@neanderthalsnavel NextCloud works like GoogleDrive or OneDrive. You have access to it via File Manager or Finder and can save files to it locally without being on web browser or something. Syncthing is powerful opensource syncing software between your devices, not a cloud service. But if your goal is to have files mirrored on your devices and have version control, then it works without it being a remote server (cloud). But if it all burns down in a fire, your files are lost.