AnJ Cloud

A small cloud. A place of your own.

Your files.
Your people.
Your cloud.

Private file sync, built on Nextcloud. Keep your devices in sync and share with your household from a server you own, over encrypted TLS connections.

Step-by-step server setup Take a look inside

Free & open source · No software subscriptions
You provide the server, storage, and domain.

Illustration of a home server connecting a laptop and phone. Personal files stay in separate accounts, with a shared folder for the household.
One place for your files. A connection to every device.

01 / Why it exists

A household’s digital life deserves a home.

Photos on a phone. Documents on a laptop. A folder everyone needs. AnJ Cloud brings those pieces together on infrastructure you choose.

It started with one household’s needs: familiar apps, separate accounts, straightforward sharing, and a clear answer to “where are our files?” You supply the server and storage. AnJ Cloud connects the people and devices.

Explore the open-source project
01

A server you own

Choose where your data lives and how much storage to give it. A Debian machine and Nextcloud form the foundation.

02

A space for each person

Each household member has their own account. Share selected folders with read-only or edit access.

03

A say in every device

Invite a new device with a pairing code. See what is connected, and revoke access when a device leaves.

02 / Built for the everyday

Close at hand.
Or safely on
your server.

The same library, with a choice about what takes up space on each device.

Local Keep it with you
A local copy stays in sync with your cloud. Your everyday files are ready on the device.
Cloud Leave room to spare
Cloud-only folders stay on your server. Open a file to download it; use the app’s free-up-space action to release verified local copies.

Freeing space and deleting are different actions. Deleting synchronized content can delete it in the cloud too. Conflicting edits keep both versions.

Android library with Documents and Photos stored locally, Music in the cloud and shared, and clear conflict and editing states.
Android library · Public demo data

03 / Yours, mine, ours

Share the folder.
Keep your own space.

A family album, a shared project, the paperwork for a trip. Give the right people access, and see who a folder belongs to. Everyone keeps their own account.

Desktop library showing a Family folder and folders shared by Bob and Alice, including an explicitly view-only Photos folder.
Real client interface with synthetic demo accounts and files. Use the link below to inspect the screenshot at full size.

Search by name or path. Filter by recent, new, local, or cloud. See sharing and sync state where you work.

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04 / A front door you control

Your household.
Your guest list.

A pairing code introduces each device to your server. Individual device credentials let an admin remove one device’s access without starting over.

01

Pair in the app

Enter your server address and a one-time code. The code expires after ten minutes and checks your household’s certificate authority.

02

Manage people and devices

Household admins can manage users, invitations, devices, settings, health, and activity from the app.

03

Know the trust model

TLS protects connections. Paired devices authenticate with their own certificates. Your server can read stored files; this is not end-to-end encrypted storage.

Admin Users screen on macOS with synthetic Alice and Bob accounts, account roles, and active-device counts.
Household administration · macOS demo

Private by control of the server, accounts, and access. Read the trust model

05 / Meet your devices where they are

One household.
Different screens.

Official builds are available for Linux, macOS, and Android. Each needs a running AnJ Cloud server and a pairing code.

macOS

Apple silicon

Installer, menu-bar item, and in-app updates. Ad-hoc signed; not notarized.

macOS installation

Windows

x86_64 · Early

Installer, notification-area icon, and in-app updates. Tested on one Windows 10 machine; not code-signed.

Windows installation

Browse releases & checksums Young software, built for one household first. Private inference access is planned, not implemented.

06 / Make yourself at home

A little server.
A place to begin.

Start with the server. Then bring your devices along.

The guided Debian installer checks the machine, shows its choices, and asks before formatting the blank data disk. The public guide walks through DNS, networking, setup, and first pairing.

Open the server quick start

Your starting kit

  • Debian 13 · amd64A dedicated machine, or a VM on a shared host
  • 2 CPUs · 4 GiB RAM8 GiB free OS space; 20 GiB recommended
  • A separate, blank data diskStorage sized for your household
  • A domain & public IPv4DNS plus TCP 443 forwarded by your router
Read the complete requirements