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Nextcloud (self-hosted)

The GTI Label — this product's ethical and social footprint.

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Weighting: Balanced Climate first Labour first
A 90.4
90.4 / 100 high

Weighted under the Balanced profile. 5 declared components across 4 layers.

The product itself

How this product scores on its own merits — its licence, ownership and openness — separate from the stack it's built on.

Own score medium 93.8

By layer

Hardware medium 85.0

Refurbished server

Energy high 85.0

On-site solar

Hosting & network high 89.1

Self-hosted rack, Self-run DNS

Services high 96.9

No third-party trackers

By axis

The score is the vector — each axis is scored on its own, then weighted into the number above. Open an axis to see the reasoning behind it.

Data sovereignty & surveillance high 100.0
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Where data lives and the surveillance capacity it grants. 5 = fully sovereign.

The product itself medium 5 / 5

Runs entirely on hardware you control.

Self-hosted rack high 5 / 5
Refurbished server medium 4 / 5
On-site solar high 5 / 5
Self-run DNS high 5 / 5
No third-party trackers high 5 / 5
Environmental footprint high 85.0
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Energy source, hardware lifecycle, water/cooling. Follows provenance.

Self-hosted rack high 3 / 5
Refurbished server medium 5 / 5
On-site solar high 5 / 5
Self-run DNS high 4 / 5
No third-party trackers high 5 / 5
Local economic benefit high 80.0
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Does the spend stay in-region (5) or leave (1)?

Self-hosted rack high 5 / 5
Refurbished server medium 4 / 5
On-site solar high 4 / 5
Self-run DNS high 4 / 5
No third-party trackers high 4 / 5
Market concentration high 100.0
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Does using this reinforce a chokepoint or monopoly? 5 = no lock-in / many alternatives.

Self-hosted rack high 5 / 5
Refurbished server medium 5 / 5
On-site solar high 5 / 5
Self-run DNS high 5 / 5
No third-party trackers high 5 / 5
Openness & lock-in high 100.0
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Can you leave, and can others reach it? 5 = open access with no account required and easy data export; 1 = a walled garden — account-gated, proprietary, hard to export.

The product itself medium 5 / 5

Open, self-hosted, with full data export.

Self-hosted rack high 5 / 5
Refurbished server medium 5 / 5
On-site solar high 5 / 5
Self-run DNS high 5 / 5
No third-party trackers high 5 / 5
Ownership model high 91.7
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Who benefits from ownership? Shareholder / private-equity extraction (1) vs worker-owned / nonprofit / state or public-good (5).

The product itself medium 4 / 5

Community- and foundation-backed; no shareholder extraction.

Self-hosted rack high 5 / 5
Refurbished server medium 4 / 5
On-site solar high 5 / 5
Self-run DNS high 5 / 5
No third-party trackers high 5 / 5
Software freedom (FOSS) high 100.0
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Is the software free & open-source, and under what licence? 5 = fully FOSS under an OSI-approved licence; 1 = proprietary / closed source.

The product itself medium 5 / 5

AGPL-licensed and fully open-source.

Self-hosted rack high 5 / 5

An open-source OS and stack (BSD or Linux) on hardware you own.

Refurbished server medium 3 / 5

Open OS/software, but firmware/microcode largely proprietary.

On-site solar high 3 / 5

Not software — neutral.

Self-run DNS high 5 / 5

Open-source resolvers (BIND / Knot / PowerDNS) under free licences.

No third-party trackers high 5 / 5

No proprietary third-party trackers; self-hosted OSS analytics.

Upstream labour high 70.0
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Chip fabrication, warehouse, data-labelling conditions. Follows provenance.

Self-hosted rack high 3 / 5
Refurbished server medium 4 / 5
On-site solar high 3 / 5
Self-run DNS high 4 / 5
No third-party trackers high 5 / 5