LibreOffice
{{Short description|Free and open-source office software suite}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox software
| name =
| logo = LibreOffice Logo Flat.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| logo upright = 0.8
| screenshot = LibreOffice Start Center, macOS 13.5.1, LibreOfffice 7.6.0.3.png
| caption = LibreOffice 7.6 Start Center (released in August 2023, running on macOS)
| author = Star Division
| developer = The Document Foundation
| released = {{Start date and age|2011|01|25|df=yes}}
| ver layout = stacked
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|Q10135|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|references|edit|Q10135|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| programming language = C++, XML, Python, and Java{{Cite web |url=https://www.openhub.net/p/libreoffice/analyses/latest/languages_summary |title=The LibreOffice Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page |access-date=28 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328192305/https://www.openhub.net/p/libreoffice/analyses/latest/languages_summary |archive-date=28 March 2019 |url-status=dead }}
| operating system = {{hlist
| Linux
| macOS
| Windows
| Android{{cite web |title=Android |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Android |website=The Document Foundation Wiki |access-date=5 June 2024}}}}
{{hlist
| Unofficial: BSD
| ChromeOS{{Cite web |url=https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-from-microsoft-and-mac-app-stores/ |title=App Stores and Chromebooks |publisher=The Document Foundation |access-date=5 August 2021 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811185802/https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-from-microsoft-and-mac-app-stores/ |url-status=live }}
| Haiku
| iOS{{Cite web |url=https://www.libreoffice.org/download/android-and-ios/ |title=LibreOffice for Android and iOS |publisher=The Document Foundation |access-date=5 August 2021 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811185014/https://www.libreoffice.org/download/android-and-ios/ |url-status=live }}
| iPadOS
| Solaris{{Cite web |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/System_Requirements#LibreOffice_on_other_OSes |title=Documentation/System Requirements – The Document Foundation Wiki |website=wiki.documentfoundation.org |access-date=12 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407085910/https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/System_Requirements#LibreOffice_on_other_OSes |archive-date=7 April 2019 |url-status=dead }}
}}
| platform = x86-64, IA-32, ARMel, ARMhf, ARM64, MIPS, MIPSel, PowerPC, ppc64le, S390x,{{Cite web |url=https://packages.debian.org/jessie/libreoffice |title=Debian – Details of package libreoffice in jessie |publisher=Debian project |access-date=12 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514102410/https://packages.debian.org/jessie/libreoffice |archive-date=14 May 2019 |url-status=dead }} VLIW
| replaces = OpenOffice.org
| language count = 120
| language footnote = {{Cite web |url=https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/?lang=pick |title=LibreOffice Fresh download – pick language |publisher=The Document Foundation |access-date=7 June 2024}}
| genre = Office productivity suite
| license = MPL-2.0{{Cite web |url=https://www.libreoffice.org/download/license/ |title=Licenses |publisher=The Document Foundation |access-date=16 December 2015 |archive-date=11 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211123201/http://www.libreoffice.org/download/license/ |url-status=live }}
| standard = OpenDocument
| website = {{URL|https://libreoffice.org}}
}}
LibreOffice ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|iː|b|ɹ|ə}}){{Cite web |title=Marketing/InitialBranding – The Document Foundation Wiki |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/InitialBranding#LibreOffice |access-date=1 February 2024 |website=wiki.documentfoundation.org}} is a free and open-source office productivity software suite developed by The Document Foundation (TDF). It was created in 2010 as a fork of OpenOffice.org, itself a successor to StarOffice. The suite includes applications for word processing (Writer), spreadsheets (Calc), presentations (Impress), vector graphics (Draw), databases (Base), and formula editing (Math). It supports the OpenDocument format and is compatible with other major formats, including those used by Microsoft Office.
LibreOffice is available for Windows, macOS, and is the default office suite in many Linux distributions.Attributable to multiple sources:{{Bulleted list|{{Cite web|title=Office apps|url=https://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/features/office-applications|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329082552/http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/features/office-applications|archive-date=29 March 2013|access-date=16 February 2014|website=Ubuntu|publisher=Canonical Ltd.}}|{{Cite web|title=LibreOffice|url=https://wiki.debian.org/LibreOffice|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104155621/https://wiki.debian.org/LibreOffice|archive-date=4 November 2018|access-date=4 May 2019|website=Debian help|publisher=Debian}}|{{Cite web|title=Office and productivity features|url=https://fedoraproject.org/en/features/#office|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913161622/http://fedoraproject.org/en/features/#office|archive-date=13 September 2014|access-date=16 February 2014|publisher=Fedora Project}}|{{Cite web|date=7 March 2011|title=openSUSE 11.4 Will Be First To Roll Out With LibreOffice|url=https://news.opensuse.org/2011/03/07/opensuse-11-4-will-be-first-to-roll-out-with-libreoffice/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116082718/https://news.opensuse.org/2011/03/07/opensuse-11-4-will-be-first-to-roll-out-with-libreoffice/|archive-date=16 November 2018|access-date=4 May 2019|website=openSUSE News|publisher=openSUSE}}}} LibreOffice Online, an online office suite, offers browser-based versions of Writer, Calc, and Impress.
TDF describes LibreOffice as a "community edition" intended for individual users, and encourages enterprises to obtain the software and technical support services from ecosystem partners such as Collabora. TDF states that most development is carried out by these commercial partners in the course of supporting enterprise customers.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-05 |title=Open-source LibreOffice tells businesses: Get off our Community version, you are hurting development |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-libreoffice-tells-businesses-get-off-our-community-version-you-are-hurting-development/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205125041/https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-libreoffice-tells-businesses-get-off-our-community-version-you-are-hurting-development/ |archive-date=2021-02-05 |access-date=2021-08-23 |website=ZDNet |quote=TDF highlights that 73% of commits are from developers employed by these partners, including Collabora, Red Hat and CIB/allotropia}} This arrangement has contributed to a significantly higher level of development activity compared to Apache OpenOffice, another fork of OpenOffice.org,{{Cite web |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |title=Development activity in LibreOffice and OpenOffice |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/637735/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930063841/https://lwn.net/Articles/637735/ |archive-date=30 September 2018 |access-date=11 March 2016 |website=LWN.net |publisher=Eklektix, Inc.}} which has struggled since 2015 to attract and retain enough contributors to sustain active development and to provide timely security updates.{{Cite web |last=Linton |first=Susan |date=5 June 2015 |title=Apache OpenOffice versus LibreOffice |url=http://ostatic.com/blog/apache-openoffice-versus-libreoffice |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816050447/http://ostatic.com/blog/apache-openoffice-versus-libreoffice |archive-date=16 August 2016 |access-date=22 June 2015 |website=OStatic |quote=OpenOffice received about 10% of the improvements LibreOffice did in the period of time studied.}}{{Cite web |date=21 January 2015 |title=The Apache Software Foundation Board of Directors Meeting Minutes January 21, 2015 |url=http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2015/board_minutes_2015_01_21.txt |access-date=3 May 2015 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-20 |title=The Apache Software Foundation Board of Directors Meeting Minutes |url=https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2024/board_minutes_2024_11_20.txt |website=www.apache.org}}
