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I think I've hit a wall here. I set up both Collabara (CODE) and OnlyOffice (documentserver), and either I'm doing it wrong, or both require Nextcloud to provide the document editing UI. I really don't want to install Nextcloud. It feels like overkill.

Am I doing it wrong, or do both of those require Nextcloud.

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[–] uenticx@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wanted this first, but I'm being extremely impatient. This project was shelved a couple years ago, and they only just unshelved it last month. I don't think they've released recently.

I'll probably switch to this in a few months once they get that first release out.

[–] uenticx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Admittedly it's been years, but this thread now has me firing off an updated instance :P

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

You could also use them with https://www.filestash.app/ for example, but you still need something to actually store the files.

[–] fozid@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've setup dufs to provide WebDAV file server, and then OpenOffice connected directly to it.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

This was the answer. Thanks!

[–] muxika@piefed.muxika.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Interesting! So it's a separate container that connects to the documentserver?

[–] muxika@piefed.muxika.org 1 points 1 week ago

That's what it looks like. I'm gonna try it out today.

[–] stratself@lemdro.id 2 points 1 week ago

I don't think they require Nextcloud. Consider LaSuite Docs too if you need something simpler