diff --git a/apps/files/src/services/SortingService.spec.ts b/apps/files/src/services/SortingService.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5d20c43ed0a12
--- /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 0000000000000..92ac860de5664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files/src/services/SortingService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**
+ * 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'
+
+/**
+ * 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(String(identifier(a)), String(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 82be9afabde20..37ff52313134b 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue
+++ b/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ import { emit, subscribe, unsubscribe } from '@nextcloud/event-bus'
 import { Folder, Node, Permission } from '@nextcloud/files'
 import { translate as t } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
 import { join, dirname } from 'path'
-import { orderBy } from 'natural-orderby'
 import { showError } from '@nextcloud/dialogs'
 import { Type } from '@nextcloud/sharing'
 import { UploadPicker } from '@nextcloud/upload'
@@ -151,6 +150,7 @@ 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-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d6cbea4b2faef..557b20b080a72 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
         "marked": "^11.2.0",
         "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",
@@ -20514,14 +20513,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-OWND8ei3VtNC9h7V60qff3SVobHr996CTwgxubgyQYEpg290h9J0buyECNNJexkFm5sOajh5G116RYA1c8ZMSw==",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "node_modules/natural-orderby": {
-      "version": "3.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/natural-orderby/-/natural-orderby-3.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-x7ZdOwBxZCEm9MM7+eQCjkrNLrW3rkBKNHVr78zbtqnMGVNlnDi6C/eUEYgxHNrcbu0ymvjzcwIL/6H1iHri9g==",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=18"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/negotiator": {
       "version": "0.6.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/negotiator/-/negotiator-0.6.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d26a2e5a5d945..b60830a6363d5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
     "marked": "^11.2.0",
     "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",