LibreOffice was announced on 28 September 2010, with its first stable release in January 2011. It recorded about 7.5 million downloads in its first year,{{Cite news |last=Thomson |first=Iain |date=28 September 2011 |title=On its first birthday, LibreOffice has reason to celebrate |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/28/libreoffice_celebrates_first_birthday/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116114652/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/28/libreoffice_celebrates_first_birthday/ |archive-date=16 November 2018 |access-date=28 September 2011 |work=The Register |location=United Kingdom}} and more than 120 million by 2015, excluding those bundled with Linux distributions.{{Cite web |last=Meeks |first=Michael |date=2 May 2015 |title=LibreOffice: What's New? |url=https://people.gnome.org/~michael/data/2015-05-02-libreoffice-whats-new.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040049/https://people.gnome.org/~michael/data/2015-05-02-libreoffice-whats-new.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=4 May 2015 |publisher=OpenSUSE conference 2015 Den Haag |page=4 |quote=Tracking direct download Update Ping origins. Excludes all Linux Distributions downloads ~120m so far ( + Linux ) This time last year @ openSUSE con. was ~65m}} As of 2021, TDF estimated around 200 million active users.{{Cite web |date=21 June 2021 |title=LibreOffice: A history of document freedom |url=https://opensource.com/article/18/9/libreoffice-history#:~:text=The%20Document%20Foundation%20estimates%20that,part%20of%20their%20preferred%20distribution. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309133423/https://opensource.com/article/18/9/libreoffice-history#:~:text=The%20Document%20Foundation%20estimates%20that,part%20of%20their%20preferred%20distribution. |archive-date=9 March 2020 |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=Opensource.com}} The suite is available in 120 languages.{{Cite web |title=LibreOffice Fresh download – pick language |url=https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/?lang=pick |access-date=7 June 2024 |publisher=The Document Foundation}}
Features
= Included applications in LibreOffice =
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| image1 = LibreOffice Impress 7.1.2 (released in 2021-04, running on Linux and GNOME with the default icon set).png
| image2 = LibreOffice Math 7.1.2 (released in 2021-04, running on Linux and GNOME with the default icon set).png
| footer = Impress and Math, version 7.1.2 (released in April 2021, running on Linux with default theme and icon set)
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= Operating systems and processor architectures =
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| image1 = Libreoffice 5.3 writer MUFFIN interface.png
| caption1 = LibreOffice 5.3 Writer using the MUFFIN interface running on Ubuntu 16.04
| image2 = LibreOffice Viewer for Android screenshot.png
| caption2 = LibreOffice Viewer on Android
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LibreOffice is cross-platform software. The Document Foundation officially supports Microsoft Windows (using the IA-32 and x86-64 architectures), macOS (ARM64 and x86-64), and Linux (ARM64, IA-32, and x86-64).{{Cite web |url=https://blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/07/29/the-road-to-libreoffice-5-0/ |title=The road to LibreOffice 5.0 |last=Vignoli |first=Italo |date=29 July 2015 |website=The Document Foundation Blog |publisher=The Document Foundation |access-date=3 August 2015 |archive-date=30 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730031000/https://blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/07/29/the-road-to-libreoffice-5-0/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2012/12/17/libreoffice-runs-on-the-raspberry-pi/ |title=LibreOffice runs on the Raspberry Pi |date=17 December 2012 |website=blog.documentfoundation.org |access-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714111200/https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2012/12/17/libreoffice-runs-on-the-raspberry-pi/ |archive-date=14 July 2018 }} Ports also exist for operating systems and architectures, supported by either commercial vendors like Collabora or community members, as is the case for BSD (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD) and OpenIndiana.{{Cite web |url=https://excelturkiye.com/microsoft-office-yerine-alternatif/#2_LibreOffice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520203700/https://excelturkiye.com/microsoft-office-yerine-alternatif/#2_LibreOffice |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2013 |title=FreeBSD Ports: Editors |date=16 June 2013 |publisher=FreeBSD |access-date=16 June 2013 }}{{Cite web |url=https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/misc/libreoffice/README.html |title=The NetBSD Packages Collection: misc/libreoffice |date=18 March 2010 |publisher=Ftp.netbsd.org |access-date=24 June 2013 |archive-date=17 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517225337/http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/misc/libreoffice/README.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://openbsd.org/49.html#new |title=LibreOffice was ported to OpenBSD in time for the 4.9 release |date=1 May 2011 |publisher=Openbsd.org |access-date=15 February 2012 |archive-date=3 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303153108/http://www.openbsd.org/49.html#new |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/LibreOffice |title=LibreOffice – OpenIndiana Wiki |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713042134/https://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/LibreOffice |archive-date=13 July 2018 |access-date=5 June 2016 }}
Historically, earlier versions of LibreOffice and its predecessors such as StarOffice supported platforms including Solaris on SPARC hardware. These versions are no longer maintained.
LibreOffice development has also extended to mobile and cloud platforms. A beta document viewer for Android was released in January 2015,{{Cite web |url=https://blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/01/21/libreoffice-viewer-for-android/ |title=LibreOffice Viewer (Beta) now available for Android |website=The Document Foundation Blog |date=21 January 2015 |access-date=22 January 2015 |archive-date=5 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905111147/https://blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/01/21/libreoffice-viewer-for-android/ |url-status=live }} followed by a version with basic editing support in May 2015.{{Cite web |url=https://blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/05/28/the-document-foundation-announces-libreoffice-viewer-for-android/ |title=The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice Viewer for Android |last=Vignoli |first=Italo |date=28 May 2015 |website=The Document Foundation Blog |access-date=3 June 2015 |archive-date=1 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601031432/http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/05/28/the-document-foundation-announces-libreoffice-viewer-for-android/ |url-status=live }} In 2020, Collabora released officially supported mobile versions for Android and iOS under the Collabora Office brand.{{Cite web |url=https://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2020-02-27-collabora-ios-android.html |title=Collabora Office for Phones |last=Meeks |first=Michael |date=27 February 2020 |access-date=1 March 2020 |archive-date=3 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303002212/https://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2020-02-27-collabora-ios-android.html |url-status=live }} A version for ChromeOS was released in 2020 as well.
The Impress Remote app is available for multiple mobile platforms and allows users to control LibreOffice presentations remotely.
