System requirements

Server

For best performance, stability and functionality we have documented some recommendations for running a Nextcloud server.

Note

If you plan a setup for your organization and you rely on professional deployment consulting (e.g. efficient and reliable scaling) and support, we strongly recommend you to check out our enterprise support.

Platform	Options
Operating System (64bit)	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (recommended) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (recommended) Debian 10 (Buster) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 openSUSE Leap 42.1+ CentOS Stream
Database	MySQL 8.0+ or MariaDB 10.2/10.3/10.4/10.5/10.6 (recommended) Oracle Database 11g (only as part of an enterprise subscription) PostgreSQL 10/11/12/13/14 SQLite (only recommended for testing and minimal-instances)
Webserver	Apache 2.4 with `mod_php` or `php-fpm` (recommended) nginx with `php-fpm`
PHP Runtime	7.4 8.0 (recommended) 8.1

See Installation on Linux for minimum PHP-modules and additional software for installing Nextcloud.

CPU Architecture and OS

A 64bit CPU and 64bit OS is required for Nextcloud to run well.

Memory

Memory requirements for running a Nextcloud server are greatly variable, depending on the numbers of users, apps, files and volume of server activity.

Nextcloud needs a minimum of 128MB RAM per process, and we recommend a minimum of 512MB RAM per process.

Database requirements for MySQL / MariaDB

The following is currently required if you’re running Nextcloud together with a MySQL / MariaDB database:

InnoDB storage engine (MyISAM is not supported)
“READ COMMITED” transaction isolation level (See: Database “READ COMMITTED” transaction isolation level)
Disabled or BINLOG_FORMAT = ROW configured Binary Logging (See: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/binary-log-formats.html)
For Emoji (UTF8 4-byte) support see Enabling MySQL 4-byte support

Desktop client

We strongly recommend using the latest version of your operating system to get the full and most stable experience out of our clients.

Windows 8.1+
macOS Lion (10.7)+ (64-bit only)
Linux (CentOS 6.5+, Ubuntu 14.04+, Fedora 21+, openSUSE 13, SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3+, Debian 8 (Jessie)+, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7)

Mobile apps

We strongly recommend using the latest version of your mobile operating system to get the full and most stable experience out of our mobile apps.

Files App

iOS 12.1+
Android 4.x+

Talk App

iOS 12.0+
Android 5.0+
Nextcloud Server 14.0+
Nextcloud Talk 4.0+

Note

When using Nextcloud Talk 12.0+ please update the Android Talk App to the newest version (or at least to v12.1).

Web browser

For the best experience with the Nextcloud web interface, we recommend that you use the latest and supported version of a browser from this list, or one based on those:

Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome/Chromium
Apple Safari

Note

If you want to use Nextcloud Talk you should use Mozilla Firefox 52+ or Google Chrome/Chromium 49+ to have the full experience with video calls and screensharing. Google Chrome/Chromium requires an additional plugin for screensharing.