Pair a client

The app on your phone or desktop talks to the same Pantry app running on your Nextcloud. Pairing a client means pointing it at your server and signing in with your Nextcloud account — the app then sees the same houses, lists, boards and notes as the web interface.

Note

Install the server app first. The apps do nothing on their own — they are a view onto your Nextcloud.

What you need

• A Nextcloud server with the Pantry app enabled.
• Your Nextcloud account on that server.
• The Pantry app installed — see Get the app below.

Get the app

Pantry has an app for Android, iOS and the desktop. It is a companion to the Pantry app running on your Nextcloud — the same checklists, photo board and notes, in your pocket and offline.

Phone

• Android — Google Play or F-Droid (Android 8.0+)
• iOS — App Store

Desktop

Direct downloads for the current release (v0.29.1):

• macOS — pantry-0.29.1-macos.dmg (Apple silicon & Intel)
• Windows — pantry-0.29.1-windows-x64.zip (64-bit)
• Linux — pantry-0.29.1-linux-x64.tar.gz (Standalone binary (x64))

On Linux the download is a standalone binary — extract the .tar.gz and run it; there is no Flatpak or package to install. Every build, including Android APKs, lives on the GitHub releases page.

Note

The app needs a Nextcloud server with the Pantry server app enabled. It is a companion, not a standalone app.

Connect

When you open the app for the first time it asks for your server. Enter your Server URL — just the address, like cloud.example.com; the app adds https:// for you.

Then sign in one of two ways.

Browser login (recommended)

1. Enter your Server URL and tap Connect.

2. Your Nextcloud login page opens. Sign in there and Grant access to the app.

3. Return to the app — it finishes on its own once you have approved access.

This uses Nextcloud’s standard login flow, so the app never sees your password. It receives a device-scoped token instead.

App password

If the browser login will not open — or your server uses a self-signed certificate — sign in with a Nextcloud app password instead.

1. In Nextcloud, go to Settings → Security → Devices & sessions and create a new app password.

2. In the app, tap Sign in with an app password instead.

3. Enter your Server URL, Username and the App password, then tap Sign in.

Both methods register a device under Settings → Security → Devices & sessions in Nextcloud, which you can revoke at any time.

Tip

If your server uses a self-signed certificate, the app shows the certificate’s SHA-256 fingerprint and asks you to confirm it before trusting it. Check the fingerprint matches the one your server administrator gave you, then trust it to continue.

Multiple houses

If your account belongs to more than one house, the app lets you switch between them. Everything you do stays scoped to the house you have open, exactly as it is on the web.