Everyday

Your files, without the wait.

A native SwiftUI app with no third-party dependencies. It speaks the standard Nextcloud protocols (WebDAV and OCS), so it works with the server you already have.

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Instant browsing

Plume keeps a local mirror of your folder tree: a folder opens right away, then refreshes from the server in the background. Thumbnails come from your server and are cached.

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Search everything

Every file and folder of your account, as you type, ignoring case and accents. Also in Spotlight.

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Finder and Files

Your Nextcloud next to iCloud Drive. Files download when you open them; edits from other apps are uploaded.

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Save from any app

Share sheet, “Save to Files”, “Open in…”, drag and drop. Uploads never overwrite a file.

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Available offline

Keep a file or a whole folder on the device. It stays up to date when it changes on the server.

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Quick Look, favorites, links

Preview PDFs, images, video, audio and Office documents. Mark favorites (synced with your server), share a public link, rename, or delete to the server's trash bin.

Find any file, as you type.

Plume keeps a local index of every file and folder in your account, so results appear with each letter, whichever folder they are in. Case and accents don't matter: “resume” finds “Résumé.pdf”.

Your files also show up in Spotlight on iPhone, iPad and Mac: a result opens Plume right on the file.

iPhone and iPad

One screen. All your files.

On iPhone, Plume is your folders and files plus a search field, with the settings behind a gear button. Nothing else to learn.

Plume on iPhone: the folders and files of a Nextcloud account

Plume on iPhone: search results for “resume”, accents ignored

Plume on iPhone: a PDF opened with Quick Look

Plume for iPhone and iPad · Plume for Mac

How it works

Sign in once. Then it's just files.

Sign inEnter your server's address and approve Plume in your browser with Nextcloud's Login Flow (two-factor authentication works), or use an app password.
Browse and searchPlume lists your folders and indexes their files, then keeps that mirror fresh from the server.
Use it everywhereOpen files in Finder or the Files app, save into Nextcloud from any app, keep what you need offline.

Private by design

Only you and your server.

Plume has no account of its own, no analytics and no tracking. It talks to your Nextcloud server and nothing else.

No third-party servers: every request goes to the Nextcloud server you sign in to.
Keychain: the app password is stored in the Keychain.
Revoked on sign-out: signing out also revokes the app password on your server.
Standard protocols: WebDAV and OCS, as Nextcloud documents them. No server add-on needed.
No dependencies: only Apple's frameworks, no third-party code in the app.
Open source: GPL-3.0-or-later, every line on GitHub.

Open source

Free, and yours to read.

Plume is free software under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence. It isn't on the App Store yet: build it with Xcode 16 or later and XcodeGen, for the iPhone simulator without an Apple account, or for your Mac, iPhone and iPad with your own.

Build instructions View on GitHub

$ brew install xcodegen
$ git clone https://github.com/bonout/plume
$ cd plume
# your Apple team and bundle prefix
$ scripts/configure.sh <team id> <bundle prefix>
$ scripts/generate.sh
$ open Plume.xcodeproj