Your self-hosted cloud, mounted as a drive.
Mount any Nextcloud instance as a native drive on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Self-hosted, sovereign, and accessible from every desktop app — without the official Nextcloud sync client mirroring everything to local disk.
— What you get
Nextcloud, the way desktop access should work.
Mounted in Finder and Explorer.
Your Nextcloud instance appears as a native volume. Open files in any app — Office, Photoshop, Premiere — and save back to Nextcloud directly. No upload step.
Stream on demand.
No full sync. The official Nextcloud client mirrors files locally; ExpanDrive streams on demand and caches only what you actually open. Self-hosted storage doesn't need to fill your laptop's SSD.
OS-native credential vault.
Username and password stored in the macOS Keychain or Windows credentials vault. Never persisted to disk in plaintext.
— Cross-platform
Nextcloud on every OS your team runs.
macOS
Apple File Provider extension. Nextcloud appears in Finder and ~/Library/CloudStorage. Apple Silicon native.
Windows
User-selectable drive letter per Nextcloud connection. Signed MSI installer for fleet deployment.
Linux
Native .deb / .rpm packages with signed apt and yum repositories. Nextcloud mounts at a standard Linux mount point.
— vs the Nextcloud desktop client
Where the official client falls short.
The official Nextcloud desktop sync is solid for small instances and single users. At larger scale or for workflows that don't want a full local mirror, ExpanDrive's mount model is the better fit.
- Sync-only. The official client mirrors everything locally (or requires per-folder configuration to skip). ExpanDrive flips the default: files stay on the server, stream when opened.
- Limited multi-instance support. The official client adds a configuration overhead for connecting to multiple Nextcloud servers. ExpanDrive mounts as many Nextcloud instances as you have, each as its own labeled drive.
- Same product across operating systems. The official client has different feature parity across Mac, Windows, and Linux. ExpanDrive is one product, one UX.
— Common questions
Common questions about Nextcloud on ExpanDrive.
2FA, app passwords, self-hosting, and the difference between this and the official Nextcloud client.
Need a File Orchestration Platform, not just a drive?
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Try it free.
Mount everything.
Free for personal use. Runs on every Mac, PC, and Linux box built in the last decade.