Design Goals

⚠️ DRAFT VERSION ⚠️ This is a list of design goals for ownCloud.

• ease of use
  • sensible defaults instead of too many configuration choices
• easy to install, even for beginners
  • support SQLite to save the user from having to setup a database
  • provide packages for various distributions
• runs on any platform that supports Linux
  • runs on regular Apache/Nginx servers
  • runs on shared hosters
  • runs on devices like the Raspberry Pi
• apps must work in any future version of ownCloud
  • the signature and functionality of public APIs need to be kept stable to make sure old apps still work in future versions
  • adding new API endpoints is acceptable, it is recommended to specify the version number either in the URL or PHPDoc
  • the following are considered public API:
    • \OCP namespace in the PHP code
    • WebDAV endpoint for files
    • OCS endpoints