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Practical and Useful Recommended ownCloud Plugins (Apps)

Introducing practical and useful recommended ownCloud plugins (also called apps) that I frequently use. In ownCloud, plugins are called apps. To install plugins, log in to ownCloud and select the store from the upper left menu. The rest is straightforward. Plugin search...

Shou Arisaka
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Oct 2, 2025

Introducing practical and useful recommended ownCloud plugins (also called apps) that I frequently use.

In ownCloud, plugins are called apps.

To install plugins, log in to ownCloud and select the store from the upper left menu. The rest is straightforward.

Plugin search ownCloud Marketplace | ownCloud Marketplace Download counts and GitHub links are also listed, so it should be helpful as a reference.

Audio Player

A god-tier plugin that lets you play music media on ownCloud. It’s so good that I can’t live without it. What was PLEX again?

Audio Player app | ownCloud Marketplace Issues · Rello/audioplayer

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Go to a URL like https://shit.xsrv.jp/owncloud/index.php/apps/audioplayer/# and select scan from the lower left menu to automatically load media files.

Of course, you can also play from smartphones. The smartphone UX is excellent too. PLEX’s Android app was garbage…

Text Editor

You can open and edit text files.

Text Editor app | ownCloud Marketplace

Notes

Like Evernote.

Notes app | ownCloud Marketplace

Activity

You might want to install this just in case you need it later.

Activity app | ownCloud Marketplace

Others

Drawio app | ownCloud Marketplace PDF Viewer app | ownCloud Marketplace External Storage: FTP app | ownCloud Marketplace Scary thought of security holes opening up

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