class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Summary of cross platform support ! Operating system ! Architectures ! Current ! Source |
Android
| {{Yes}} | LibreOffice, Collabora Office |
BSD (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD)
| {{Yes}} | Community port |
ChromeOS
| {{Yes}} | Collabora Office |
iOS
| ARM64 | {{Yes}} | Collabora Office |
iPadOS
| ARM64 | {{Yes}} | Collabora Office |
Linux
| ARM64, IA-32, x86-64, ppc64le | {{Yes}} | LibreOffice, Collabora Office |
macOS
| {{Yes}} | LibreOffice, Collabora Office, community port |
OpenIndiana
| x86-64 | {{Yes}} | Community port |
Windows
| ARM64, IA-32, x86-64{{Cite web |title=Building LibreOffice on Windows with Cygwin and MSVC: Tips and Tricks – The Document Foundation Wiki |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/BuildingOnWindows |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=wiki.documentfoundation.org}} | {{Yes}} | LibreOffice, Collabora Office |
= LibreOffice Online =
LibreOffice Online is the web-based version of the LibreOffice office suite, allowing users to view and edit documents through a web browser using the HTML5 <canvas>
element.{{Cite web |url=https://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2011-10-19.html |title=Stuff Michael Meeks is doing |last=Meeks |first=Michael |date=19 October 2011 |website=Michael Meeks' blog |access-date=1 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305134526/https://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2011-10-19.html |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=live }} Development began in 2011, with contributions from Collabora and IceWarp.{{Cite news |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/libreoffice-in-the-browser-revealed-in-2011-finally-close-to-reality/ |title=LibreOffice in the browser, revealed in 2011, finally close to reality |work=Ars Technica |access-date=14 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815175116/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/libreoffice-in-the-browser-revealed-in-2011-finally-close-to-reality/ |archive-date=2017-08-15 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=LibreOffice moves to the cloud to take on Office Online and Google Docs |url=http://betanews.com/2015/03/25/libreoffice-moves-to-the-cloud-to-take-on-office-online-and-google-docs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827065338/http://betanews.com/2015/03/25/libreoffice-moves-to-the-cloud-to-take-on-office-online-and-google-docs/ |archive-date=27 August 2015 |access-date=21 October 2015 |work=BetaNews}} A preview of the software was demonstrated in 2015,,{{Cite web |last=Nestor |first=Marius |date=1 October 2015 |title=LibreOffice Online Development Advances, Gains Image Manipulation, Advanced Toolbar |url=http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/libreoffice-online-development-advances-gains-image-manipulation-advanced-toolbar-493371.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019091720/http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/libreoffice-online-development-advances-gains-image-manipulation-advanced-toolbar-493371.shtml |archive-date=2015-10-19 |access-date=21 October 2015 |website=Softpedia}} and in December 2015, Collabora and ownCloud released a technical preview called Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE).{{Cite web |url=https://www.collaboraoffice.com/press-releases/collabora-and-owncloud-announce-partnership-and-release-code-for-libreoffice-online-developers/ |title=Collabora and ownCloud announce partnership and release CODE for LibreOffice Online developers |work=Collabora Productivity |date=15 December 2015 |access-date=24 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211045319/https://www.collaboraoffice.com/press-releases/collabora-and-owncloud-announce-partnership-and-release-code-for-libreoffice-online-developers/ |archive-date=2017-02-11 |url-status=live }} The first source code release of LibreOffice Online occurred alongside LibreOffice version 5.3 in February 2017.{{Cite web |last=Vignoli |first=Italo |date=1 February 2017 |title=The Document Foundation announces feature-rich LibreOffice 5.3 |url=https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2017/02/01/the-document-foundation-announces-feature-rich-libreoffice-5-3/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128060315/https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2017/02/01/the-document-foundation-announces-feature-rich-libreoffice-5-3/ |archive-date=28 November 2020 |access-date=3 February 2017}}{{Cite web |last=Vignoli |first=Italo |date=31 January 2018 |title=The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 6.0: power, simplicity, security and interoperability from desktop to cloud |url=https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2018/01/31/libreoffice-6/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128045514/https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2018/01/31/libreoffice-6/ |archive-date=28 November 2020 |access-date=2 February 2018}}
The Document Foundation does not plan to offer a hosted cloud solution similar to commercial offerings like Google Docs or Microsoft 365, due to the prohibitively high cost of running the platform. Instead, development and deployment of online solutions are handled by third-party ecosystem partners and cloud providers. TDF has expressed openness to a public LibreOffice Online service provided by a charitable organization.{{Cite web |title=Collabora deal will provide savings on Open Source office software |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/collabora-deal-will-provide-savings-on-open-source-office-software |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815135906/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/collabora-deal-will-provide-savings-on-open-source-office-software |archive-date=15 August 2017 |access-date=21 October 2015 |publisher=Government of the United Kingdom}}{{Cite web |last=Stahie |first=Silviu |date=20 October 2015 |title=UK Government Kicks Out Microsoft Office and Adopts LibreOffice |url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/uk-government-is-kicking-out-microsoft-office-and-adopts-libreoffice-494919.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815175725/http://news.softpedia.com/news/uk-government-is-kicking-out-microsoft-office-and-adopts-libreoffice-494919.shtml |archive-date=15 August 2017 |access-date=21 October 2015 |website=Softpedia}}
Therefore the task has been left to ecosystem partners, like Collabora and CIB. The first enterprise version, Collabora Online 1.0, was released in July 2016.{{Cite web |url=https://www.collaboraoffice.com/press-releases/collabora-productivity-releases-collabora-online-cool-1-0-engine-for-hosters-and-clouds/ |title=Collabora Productivity releases Collabora Online 1.0 "Engine" for Hosters and Clouds |date=2 July 2016 |website=collaboraoffice.com |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807182222/https://www.collaboraoffice.com/press-releases/collabora-productivity-releases-collabora-online-cool-1-0-engine-for-hosters-and-clouds/ |archive-date=2016-08-07 |url-status=live }} In the same month, Nextcloud partnered with Collabora to integrate CODE for its users.{{Cite web |url=https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-and-collabora-bring-online-office-to-everybody/ |title=Nextcloud and Collabora Bring Online Office To Everybody |date=19 July 2016 |website=nextcloud.com |access-date=17 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117174726/https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-and-collabora-bring-online-office-to-everybody/ |archive-date=2017-11-17 |url-status=live }} In 2019, CIB announced that it would offer a version, branded as "LibreOffice Online powered by CIB".{{Cite news |date=12 June 2019 |title=Press Release: LibreOffice powered by CIB product range announced |url=https://blog.cib.de/2019/06/12/press-release-libreoffice-powered-by-cib-product-range-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128091730/https://blog.cib.de/2019/06/12/press-release-libreoffice-powered-by-cib-product-range-announced/ |archive-date=28 November 2019 |access-date=29 November 2019 |work=CIB Blog}}
= Supported file formats =
As its native file format to save documents for all of its applications, LibreOffice uses the Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF), or OpenDocument, an international standard developed jointly by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). LibreOffice also supports the file formats of most other major office suites, including Microsoft Office, through a variety of import and export filters.{{Cite web|date=8 April 2013|title=About Converting Microsoft Office Documents|url=https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/About_Converting_Microsoft_Office_Documents|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118095559/https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/About_Converting_Microsoft_Office_Documents|archive-date=18 November 2018|access-date=16 February 2014|website=LibreOffice Help|publisher=The Document Foundation}}
= Miscellaneous features =
