Introduction on Quollix

Motivation

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Citizens and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) rely on digital infrastructure, such as servers for data storage, chatting and wikis. However, none of the existing options for acquiring such infrastructure meets all the following needs:

privacy
convenience
long-term security
option for customization

Let’s look at some typical approaches, why they fall short, and what a better solution looks like.

Option 1: External Cloud Services

Although outsourcing to an external cloud offers the convenience of taking over server management and adopting a pay-as-you-go model, there are serious trade-offs.

Features

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Quollix is offered in two editions. The Community Edition (CE) is designed for casual and small-scale users. The Premium Edition adds commercial features for users who require more advanced functionality.

Business Philosophy

CE is fully usable: The CE supports real, long-term self-hosting without artificial limits.
Professional operation is premium: Paid features of PE focus on organizational control, governance, and compliance.
No artificial upgrade pressure: Premium features are purely additive. Community functionality is never removed.

Features by Edition

Below are the key features. A check mark means the feature is available, and a cross means it’s not available in the associated edition.

Apps

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Quollix only takes care of the system administration. The actual day-to-day functionality like chat or data cloud comes from the installed apps.

App Store

Digital infrastructure can be installed as apps, much like a smartphone. An app store simplifies the process of discovering and installing new apps, while allowing anyone to upload their own apps.

List of Official Apps

These are the apps of the official maintainer quollix available in the App Store.

Roadmap

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The following milestones outline the upcoming release phases for Quollix:

Finishing Community Edition features and first release: Initial public version of Quollix with open-source core functionality, alongside selected premium features.
Completing Community and Premium Edition feature set: Implementing all planned features for the current major version.
Opening App Store for everyone: Allowing third-party developers to publish and distribute apps.
Launching managed SaaS offering: Providing a fully hosted version of Quollix with automated setup and maintenance.

FAQ

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How difficult is it to install Quollix?

Quollix can be installed on any device that supports a widely used technology called ‘Docker’, making it largely hardware and operating system independent. Installation requires only a single Docker command on the command line. All server maintenance tasks are done automatically by Quollix in the background.

Is Quollix secure?

Quollix is designed with security as a priority, and we have built in extensive protections. See the Threat Model article for details. No system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, but we use a security-by-design approach and continue improving the platform over time.

How does Quollix compare to Nextcloud?

Nextcloud is primarily an application focused on file storage and collaboration. Quollix, by contrast, is a general-purpose platform for installing and managing multiple applications.