4 files changed, 160 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/apps/files/src/services/SortingService.spec.ts b/apps/files/src/services/SortingService.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d20c43ed0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files/src/services/SortingService.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+import { describe, expect } from '@jest/globals'
+import { orderBy } from './SortingService'
+
+describe('SortingService', () => {
+	test('By default the identify and ascending order is used', () => {
+		const array = ['a', 'z', 'b']
+		expect(orderBy(array)).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'z'])
+	})
+
+	test('Use identifiy but descending', () => {
+		const array = ['a', 'z', 'b']
+		expect(orderBy(array, undefined, ['desc'])).toEqual(['z', 'b', 'a'])
+	})
+
+	test('Can set identifier function', () => {
+		const array = [
+			{ text: 'a', order: 2 },
+			{ text: 'z', order: 1 },
+			{ text: 'b', order: 3 },
+		] as const
+		expect(orderBy(array, [(v) => v.order]).map((v) => v.text)).toEqual(['z', 'a', 'b'])
+	})
+
+	test('Can set multiple identifier functions', () => {
+		const array = [
+			{ text: 'a', order: 2, secondOrder: 2 },
+			{ text: 'z', order: 1, secondOrder: 3 },
+			{ text: 'b', order: 2, secondOrder: 1 },
+		] as const
+		expect(orderBy(array, [(v) => v.order, (v) => v.secondOrder]).map((v) => v.text)).toEqual(['z', 'b', 'a'])
+	})
+
+	test('Can set order partially', () => {
+		const array = [
+			{ text: 'a', order: 2, secondOrder: 2 },
+			{ text: 'z', order: 1, secondOrder: 3 },
+			{ text: 'b', order: 2, secondOrder: 1 },
+		] as const
+
+		expect(
+			orderBy(
+				array,
+				[(v) => v.order, (v) => v.secondOrder],
+				['desc'],
+			).map((v) => v.text),
+		).toEqual(['b', 'a', 'z'])
+	})
+
+	test('Can set order array', () => {
+		const array = [
+			{ text: 'a', order: 2, secondOrder: 2 },
+			{ text: 'z', order: 1, secondOrder: 3 },
+			{ text: 'b', order: 2, secondOrder: 1 },
+		] as const
+
+		expect(
+			orderBy(
+				array,
+				[(v) => v.order, (v) => v.secondOrder],
+				['desc', 'desc'],
+			).map((v) => v.text),
+		).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'z'])
+	})
+
+	test('Numbers are handled correctly', () => {
+		const array = [
+			{ text: '2.3' },
+			{ text: '2.10' },
+			{ text: '2.0' },
+			{ text: '2.2' },
+		] as const
+
+		expect(
+			orderBy(
+				array,
+				[(v) => v.text],
+			).map((v) => v.text),
+		).toEqual(['2.0', '2.2', '2.3', '2.10'])
+	})
+
+	test('Numbers with suffixes are handled correctly', () => {
+		const array = [
+			{ text: '2024-01-05' },
+			{ text: '2024-05-01' },
+			{ text: '2024-01-10' },
+			{ text: '2024-01-05 Foo' },
+		] as const
+
+		expect(
+			orderBy(
+				array,
+				[(v) => v.text],
+			).map((v) => v.text),
+		).toEqual(['2024-01-05', '2024-01-05 Foo', '2024-01-10', '2024-05-01'])
+	})
+})
diff --git a/apps/files/src/services/SortingService.ts b/apps/files/src/services/SortingService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..392f35efc9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files/src/services/SortingService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+import { getCanonicalLocale, getLanguage } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
+
+type IdentifierFn<T> = (v: T) => unknown
+type SortingOrder = 'asc'|'desc'
+
+/**
+ * Helper to create string representation
+ * @param value Value to stringify
+ */
+function stringify(value: unknown) {
+	// The default representation of Date is not sortable because of the weekday names in front of it
+	if (value instanceof Date) {
+		return value.toISOString()
+	}
+	return String(value)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Natural order a collection
+ * You can define identifiers as callback functions, that get the element and return the value to sort.
+ *
+ * @param collection The collection to order
+ * @param identifiers An array of identifiers to use, by default the identity of the element is used
+ * @param orders Array of orders, by default all identifiers are sorted ascening
+ */
+export function orderBy<T>(collection: readonly T[], identifiers?: IdentifierFn<T>[], orders?: SortingOrder[]): T[] {
+	// If not identifiers are set we use the identity of the value
+	identifiers = identifiers ?? [(value) => value]
+	// By default sort the collection ascending
+	orders = orders ?? []
+	const sorting = identifiers.map((_, index) => (orders[index] ?? 'asc') === 'asc' ? 1 : -1)
+
+	const collator = Intl.Collator(
+		[getLanguage(), getCanonicalLocale()],
+		{
+			// handle 10 as ten and not as one-zero
+			numeric: true,
+			usage: 'sort',
+		},
+	)
+
+	return [...collection].sort((a, b) => {
+		for (const [index, identifier] of identifiers.entries()) {
+			// Get the local compare of stringified value a and b
+			const value = collator.compare(stringify(identifier(a)), stringify(identifier(b)))
+			// If they do not match return the order
+			if (value !== 0) {
+				return value * sorting[index]
+			}
+			// If they match we need to continue with the next identifier
+		}
+		// If all are equal we need to return equality
+		return 0
+	})
+}
diff --git a/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue b/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue
index f5bb45ede1d..16566eb66f1 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue
+++ b/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ import { emit, subscribe, unsubscribe } from '@nextcloud/event-bus'
 import { Folder, Node, Permission } from '@nextcloud/files'
 import { getCapabilities } from '@nextcloud/capabilities'
 import { join, dirname } from 'path'
-import { orderBy } from 'natural-orderby'
 import { Parser } from 'xml2js'
 import { showError } from '@nextcloud/dialogs'
 import { translate, translatePlural } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
@@ -152,6 +151,7 @@ import { useSelectionStore } from '../store/selection.ts'
 import { useUploaderStore } from '../store/uploader.ts'
 import { useUserConfigStore } from '../store/userconfig.ts'
 import { useViewConfigStore } from '../store/viewConfig.ts'
+import { orderBy } from '../services/SortingService.ts'
 import BreadCrumbs from '../components/BreadCrumbs.vue'
 import FilesListVirtual from '../components/FilesListVirtual.vue'
 import filesListWidthMixin from '../mixins/filesListWidth.ts'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e9d7479d0f8..a8be739527a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
     "marked": "^9.1.5",
     "moment": "^2.30.1",
     "moment-timezone": "^0.5.45",
-    "natural-orderby": "^3.0.2",
     "nextcloud-vue-collections": "^0.12.0",
     "node-vibrant": "^3.1.6",
     "p-limit": "^4.0.0",