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Introduction
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**Welcome to ownCloud: your self-hosted file sync and share solution.**

ownCloud is open source file sync and share software for everyone from
individuals operating the free ownCloud Server edition, to large enterprises
and service providers operating the ownCloud Enterprise Subscription. ownCloud
provides a safe, secure, and compliant file synchronization and sharing
solution on servers that you control.

You can share one or more files and folders on your computer, and synchronize 
them with your ownCloud server. Place files in your local shared directories, 
and those files are immediately synchronized to the server and to other devices 
using the ownCloud Desktop Sync Client, Android app, or iOS app. To learn more 
about the ownCloud desktop and mobile clients, please refer to their respective 
manuals:

* `ownCloud Desktop Client`_
* `ownCloud Android App`_
* `ownCloud iOS App`_ 

.. _`ownCloud Desktop Client`: https://doc.owncloud.org/desktop/latest/
.. _`ownCloud Android App`: https://doc.owncloud.org/android/
.. _`ownCloud iOS App`: https://doc.owncloud.org/ios/
