Nextcloud Flow is a set of intuitive automation components that allow organizations to automate and streamline internal workflows. Through easy low-code and no-code interfaces, it enables users to effortlessly automate routine tasks, ease data entry and manipulation, and reduce manual work. It includes components designed for a variety of business needs and at various scales, from SME to large enterprises.
No-code and easy to use
Easy-to-use, even for non-technical users: Flow’s intuitive interface allows anyone in the organization to set up and customize workflows without IT expertise.
Ultimate privacy
With privacy and data sovereignty at its core, Nextcloud Flow is ideal for sectors requiring high levels of security, such as healthcare and public administration.
Seamless integration
Flow integrates naturally with Nextcloud’s suite of collaboration tools, including Files and Talk, providing a cohesive experience for teams.
Organizations need to become ever more agile, and automation of routine processes is a great way to free up resources for more important things. Nextcloud Flow is like the invisible assistant running your processes smoothly in the background - helping businesses of all kinds stay efficient.
Key benefits of Nextcloud Flow
Users can build simple tools to manage structured data and automate actions on a variety of triggers through no-code interfaces. Business process analysts and administrators have access to the powerful business automation features built on the open source Windmill tool, capable of modeling large business processes that require interaction with internal and external services.
Streamlined file approvals
The Approval app lets you set up an easy approval system for your files, without the back and forth between parties. Access approvals easily in the right sidebar, delegate the approval workflow to other people and groups, and more.
Routine and repetitive tasks automation
Nextcloud Flow automates routine and repetitive tasks, allowing teams to focus on high-value work. From automatically managing approval workflows to organizing project documents, Flow enables seamless coordination and reduces manual workload.
Create and adapt workflows with no coding skills needed
Users can easily create and adapt workflows to suit their organization's specific needs without requiring coding skills. Once a workflow is set up, it can be quickly modified to suit similar use cases, allowing organizations to reuse and tweak processes without starting from scratch. This flexibility ensures that teams can continuously optimize their workflows as needs evolve.
Seamless integration in Nextloud platform
Built into the Nextcloud platform, Flow works naturally with Nextcloud Files, Talk, and other apps for a cohesive experience.
Built with data sovereignty and GDPR compliance in mind
Unlike many proprietary automation tools, Flow is open source and operates in a privately hosted environment, ensuring data sovereignty and GDPR compliance, critical for sectors like finance, healthcare, and government.
Nextcloud Flow combines various tools in Nextcloud Hub that help automate a variety of processes in your organization. It consists of a number of components, from our Open Collaboration Services API and our structured data management application Tables to our built-in workflow tool and the advanced business process automation app based on Windmill.
Nextcloud Flow components
Configure basic automated actions
Block access to documents with sensitive data
Open standard developed by Nextcloud
Allows developers to easily connect to third-party apps
Powerful business process automation
Connect and configure many scripts
Structured data management application
Build custom Tables apps and views
Built-in workflow app: the built-in workflow app allows users and administrators to configure basic automated actions that respond to triggers in Nextcloud, for example, sending a chat message in a Talk room when a user uploads a file in a specific folder, or blocking access to documents with sensitive data when accessed from a specified IP address range.
The Open Collaboration Services API is an open standard developed by Nextcloud which allows developers to easy to connect third-party tools and apps to a content collaboration platform.
Windmill is an open source application that offers powerful business process automation. When installed as part of Nextcloud Flow, it allows a process analyst to automate a wide range of processes in an organization by connecting and configuring many scripts (or ‘bricks’) that execute singular actions in Nextcloud, react to user input, get data from an external source and more.
Nextcloud Tables, the impressive Microsoft SharePoint Lists or Airtables alternative, helps businesses and organizations manage their structured data. With Tables, you can manage your employees’ time off, customer data, health tracking and much more.
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Flow offers full control over infrastructure and data, preventing vendor lock-in.
Quick editing
Once a workflow is created, it can be quickly modified for similar use cases across infrastructures.
Privacy at its core
With privacy and data sovereignty at its core, Nextcloud Flow is ideal for sectors requiring high levels of security, such as healthcare and public administration.
Easy-to-use, even for non-technical users
Flow’s intuitive interface allows anyone in the organization to set up and customize workflows without IT expertise.
Seamless integration
Flow integrates naturally with Nextcloud's suite of collaboration tools, including Files and Talk, providing a cohesive experience for teams.
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Nextcloud Flow is entirely open source and operates in a private cloud environment. This protects data sovereignty and provides compliance with privacy regulations critical for sectors like finance, healthcare, and government.
Nextcloud Flow: Automation for digitalisation and business processes
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