Your private, free office suite

LibreOffice is a private, free and open source office suite – the successor project to OpenOffice.
It's compatible with Microsoft Office/365 files (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx) and is backed by a non-profit organisation.

Out now: LibreOffice 25.8

Interface improvements • New spreadsheet functions • Faster file loading

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Do something awesome! Join the Month of LibreOffice, November 2025

Love LibreOffice? Join the project and help to make it even better – get involved in the Month of LibreOffice, November 2025! Over the next four weeks, hundreds of people around the world will collaborate to improve the software – and you can help them. There are many ways to get involved, as you’ll see […]

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ODF format security: encryption, signatures and metadata management

Open Document Format (ODF) is an open standard for office documents – texts, spreadsheets, presentations and more – that is flexible and interoperable. As with any other digital format, its security is a key concern, as ODF files often contain sensitive information that, without adequate protection measures, can be exposed, tampered with or tracked. This […]

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QA/Dev Report: October 2025

General Activities LibreOffice 25.8.2 was announced on October 9 LibreOffice 25.2.7 was announced on October 30 Olivier Hallot (TDF) added help pages for R1C1 Calc formula syntax and DOI citation recognition and improved and updated help on dimension lines, form properties, master documents, command line operations,[…]

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2025-11-05 Wednesday

Sync with Dave, catch up with Tracie & Julie. Interview alongside Chris, catch up with an old friend, Lunch. Published the next strip around an project paying the complete maintenance bill: Sales team call, sync with Phlippe, discovered lots of older mail I'd somehow missed, processed it, more admin.

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