LibreOffice can use the GStreamer multimedia framework in Linux to render multimedia content such as videos in Impress and other programs. Visually, LibreOffice used the large "Tango style" icons that are used for the application shortcuts, quick launch icons, icons for associated files and for the icons found on the toolbar of the LibreOffice programs in the past,{{Cite web |url=http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Showroom#OpenOffice.org |title=Tango style OpenOffice.org |date=12 September 2008 |publisher=Tango.freedesktop.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906111805/http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Showroom#OpenOffice.org |archive-date=6 September 2015 |access-date=16 November 2011}}{{Cite web |url=http://ui.openoffice.org/nonav/VisualDesign/OOo30MimeType.html |title=OpenOffice.org 3.0 icons |publisher=Ui.openoffice.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110727154913/http://ui.openoffice.org/nonav/VisualDesign/OOo30MimeType.html |archive-date=27 July 2011 |access-date=16 November 2011}} and used on the toolbars and menus by default. They were later replaced by multiple icon themes to adapt the look and feel of specific desktop environment, such as Colibre for Windows, and Elementary for GNOME.{{Cite web |title=LibreOffice 6.1: Release Notes |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601211732/https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.1 |archive-date=1 June 2020 |access-date=9 August 2018 |publisher=The Document Foundation's Wiki}}
LibreOffice also ships with a modified theme which looks native on GTK-based Linux distributions. It also renders fonts via Cairo on Linux distributions; this means that text in LibreOffice is rendered the same as the rest of the Linux desktop.{{Cite web |title=LibreOffice 3.4 New Features and Fixes |url=https://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-4-new-features-and-fixes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214213702/https://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-4-new-features-and-fixes/ |archive-date=14 December 2013 |access-date=4 March 2014 |publisher=The Document Foundation}} With version 6.2, LibreOffice includes a ribbon-style GUI, called Notebookbar, including three different views.{{Cite web |title=ReleaseNotes/6.2 |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529154147/https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.2 |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=26 February 2019 |publisher=The Document Foundation's Wiki}} This feature has formerly been included as an experimental feature in LibreOffice 6 (experimental features must be enabled from LibreOffice settings to make the option available in the View menu).{{Cite web |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.0#Notebookbar |title=LibreOffice 6.0: Release Notes – The Document Foundation Wiki |website=wiki.documentfoundation.org |access-date=23 November 2018 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128150641/https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.0#Notebookbar |url-status=live }}
LibreOffice has a feature similar to WordArt called Fontwork.{{Cite web |url=https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Fontwork_For_Graphical_Text_Art |title=Fontwork For Graphical Text Art |publisher=LibreOffice |access-date=20 October 2014 |archive-date=2 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102141825/https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Fontwork_For_Graphical_Text_Art |url-status=live }} LibreOffice uses HarfBuzz for complex text layout, it was first introduced in 4.1 for Linux and 5.3 for Windows and macOS.{{Cite web |date=30 July 2013 |title=LibreOffice 4.1 ReleaseNotes |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102041358/https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.1 |archive-date=2 January 2020 |access-date=12 August 2013 |publisher=The Document Foundation}}{{Cite web |title=LibreOffice 5.3: Release Notes |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122114652/https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.3 |archive-date=22 November 2020 |access-date=23 January 2017 |website=The Document Foundation Wiki |publisher=The Document Foundation}} Fonts with OpenType, Apple Advanced Typography or SIL Graphite features can be switched by either a syntax in the Font Name input box,{{Cite web |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Smart_font_optional_features_for_Graphite_and_OpenType_fonts |title=Smart font optional features for Graphite and OpenType fonts – The Document Foundation Wiki |website=wiki.documentfoundation.org |access-date=9 March 2020 |archive-date=19 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519205908/https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Smart_font_optional_features_for_Graphite_and_OpenType_fonts |url-status=live }} or the Font Features dialog from the Character dialog. LibreOffice supports a "hybrid PDF" format, a file in Portable Document Format (PDF) which can be read by any program supporting PDF, but also contains the source document in ODF format, editable in LibreOffice by dragging and dropping.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Writer/PDF_Hybrid|title=FAQ – Writer|website=The Document Foundation Wiki|access-date=5 September 2020|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920000746/https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Writer/PDF_Hybrid|url-status=live}}
= Licensing =
The LibreOffice project uses a dual LGPLv3 (or later) / MPL 2.0 license for new contributions to allow the license to be upgraded.{{Cite web |url=https://www.libreoffice.org/developers-2/ |title=Developers |publisher=The Document Foundation |access-date=30 March 2012 |archive-date=2 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402111717/http://www.libreoffice.org/developers-2 |url-status=live }} Since the core of the OpenOffice.org codebase was donated to the Apache Software Foundation, there is an ongoing effort to get all the code rebased to ease future license updates.{{Cite web |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/532665/ |title=A discordant symphony |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=16 January 2013 |publisher=LWN.net |access-date=9 February 2013 |archive-date=24 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224021305/http://lwn.net/Articles/532665/ |url-status=live }}
= Scripting and extensions =
LibreOffice supports third-party extensions.{{Cite mailing list |url=http://extensions.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=dev&msgNo=142 |title=.oxt, .uno.pkg, .zip |date=7 July 2006 |access-date=10 August 2007 |last=Bergmann |first=Stephan |mailing-list=dev@extensions.openoffice.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505232034/http://extensions.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=dev&msgNo=142 |archive-date=5 May 2009}} {{As of|2017|07}}, the LibreOffice Extension Repository lists more than 320 extensions.{{Cite web |url=https://extensions.libreoffice.org/extensions/ |title=Extensions – LibreOffice Extensions |publisher=The Document Foundation |access-date=3 January 2019 |archive-date=26 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126113439/https://extensions.libreoffice.org/extensions |url-status=live }} Another list is maintained by the Apache Software Foundation{{Cite web |url=https://extensions.openoffice.org/ |title=Apache OpenOffice Extensions |publisher=Apache OpenOffice |access-date=3 January 2019 |archive-date=27 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427152926/https://extensions.openoffice.org/ |url-status=live }} and another one by the Free Software Foundation.{{Cite web |url=https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List |title=Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List |publisher=Free Software Foundation |access-date=3 January 2019 |archive-date=23 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223000148/https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List |url-status=live }} Extensions and scripts for LibreOffice can be written in C++, Java, CLI, Python, and LibreOffice Basic. Interpreters for the latter two are bundled with most LibreOffice installers, so no additional installation is needed. The application programming interface for LibreOffice is called "UNO" and is extensively documented.{{Cite web |url=http://api.libreoffice.org/ |title=LibreOffice API Documentation |publisher=The Document Foundation |access-date=26 June 2015 |archive-date=27 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627132848/http://api.libreoffice.org/ |url-status=live }}
= LibreOffice Basic =
LibreOffice Basic is a programming language similar to Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) but based on StarOffice Basic. It is available in Writer, Calc and Base. It is used to write small programs known as "macros", with each macro performing a different task, such as counting the words in a paragraph.{{Cite web |url=http://www.linux.com/articles/48258 |title=An introduction to OpenOffice.org Basic |last=Bain |first=Mark Alexander |website=NewsForge |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029053258/http://www.linux.com/articles/48258 |archive-date=29 October 2007 |access-date=7 September 2023}}
History
{{Panorama|image=StarOffice major derivatives.svg|height=255px|caption=A timeline of major derivatives of StarOffice and OpenOffice.org with LibreOffice in green|dir=rtl}}
= Background =
