growing market need for an on-premises, compliant and privacy-respecting alternative to closed Big Tech collaboration platforms.

With this release come major feature and performance improvements to Files, Groupware, Talk and the Nextcloud clients, while introducing Nextcloud Office developed in collaboration with Collabora Productivity. Nextcloud is now available for easy and quick small-scale deployment on the major cloud platforms and on-premises with an All-In-One Docker-based cloud image and features a peer-to-peer Backup solution for small installations.

Nextcloud Hub II introduces Nextcloud Office, developed in collaboration with Collabora Productivity. With an improved user experience and visual integration come also features like availability of Draw, a business-focused vector graphics and data visualization app, improved compatibility with proprietary document formats and more. Performance was another focus, with a lower bandwidth usage and server load resulting from the development work.

This release also expands Nextcloud office capabilities with public sharing support for the integrated Knowledge management app Collectives, usability upgrades to planning tool Deck and an emoji picker and extended mimetype support for collaborative note taking app Text.

Nextcloud Files introduces the ability for administrators to delegate administration to users and support for a configuration setting that limits what apps can be installed.

Together with the launch of Nextcloud Hub II, Nextcloud makes available Nextcloud Backup a peer-to-peer backup solution, and an All-in-one docker container aimed at distributed cloud deployments.