OnlyOffice#Desktop editors

{{short description|Office suite developed by Ascensio System SIA}}

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| name = OnlyOffice

| logo = File:ONLYOFFICE logo (default).svg

| logo size = 200px

| developer = Ascensio System SIA

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| repo = {{URL|github.com/ONLYOFFICE}}

| programming language = HTML, JavaScript, C++

| genre = Office Suite, Project management, Collaboration, CRM, Document Management

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| language = 25 languages

| website = {{URL|www.onlyoffice.com}}

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OnlyOffice (formerly TeamLab), stylized as ONLYOFFICE, is a free software office suite and ecosystem of collaborative applications.{{Cite web |title=Organizing Secure Document Collaboration: How to Install ONLYOFFICE DocSpace Server on Linux {{!}} Linux Journal |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/organizing-secure-how-install-onlyoffice-docspace-server-linux |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=www.linuxjournal.com}}{{Cite web |last=Africa |first=IT News |date=2022-11-05 |title=ONLYOFFICE Docs Review: A Reliable Document Collaboration Tool |url=https://www.itnewsafrica.com/2022/11/onlyoffice-docs-review-a-reliable-document-collaboration-tool/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=IT News Africa {{!}} Business Technology, Telecoms and Startup News |language=en-US}} It consists of online editors for text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms and PDFs, and the room-based collaborative platform.

History

In 2009, a group of software developers from Ascensio System SIA (Latvian-based) and New Communication Technologies (Russian-based) launched a project called TeamLab, a platform for internal team collaboration.{{Cite web |title=Microsoft Office, Google Docs beware: This open-source startup is after your users |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-office-google-docs-beware-this-open-source-office-startup-is-gunning-for-your-business/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=ZDNET |language=en}}

In March 2012, TeamLab introduced the first HTML5-based online document editors at CeBIT{{Cite web |date=2012-03-06 |title=W3C CEO calls HTML5 as transformative as early Web {{!}} IT World Canada News |url=https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/w3c-ceo-calls-html5-as-transformative-as-early-web/45986 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=www.itworldcanada.com |language=en-US}}

In July 2014, TeamLab Office was officially rebranded to OnlyOffice and the source code of the product was published on SourceForge and GitHub on terms of AGPL-3.0.{{Cite web |date=2014-07-04 |title=Entering a new stage under a new brand: Teamlab Has Grown into ONLYOFFICE |url=https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2014/07/new-brand/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=ONLYOFFICE Blog |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=O'Hear |first=Steve |date=9 January 2014 |title=TeamLab, A Canvas-Based Document Editor, Wants To Send Microsoft Office 365 Back to the Drawing Board {{!}} TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/09/teamlab/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110175626/https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/09/teamlab/ |archive-date=10 January 2018 |access-date=21 June 2017}}

In March 2016, the developers released a desktop application – OnlyOffice Desktop Editors, which is positioned as an open-source alternative to Microsoft Office.{{Cite web |title=How to use plugins (add-ons) in ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors |url=https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-use-plugins-add-ons-in-onlyoffice-desktop-editors/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=HowtoForge |language=en-us}}

In February 2017, the first integration app for ownCloud/Nextcloud was launched.{{Cite web |last=Xiao (Admin) |first=Guoan |date=2017-02-15 |title=How to Integrate OnlyOffice with ownCloud |url=https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/integrate-onlyoffice-owncloud-nextcloud |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=LinuxBabe |language=en-US}}

In January 2022, the project introduced OnlyOffice Forms.{{Cite web |last=Cawley |first=Christian |date=2022-03-01 |title=OnlyOffice Adds Fillable Forms Compatible with Microsoft Office and Adobe |url=https://www.makeuseof.com/onlyoffice-fillable-forms/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=MUO |language=en}}

In May 2022, a new office branch was opened in Tashkent, Uzbekistan as a development hub.{{Cite web |title=https://it-park.uz/en/itpark/residents/itpark-residents |url=https://it-park.uz/en/itpark/residents/itpark-residents}}

In April 2023, OnlyOffice released new solution – OnlyOffice DocSpace.{{Cite web |last=Paruthi |first=Neeraj |date=2023-05-26 |title=ONLYOFFICE DocSpace: The New and Better Way to Collaborate on Documents With Customers and Partners |url=https://www.makeuseof.com/onlyoffice-docspace/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=MUO |language=en}}

In August 2023, OnlyOffice opened a holding company in Singapore and incorporated all the existing branches (those in Latvia, USA, UK, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Serbia) under the one brand. Ascensio System SIA was to become 100% owned by the British-based Ascensio System Ltd, which in its turn was to become 100% owned by OnlyOffice Capital Group Pte. Ltd. The beneficiaries of OnlyOffice Capital Group Pte. Ltd. are listed in the registry of Singapore companies by ACRA.{{Cite web |title=https://www.sgpbusiness.com/company/Onlyoffice-Capital-Group-Pte-Ltd |url=https://www.sgpbusiness.com/company/Onlyoffice-Capital-Group-Pte-Ltd}}

In February 2023, OnlyOffice released the first version of the ChatGPT plugin{{Cite web |date=2023-02-14 |title=ONLYOFFICE Adds ChatGPT and Zoom Integration |url=https://news.itsfoss.com/onlyoffice-chatgpt-zoom-plugins/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=It's FOSS News |language=en}} with a basic set of features, such as text generation based on a user’s prompt, question answering, translation, text summarization and conversation-style communication.{{Cite web |last=Content |first=Partner |date=2023-09-13 |title=ChatGPT Plugin in ONLYOFFICE: Generate Texts, Images, Summarize, Translate and More |url=https://beebom.com/chatgpt-plugin-onlyoffice-docspace/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=Beebom |language=en-US}}

In October 2023, OnlyOffice released the native PDF Editor.{{Cite web |last=Sneddon |first=Joey |date=2023-10-19 |title=ONLYOFFICE 7.5 Released with New PDF Editor + More |url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/onlyoffice-7-5 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=OMG! Ubuntu |language=en-GB}}

In January 2024, version 1.1.4 of the plugin was released which provided new tools for document editing and access to GPT-4.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-23 |title=Polish your texts with the new version of the ChatGPT plugin |url=https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2024/01/polish-your-texts-with-the-new-version-of-the-chatgpt-plugin-for-onlyoffice/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=ONLYOFFICE Blog |language=en}}

In February 2024, OnlyOffice introduced RTL support.{{Cite web |last=Sneddon |first=Joey |date=2024-02-14 |title=ONLYOFFICE 8 Released with PDF Encryption, RTL Support |url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/onlyoffice-8-0-released-with-pdf-buffs-support-for-rtl |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=OMG! Ubuntu |language=en-GB}}

Organization

Based in Latvia, OnlyOffice owner Ascensio System SIA was a subsidiary of Russian-based New Communication Technologies.{{Cite web |title=Маскувався під латвійський. Як популярний в Україні сервіс OnlyOffice ховав російський слід |url=https://www.epravda.com.ua/publications/2022/07/6/688888/ |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=Економічна правда |language=uk}} Due to EU economic sanctions targeting Russia, European organizations that used the commercial version of OnlyOffice were prohibited from doing so.{{Cite web |last=Mainz |first=Johannes Gutenberg University |date=2023-05-30 |title=Software OnlyOffice will be switched to the Open-Source-Version {{!}} Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung |url=https://www.en-zdv.uni-mainz.de/2023/05/30/software-onlyoffice-will-be-switched-to-the-open-source-version/ |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |language=en-GB}}

See also

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