From the inception of the OpenOffice.org project in 2000, Sun Microsystems indicated that the project would eventually be managed by an independent foundation.{{Cite web |date=19 July 2000 |title=Sun Microsystems Open Sources StarOffice Technology |url=http://www.openoffice.org/press/sun_release.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114053747/http://www.openoffice.org/press/sun_release.html |archive-date=14 November 2011 |access-date=19 January 2012 |publisher=Sun Microsystems}}{{Cite web |date=4 November 2001 |title=The OpenOffice.org Foundation |url=http://www.openoffice.org/white_papers/OOo_project/openofficefoundation.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921102841/http://www.openoffice.org/white_papers/OOo_project/openofficefoundation.html |archive-date=21 September 2013 |access-date=9 October 2013 |publisher=Sun Microsystems}} However community members frequently expressed concerns over the Sun's control of the project, especially as the company's involvement diminished over time,{{Cite web |last=Meeks |first=Michael |date=10 October 2008 |title=Measuring the true success of OpenOffice.org |url=http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/ooo-commit-stats-2008.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202050329/http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/ooo-commit-stats-2008.html |archive-date=2 December 2012 |access-date=5 January 2013 |website=Stuff Michael Meeks is doing |publisher=People.gnome.org}} and was slow to accept patches or external contributions, even from corporate partners.{{Cite web |last=Yoshida |first=Kohei |date=2 October 2007 |title=History of Calc Solver |url=http://kohei.us/2007/10/02/history-of-calc-solver/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118060456/http://kohei.us/2007/10/02/history-of-calc-solver/ |archive-date=18 January 2013 |access-date=3 January 2013 |website=Roundtrip to Shanghai via Tokyo}}{{Cite news |last=Phipps |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Phipps (programmer) |date=20 May 2011 |title=OpenOffice.org and contributor agreements |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/443989/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927072255/https://lwn.net/Articles/443989/ |archive-date=27 September 2013 |access-date=16 June 2013 |publisher=LWN.net}}
To address some of these challenges, Ximian, and later Novell, maintained a patch set called ooo-build, led by developer Michael Meeks. Its goal was to simplify building OpenOffice.org on Linux and to incorporate community-submitted improvements that had not been accepted upstream by Sun.{{Cite web |date=18 October 2003 |title=About ooo-build |url=http://ooo.ximian.com/ooo-build.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031018013700/http://ooo.ximian.com/ooo-build.html |archive-date=18 October 2003 |access-date=5 January 2013 |publisher=Ximian}} Most Linux distributions used ooo-build as the default method for packaging OpenOffice.org,{{Cite web |last=James |first=Daniel |date=7 May 2007 |title=Meek not geek – Interview with Michael Meeks of OpenOffice.org |url=http://tuxdeluxe.org/node/184 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929232956/http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/184 |archive-date=29 September 2013 |access-date=1 October 2013 |website=Tux Deluxe}} and some distributions contributed directly to its development.{{Cite conference |last=Meeks |first=Michael |date=24 July 2004 |title=The World of OpenOffice |url=http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/Reprint-Meeks-OLS2004.pdf |conference=Linux Symposium 2004 |location=Ottawa, Ontario |volume=2 |pages=361–366 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502012130/http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/Reprint-Meeks-OLS2004.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2014 |access-date=17 April 2015}}
In 2007, Novell released ooo-build as a separate product called Go-oo.{{Cite web |last=Meeks |first=Michael |date=28 January 2005 |title=ooo-build 1.3.8 Announced |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/121441/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231252/http://lwn.net/Articles/121441/ |archive-date=4 October 2013 |access-date=1 October 2013 |publisher=LWN.net}} Go-oo featured enhancements not present in the main OpenOffice.org distribution and adopted more inclusive contribution policies. These changes foreshadowed those later implemented by LibreOffice.{{Cite web |last=Hillesley |first=Richard |date=29 January 2009 |title=Healthcheck: OpenOffice: Calling a cat a dog |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Calling-a-cat-a-dog-746843.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208000702/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Calling-a-cat-a-dog-746843.html |archive-date=8 December 2013 |access-date=26 June 2013 |website=The H Open |page=4}}
In early 2010, Sun was acquired by Oracle Corporation. This raised new concerns among contributors, who were wary of Oracle's broader stance on open source projects, including its lawsuit against Google over Java,{{Cite web |last=Wallen |first=Jack |date=7 September 2010 |title=Could Oracle fracture open source community? |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/could-oracle-fracture-open-source-community/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502012759/http://www.zdnet.com/could-oracle-fracture-open-source-community-2062202707/ |archive-date=2 May 2014 |access-date=8 October 2013 |publisher=ZDNet}} its apparent withdrawal of developers from OpenOffice.org,{{Cite web |last=Dölle |first=Mirko |date=4 November 2010 |title=Die Woche: Bad Company Oracle? |trans-title=The Week: Bad Company Oracle? |url=http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Die-Woche-Bad-Company-Oracle-1130884.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024094250/http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Die-Woche-Bad-Company-Oracle-1130884.html |archive-date=24 October 2013 |access-date=19 October 2013 |website=Heise Open Source |publisher=Heinz Heise |language=de}}{{Cite web |last=Noyes |first=Katherine |date=23 August 2010 |title=Don't Count on Oracle to Keep OpenOffice.org Alive |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/203910/dont_count_on_oracle_to_keep_openoffice_org_alive.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018100603/http://www.pcworld.com/article/203910/dont_count_on_oracle_to_keep_openoffice_org_alive.html |archive-date=18 October 2014 |access-date=12 October 2014 |website=PC World Linux Line}} and the restrictions it placed on another open source project from Sun, the OpenSolaris operating system.{{Cite web |date=28 September 2010 |title=OpenOffice.org Community announces The Document Foundation |url=http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930085933/http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html |archive-date=30 September 2010 |access-date=9 November 2011 |publisher=The Document Foundation}}{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Barry |title=OpenOffice group breaks away from Oracle |url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/361516/openoffice-group-breaks-away-from-oracle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331121036/http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/361516/openoffice-group-breaks-away-from-oracle |archive-date=31 March 2012 |access-date=9 November 2011 |publisher=PC Pro}}{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Gavin |title=OpenOffice files Oracle divorce papers |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/28/openoffice_independence_from_oracle/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802051350/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/28/openoffice_independence_from_oracle/ |archive-date=2 August 2012 |access-date=9 November 2011 |work=The Register}}{{Cite news |last=Paul |first=Ryan |title=Document Foundation forks OpenOffice.org, liberates it from Oracle |url=https://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/09/document-foundation-forks-openofficeorg-to-liberate-it-from-oracle.ars |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822102322/http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/09/document-foundation-forks-openofficeorg-to-liberate-it-from-oracle/ |archive-date=22 August 2012 |access-date=9 November 2011 |publisher=Ars Technica}}
This prompted growing discussions about forking the project.{{Cite web |last=van der Meijs |first=Sander |date=30 September 2010 |title=OpenOffice-coup al jaren in de maak |trans-title=OpenOffice coup years in the making |url=http://webwereld.nl/development/45256-openoffice-coup-al-jaren-in-de-maak |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055240/http://webwereld.nl/development/45256-openoffice-coup-al-jaren-in-de-maak |archive-date=21 September 2013 |access-date=6 July 2013 |website=Webwereld |language=nl}}
= The Document Foundation and LibreOffice =
On 28 September 2010, members of the OpenOffice.org community announced the formation of The Document Foundation (TDF), an independent organization to continue the development of OpenOffice.org under a more open and inclusive governance model.{{Cite web |date=28 September 2010 |title=The Document Foundation Launches LibreOffice |url=https://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf-release-announce/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001021949/https://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf-release-announce/ |archive-date=1 October 2010 |access-date=28 September 2010 |website=The Document Foundation}} Alongside the announcement, TDF introduced a fork of OpenOffice.org named LibreOffice.
