Desktop and Mobile clients

The Nextcloud desktop and mobile clients can be downloaded from https://datashare.mpcdf.mpg.de/settings/user/sync-clients.

During the initial setup, just enter datashare.mpcdf.mpg.de as the server address.

More information can be found in the Nextcloud documentation.

Legacy ownCloud and MPCDF DataShare clients

DataShare was migrated from ownCloud to Nextcloud on September 13th, 2025.

The old ownCloud or branded MPCDF DataShare clients are no longer supported.
In particular, they do not support the new 2FA authentication mechanism.

This may be worked around by manually creating a Device Password in the web UI, but should only be done as a last resort if you cannot install the Nextcloud client for some reason.

There could be other issues when using the ownCloud client with Nextcloud, and it may stop working entirely with some future update.

Third-party WebDAV clients

Various third-party WebDAV clients are available and are often natively integrated into the operating system.

Some work better than others, especially the integrated Windows WebDAV client has some known problems.

For more information, refer to: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/user_manual/en/files/access_webdav.html

Third party client will generally not support the now mandatory two-factor authentication.
To work around this, you may create a Device Password (formerly known as “App Token”) in the web UI.