Is there any way to share a files/folders via a link without authentication when using Nextcloud?

Question

Is there some way to publicly share files/folders using NextCloud?

I am using Nextcloud 15.0.2 on an Ubuntu server and I want to be able to share files and folders with people outside of my company (nothing confidential, just some images) but I do not want them to have to authenticate in order to view/download the files.

Sort of like in Dropbox where they have the feature where you share a folder, it gives you a URL and you can give that URL to anyone and they can access files without having a Dropbox account.

I don't really care if this functionality is native or via a plugin.

Answer 1

There is - to my knowledge it is usually enabled by default, but it may have to be enabled by the administrator. The File Sharing documentation covers how to enable it - specifically, in the Admin page in the Sharing section:

Check Allow users to share via link to enable creating public shares for people who are not Nextcloud users via hyperlink.

I found a strange problem with viewing the actual button to create the link for an individual file: if an adblocker was enabled, that hid the UI (even though the adblocker did not report any blocked elements). See Share via public link button not showing #13521 for more information.