TDF invited Oracle Corporation, then the steward of OpenOffice.org, to participate in the new foundation and donate the OpenOffice.org trademark. Oracle declined, leading TDF to adopt the LibreOffice name permanently.{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Ryan |date=1 October 2010 |title=Oracle turns its back on OpenOffice.org community |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-turns-its-back-on-openoffice-org-community/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002071948/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-turns-its-back-on-openofficeorg-community/7413 |archive-date=2 October 2010 |access-date=2 October 2010 |website=ZDNet}} Major contributors to OpenOffice.org, including Novell, Red Hat, Canonical, and Google, shifted their support to the new project.{{Cite web |date=28 September 2010 |title=The Document Foundation and LibreOffice |url=https://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-Document-Foundation-and-LibreOffice-1105644.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234857/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-Document-Foundation-and-LibreOffice-1105644.html |archive-date=4 October 2013 |access-date=28 September 2010 |website=The H Open}}
In April 2011, Oracle announced it would discontinue commercial development of OpenOffice.org and transition the project to a community-based model.{{Cite web |last=Chuk |first=Luke |date=1 June 2011 |title=Oracle Contributes OpenOffice.org to Apache |url=https://blogs.oracle.com/office/oracle-contributing-openofficeorg-to-apache |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605012045/https://blogs.oracle.com/office/entry/oracle_contributing_openoffice_org_to |archive-date=5 June 2011 |access-date=3 June 2011 |website=Oracle Blogs}} Two months later, Oracle donated the codebase and trademarks to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), where the project was renamed Apache OpenOffice.{{Cite web |date=1 June 2011 |title=Oracle Donates OpenOffice.org Code to The Apache Software Foundation |url=https://www.apache.org/foundation/press/2011/OracleDonatesOpenOffice.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606170709/http://www.apache.org/foundation/press/2011/OracleDonatesOpenOffice.html |archive-date=6 June 2011 |access-date=4 June 2011 |website=Apache Software Foundation}}
Meanwhile, LibreOffice continued to develop rapidly under the stewardship of TDF. It incorporated features from Go-oo and other community-maintained patches, and became the default office suite in many Linux distributions, while also expanding its presence on Windows and macOS.{{Cite web |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |date=30 September 2020 |title=LibreOffice at 10: It changed the way open-source office suites work |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/libreoffice-at-10-it-changed-the-way-open-source-office-suites-work/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930123546/https://www.zdnet.com/article/libreoffice-at-10-it-changed-the-way-open-source-office-suites-work/ |archive-date=30 September 2020 |access-date=1 October 2020 |website=ZDNet}} LibreOffice receives regular updates, including new features and security fixes. According to TDF, most development is performed by ecosystem partners such as Collabora, who provide enterprise support and services around LibreOffice.
This commercial support model has contributed to higher development activity compared to Apache OpenOffice, which has struggled since 2015 to attract and retain contributors, and to issue timely security updates.
In a 2011 interview with LWN.net, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth expressed criticism of TDF, asserting that its refusal to adopt Oracle's Contributor License Agreement had undermined the OpenOffice.org project.{{Cite web |last=Edge |first=Jake |title=Mark Shuttleworth on companies and free software |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/442782/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425051821/https://lwn.net/Articles/442782/ |archive-date=25 April 2014 |access-date=7 May 2014 |publisher=LWN}} In response, former Sun Microsystems executive Simon Phipps argued that Oracle's decision to end development was a business move unrelated to LibreOffice's creation.{{Cite web |date=1 June 2011 |title=The real reasons OpenOffice.org died |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/446297/ |access-date=30 May 2025 |website=LWN.net}} LibreOffice is now widely regarded as the most actively maintained and widely used successor to OpenOffice.org.{{Cite web |last=Noyes |first=Katherine |date=24 February 2014 |title=LibreOffice Leaves OpenOffice in the Dust |url=https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/LibreOffice-Leaves-OpenOffice-in-the-Dust-81619.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018100704/http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/81619.html |archive-date=18 October 2014 |access-date=12 October 2014 |website=Linux Insider}}{{Cite web |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |date=24 January 2022 |title=LibreOffice vs OpenOffice: What’s the difference? |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/libreoffice-vs-openoffice-whats-the-difference/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125010357/https://www.zdnet.com/article/libreoffice-vs-openoffice-whats-the-difference/ |archive-date=25 January 2022 |access-date=25 January 2022 |website=ZDNet}}
Versions
Since version 4.2.2, released in March 2014, LibreOffice has offered two concurrently maintained major versions in addition to development versions (such as release candidates and nightly builds).{{Cite web |last=Phipps |first=Simon |date=13 March 2014 |title=LibreOffice Gets Fresh and Stable |url=http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/simon-says/libreoffice-gets-fresh-and-stable-3569636/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916225954/http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/simon-says/libreoffice-gets-fresh-and-stable-3569636/ |archive-date=16 September 2015 |access-date=2 April 2014 |publisher=ComputerworldUK}} These versions are intended to accommodate different user needs:{{Cite web |title=Release Notes |url=https://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204083151/http://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes |archive-date=4 February 2013 |access-date=16 February 2018 |publisher=The Document Foundation}}
- Fresh – the most recent major version, which includes the latest features and improvements. It may contain bugs that have not yet been addressed.
- Still – the previous major version, which has received additional bug fixes and is recommended for users prioritizing stability. Was previously called the Stable version.
Since January 2024, beginning with version 24.2.0, LibreOffice adopted a calendar-based versioning scheme. Version numbers follow a three-part format (year.month.patch), with the year and month reflection the initial or future launch date.{{Cite web |last=Vignoli |first=Italo |date=21 August 2023 |title=Announcement of LibreOffice 7.6 Community |url=https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/08/21/libreoffice-7-6-community/ |access-date=21 August 2023 |publisher=The Document Foundation Blog}}
= Release schedule =
LibreOffice follows a time-based release schedule, with major versions released approximately every six months, typically in February and August. These release months are synchronized with other free software projects (such as GNOME) and are scheduled at least one month ahead of major Linux distribution releases.{{Cite web |title=Release Plan |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501164048/https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan |archive-date=1 May 2019 |access-date=25 March 2011 |website=The Document Foundation Wiki}}
Minor "patch" updates are issued regularly for both the Fresh and Still versions to address bugs and security vulnerabilities. The Fresh version receives updates every four to six weeks until it transitions to the Still version with the release of a new Fresh version. Once designated as Still, it continues to receive updates every six to seven weeks. A version reaches its end of life roughly nine months after its initial release.
= Enterprise support =
Commercial distributions of LibreOffice with service-level agreements are provided by partner organizations, the most significant of which is Collabora.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-08 |title=CIB announces LibreOffice on the Microsoft Store |url=https://www.cib.de/cib-announces-libreoffice-on-the-microsoft-store/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217144011/https://blog.cib.de/2019/08/08/cib-announces-libreoffice-on-the-microsoft-store/ |archive-date=17 February 2021 |access-date=2021-02-07 |website=CIB blog |language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |last=Tung |first=Liam |title=Open-source LibreOffice tells businesses: Get off our Community version, you are hurting development |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-libreoffice-tells-businesses-get-off-our-community-version-you-are-hurting-development/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207141009/https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-libreoffice-tells-businesses-get-off-our-community-version-you-are-hurting-development/ |archive-date=7 February 2021 |access-date=2021-02-07 |website=ZDNet}} Since version 7.1, the standard open-source release has said that it is intended for "home users, students and non-profits", to distinguish it from enterprise-targeted versions. The Document Foundation recommends that organizations use commercially supported versions to help sustain development and has expressed concern that enterprise use of the community edition can divert volunteer resources and limit project funding.
