What are the minimum VPS requirements for Nextcloud?

Nextcloud minimum requirements in the RunOnVPS dataset are RAM 2GB, CPU 2, disk 10GB. Values marked Estimated were not published as complete hardware requirements by the checked source.

What VPS tier does RunOnVPS suggest for Nextcloud?

RunOnVPS suggests the 4 GB RAM tier as a starting point. This is our own sizing suggestion derived from the recommended RAM (4GB), not an official provider recommendation.

Does Nextcloud support Docker?

The checked dataset records Docker support for Nextcloud as: Yes.

Does Nextcloud need a GPU?

Nextcloud GPU requirement: Not required. See the source notes on this page for workload-specific exceptions.

Media / Photos / Files

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GitHub stars: 37260
License: AGPL-3.0
Docker: Yes
GPU: Not required

Requirements

Minimum and recommended VPS specs

Badges are attached to each value. An estimate is never presented as an official project requirement.

Nextcloud hardware requirements
Resource	Minimum	Recommended
RAM	2GB Estimated	4GB Estimated
CPU	2 Estimated	2 Estimated
Disk	10GB Estimated	Not stated Not stated

Disk figures describe the application footprint recorded in the dataset. Personal media, documents, backups and other user data can require substantially more storage.

RunOnVPS sizing suggestion

Suggested VPS tier

4 GB RAM tier

This is our sizing suggestion, derived from Nextcloud’s recommended RAM of 4GB. It is not an official requirement and it does not guarantee that every workload, plug-in set or media library will fit comfortably.

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Deployment

Docker & GPU

Docker support: Yes

GPU: Not required

Check the source notes below before assuming a GPU, transcoding workload or machine-learning feature is included in the baseline deployment.

Commercial alternative

What it can replace

Google Workspace (Drive)

Nextcloud is catalogued here as a self-hosted alternative to Google Workspace (Drive). Feature parity varies, so compare your required workflow before migrating.

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Source check

Important notes

Stars/license checked 2026-10-24 on the GitHub repo page (nextcloud/server). The official admin manual does not publish a whole-machine minimum — 官方未标明整机配置: it only specifies memory per PHP process (minimum 128MB, recommended 512MB per process; the official AIO deployment defaults to a max of 512MB RAM per PHP process). Estimates are based on the official Docker / All-in-One deployment (Nextcloud + PostgreSQL + Redis); real requirements scale strongly with user count, enabled apps and file volume, and user files are excluded from min_disk.

Data source: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/system_requirements.html

Project repository: https://github.com/nextcloud/server

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