In the 2020s, the number of commercial partner organizations decreased. In June 2023, Red Hat announced it would no longer maintain LibreOffice packages in future releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.{{Cite web |title=Red Hat to drop LibreOffice from future versions of RHEL |url=https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/15/redhat_drops_libreoffice/ |access-date=30 May 2025 |website=The Register}} Maintenance of LibreOffice packages for the related Fedora Linux was transitioned to the Fedora LibreOffice Special Interest Group.{{Cite web |title=LibreOffice Special Interest Group |url=https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/libreoffice/ |access-date=30 May 2025}}{{Cite web |title=Fedora 39 Accepted System-Wide Change: LibreOffice SIG Maintainers |url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/LibreOfficeSIGMaintainers |access-date=30 May 2025}} In 2021, CIB spun off its LibreOffice development and support services into a new company, Allotropia.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-14 |title=CIB spins off new allotropia software GmbH |url=https://blog.allotropia.de/2021/01/14/cib-spins-off-allotropia/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=allotropia software blog |language=en}} In May 2025, Collabora announced the acquisition of Allotropia, intending to combine Allotropia’s ZetaOffice and WebAssembly with its own Collabora Office and Collabora Online products.{{Cite web |date=May 2025 |title=Collabora acquires Allotropia to strengthen LibreOffice ecosystem |url=https://www.collaboraoffice.com/news/collabora-acquires-allotropia/ |access-date=30 May 2025}}
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| rowspan="5" |3.x | {{Version|o|3.3 beta|show=}} |28 September 2010 |Initial release based on OpenOffice.org and ooo-build{{Cite web |last=Ihlenfeld |first=Jens |date=15 October 2010 |title=Zweite Beta des Openoffice.org-Forks Libreoffice |trans-title=Second Beta of Openoffice.org-Fork LibreOffice |url=http://www.golem.de/1010/78661.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609183826/https://www.golem.de/1010/78661.html |archive-date=9 June 2019 |access-date=4 March 2014 |publisher=Golem.de |language=de}} |File:LibreOffice 3.3 beta 1 startup screen and about box.png |
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| {{Version|o|3.3|show=}} |First version to introduce features unique to LibreOffice:{{Cite web |title=New Features |url=https://www.libreoffice.org/download/new-features-and-fixes/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216231605/https://www.libreoffice.org/download/new-features-and-fixes/ |archive-date=16 February 2012 |access-date=4 March 2014 |publisher=The Document Foundation}}
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| {{Version|o|3.4|show=}} |3 June 2011 |New features included:{{Cite web |date=26 January 2014 |title=Release Notes 3.4 |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330101244/https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.4 |archive-date=30 March 2014 |access-date=4 March 2014 |website=The Document Foundation Wiki |publisher=The Document Foundation}}
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| {{Version|o|3.6|show=}} |8 August 2012 |New features included:{{Cite web |title=3.6 New Features and Updates |url=https://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-6-new-features-and-fixes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131183830/http://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-6-new-features-and-fixes |archive-date=31 January 2014 |access-date=4 March 2014 |publisher=The Document Foundation}}
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| {{Version|o|4.1|show=}} |25 July 2013 (final){{Cite web |date=19 February 2014 |title=Release Plan / 4.1 |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan/4.1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510014901/https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan/4.1 |archive-date=10 May 2013 |access-date=4 March 2014 |website=The Document Foundation Wiki |publisher=The Document Foundation}}
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| {{Version|o|4.2|show=}} |30 January 2014
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| {{Version|o|4.3|show=}} |30 July 2014 |New features include:{{Cite web |date=3 March 2014 |title=LibreOffice 4.3 ReleaseNotes |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720213415/https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.3 |archive-date=20 July 2019 |access-date=4 March 2014 |website=The Document Foundation Wiki |publisher=The Document Foundation}}
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| {{Version|o|7.6|show=}} |21 August 2023 |New features include:{{Cite web |last=Vignoli |first=Italo |date=21 August 2023 |title=Announcement of LibreOffice 7.6 Community |url=https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/08/21/libreoffice-7-6-community/ |access-date=21 August 2023 |publisher=The Document Foundation Blog}}{{Cite web |title=LibreOffice 7.6: Release Notes |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.6 |access-date=21 August 2023 |publisher=The Document Foundation's Wiki}} ; Writer :
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| rowspan="2" |24.x | {{Version|o|24.2|show=}} |31 January 2024{{cite web |title=Release Plan 24.2 – the Document Foundation Wiki |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan/24.2}}{{cite web |date=31 January 2024 |title=LibreOffice 24.2 Community available for all operating systems |url=https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/01/31/libreoffice-24-2/}} |New features include:{{Cite web |last=Brinkmann |first=Martin |date=2024-01-31 |title=LibreOffice 24.2 released: enables automatic recovery of documents – gHacks Tech News |url=https://www.ghacks.net/2024/01/31/libreoffice-24-2-released-enables-automatic-recovery-of-documents/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240224231641/https://www.ghacks.net/2024/01/31/libreoffice-24-2-released-enables-automatic-recovery-of-documents/ |archive-date=2024-02-24 |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=gHacks Technology News |language=en-US}}{{cite web |title=ReleaseNotes/24.2 – the Document Foundation Wiki |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/24.2}} ; Writer :
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Derivatives
- Collabora Office and Collabora Online are paid enterprise derivatives of LibreOffice. Collabora offers customers technical support, custom features, long-term support (LTS) and support under a service-level agreement (SLA).{{Cite web |date=2021-02-05 |title=Open-source LibreOffice tells businesses: Get off our Community version, you are hurting development |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-libreoffice-tells-businesses-get-off-our-community-version-you-are-hurting-development/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207141009/https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-libreoffice-tells-businesses-get-off-our-community-version-you-are-hurting-development/ |archive-date=7 February 2021 |access-date=2021-03-23 |website=ZDNet |quote=TDF is urging enterprises to adopt LibreOffice Enterprise from partners that offer long-term support options, professional assistance, custom features and Service Level Agreements.}}
- EuroOffice is a derivative of LibreOffice with free and non-free extensions, for the Hungarian language and geographic detail, developed by Hungarian-based MultiRacio Ltd.{{cite web |author=Abhishek Prakash |date=16 April 2015 |title=Two Hungarian Universities Switch To EuroOffice To Promote ODF – It's FOSS |url=https://itsfoss.com/hungarian-universities-switch-eurooffice/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920112155/https://itsfoss.com/hungarian-universities-switch-eurooffice/ |archive-date=20 September 2020 |access-date=5 September 2020}}{{Cite web |title=EuroOffice homepage |url=http://www.multiracio.com/eurooffice/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322121431/http://www.multiracio.com/ |archive-date=22 March 2019 |publisher=MultiRacio Ltd.}}
- NDC ODF Application Tools is a derivative of LibreOffice provided by the Taiwan National Development Council (NDC) and used by public agencies in Taiwan.{{Cite web |date=28 October 2018 |title=Taiwanese government standardises on true ODF document format |url=https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/document/taiwanese-government-standardises-true-odf-document-format |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802140034/https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/document/taiwanese-government-standardises-true-odf-document-format |archive-date=2 August 2019 |access-date=2 August 2019 |website=Joinup collaboration platform |publisher=European Commission}}
- NeoOffice (discontinued 2024) 2017 and later versions are based on LibreOffice.{{Cite web |last=Pluby |date=2 May 2017 |title=NeoOffice 2017 Beta Professional Edition released |url=https://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=65212#65212 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808033049/https://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=65212#65212 |archive-date=8 August 2017 |access-date=10 May 2017 |publisher=trinity.neooffice.org}} Prior versions included stability fixes from LibreOffice, but were based on OpenOffice.{{Cite web |last=pluby |date=7 November 2013 |title=Mac App Store complaints |url=http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=64520#64520 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227032323/http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=64520#64520 |archive-date=27 December 2013 |access-date=25 December 2013 |publisher=trinity.neooffice.org}}
- OxOffice is a derivative of LibreOffice (originally a derivative of OpenOffice.org{{Cite web |date=15 October 2010 |title=Openoffice.org與OxOffice |trans-title=Openoffice.org and OxOffice |url=http://ithelp.ithome.com.tw/question/10054256 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016114525/http://ithelp.ithome.com.tw/question/10054256 |archive-date=16 October 2015 |access-date=14 October 2015 |website=iT邦}}) with enhanced support for the Chinese language.{{Cite web |date=5 August 2016 |title=OSSII OxOffice Community Edition download |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/ossii-oxoffice/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504060541/https://sourceforge.net/projects/ossii-oxoffice/ |archive-date=4 May 2019 |access-date=4 May 2019 |website=SourceForge}}
- OffiDocs is a derivative of LibreOffice online developed and supported by the OffiDocs Group OÜ{{cite web |date=2024-03-28 |title=OffiDocs Group OÜ (16097912) |url=https://ariregister.rik.ee/eng/company/16097912/OffiDocs-Group-O%C3%9C |accessdate=2024-07-17 |publisher=E-Business Register |location=Estonia}}{{Cite press release |title=Productivity Software Market Next Big Thing – Major Giants Microsoft, Google, OffiDocs |date=5 April 2021 |url=https://industrytoday.co.uk/it/productivity-software-market-next-big-thing---major-giants-microsoft--google--offidocs |access-date=9 January 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109024351/https://industrytoday.co.uk/it/productivity-software-market-next-big-thing---major-giants-microsoft--google--offidocs |archive-date=9 January 2022 |agency=HTF Market Intelligence Consulting Private Limited}} with multiple applications to use LibreOffice in mobile apps.{{Cite web |date=1 December 2016 |title=OffiDocs Mobile Apps |url=https://www.appbrain.com/dev/OffiDocs+Mobile+Apps/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109024341/https://www.appbrain.com/dev/OffiDocs+Mobile+Apps/ |archive-date=9 January 2022 |access-date=9 January 2022}}
- ZetaOffice is a paid enterprise derivative of LibreOffice. Allotropia (spun off from CIB in 2021) offers it as both a desktop application with LTS as well as an online version based on WebAssembly technology.{{Cite web |date=19 November 2024 |title=ZetaOffice: LibreOffice's new web, mobile and desktop solution |url=https://www.cib.de/en/software-release-zetaoffice-libreoffice-solution/ |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=CIP Group}}{{Cite web |date=8 November 2024 |title=Announcing ZetaOffice, a new LibreOffice Technology product for web, mobile & desktop |url=https://blog.allotropia.de/2024/11/08/announcing-zetaoffice-a-new-libreoffice-technology-product-for-web-mobile-desktop/ |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=allotropia software blog}} In May 2025, Collabora announced it had purchased Allotropia with the goal of merging ZetaOffice and the WebAssembly technology with Collabora Office and Collabora Online.{{Cite web |last=Obbard |first=Naomi |date=2025-05-28 |title=Collabora and allotropia merge |url=https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/collabora-allotropia-merge/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Collabora Online and Collabora Office |language=en-US}}
Users and deployments
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From 2011 to 2018, the estimated number of LibreOffice users grew from 25 million to 200 million. In 2011, The Document Foundation estimated that 10 million users had obtained the software via downloads or CD-ROMs, mostly on Windows, with an additional 15 million users on Linux based on new or updated installations.{{Cite web |url=http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/09/28/the-document-foundation-celebrates-its-first-anniversary/ |title=The Document Foundation celebrates its first anniversary |date=28 September 2011 |website=The Document Foundation Blog |access-date=28 September 2011 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001154739/http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/09/28/the-document-foundation-celebrates-its-first-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Paul |first=Ryan |title=LibreOffice gaining momentum, heading to Android, iOS, and the Web |url=https://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/10/libreoffice-gaining-momentum-heading-to-android-ios-and-the-web.ars |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016142545/http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/10/libreoffice-gaining-momentum-heading-to-android-ios-and-the-web.ars |archive-date=16 October 2011 |access-date=17 October 2011}}{{Cite news |last=Shankland |first=Stephen |date=18 October 2011 |title=LibreOffice expands users and reach |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/libreoffice-expands-users-and-reach/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006133722/http://www.zdnet.com/news/libreoffice-expands-users-and-reach/6316162 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=9 May 2012 |publisher=ZDNet}} By 2013, the user base was estimated at 75 million,{{Cite web |url=http://www.muktware.com/2013/09/watch-out-microsoft-collabora-is-bringing-value-added-libreoffice/4593 |title=Watch out Microsoft, Collabora is bringing value added LibreOffice |date=September 2013 |website=Muktware |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729194531/http://www.muktware.com/2013/09/watch-out-microsoft-collabora-is-bringing-value-added-libreoffice/4593 |archive-date=29 July 2014 |access-date=4 January 2014}} increasing to 100 million in 2015,{{Cite web |url=https://www.collaboraoffice.com/press-releases/updated-libreoffice-growth-infographic-2015/ |title=Updated LibreOffice growth infographic (2015) – Collabora Productivity |access-date=21 February 2016 |periodical=Collabora Productivity |date=11 November 2015 |archive-date=12 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512084825/https://www.collaboraoffice.com/press-releases/updated-libreoffice-growth-infographic-2015/ |url-status=live }} and 120 million in 2016.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/3102849/software-productivity/libreoffice-52-includes-classified-documents-and-a-streamlined-interface.html |title=LibreOffice 5.2 includes classified documents and a streamlined interface |website=PC World |access-date=1 March 2017 |archive-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809165616/http://www.pcworld.com/article/3102849/software-productivity/libreoffice-52-includes-classified-documents-and-a-streamlined-interface.html |url-status=live }} In 2018, The Document Foundation reported 200 million active users, with approximately 25% being students and 10% using Linux systems.{{Cite web |url=https://opensource.com/article/18/9/libreoffice-history |title=LibreOffice: A history of document freedom |last=Watkins |first=Don |date=25 September 2018 |access-date=3 March 2019 |archive-date=9 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309133423/https://opensource.com/article/18/9/libreoffice-history |url-status=live }} For comparison, Microsoft Office had an estimated 1.2 billion users in 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://www.windowscentral.com/there-are-now-12-billion-office-users-60-million-office-365-commercial-customers |title=There are now 1.2 billion Office users and 60 million Office 365 commercial customers |date=31 March 2016 |access-date=3 March 2019 |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218094357/https://www.windowscentral.com/there-are-now-12-billion-office-users-60-million-office-365-commercial-customers |url-status=live }}
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