Stefan GüntherJan 21
LibreOffice
Stats time! 📊 Our "State of the #LibreOffice Project" for 2025 counts downloads, Git commits, Bugzilla submissions, translations Ask LibreOffice activity, and donations: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/01/21/state-of-the-project-2025/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware
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Show threadAdrian MoralesJan 21
@libreoffice I don't understand the downloads map. It's a single colour. I'm getting 0 info from it. 🤷‍♂️
Show threadLibreOfficeJan 21
@adrianmorales Hi! The darker shades are where more downloads are.
Show threadTariqJan 21

@libreoffice

I wonder why the least wealthy countries aren't downloading LibreOffice?

Is it because the technology to run LO isn't suitable? (I know mobiles are common, but computers not so much).

Is it because "free" tools like Google Docs is preferred, because there is nothing to install and it works wherever a browser works?

Is it because for most people, life just doesn't include using a computer based office productivity suite?

Something else?

Apologies for my ignorance on this matter.

Show threadgreenpepper22Jan 21

@rzeta0 @libreoffice it could be that the darker colored countries have higher populations generally, like Brazil and India aren’t the wealthiest countries but they do have very high populations and are darker colors.

As far as I can tell this graph is measuring raw numbers vs per capita, which is why high population countries like the US and Germany are fairly dark but I’d imagine LibreOffice is relatively unpopular vs microsoft products

Show threadWzzJan 22

@rzeta0

I think it's because most people in these countries don't even have their own computers

Show threadJakob Thoböll - R.I.P. NatenomJan 30
@rzeta0
My rough guesses:
- focus on mobile phones
- no resources (timewise e.g.) left to research on other than the default solutions.
@libreoffice
Show threadthepJan 31

@rzeta0 Short answer: Migration is costly.

The traditional Office has been everywhere for a long time. Full compatibility is required, including all prevailing bad practices. One effort in Thailand to migrate to LibreOffice is to educate users how to create good documents using styles in word processors, for example.
@libreoffice

Show threadCoqJan 21

@libreoffice
Do you have a map with downloads per capita?
China having a huuuge population, comparing it with Germany or France isn't really relevant of the roots of LibreOffice in each country.
Thanks!

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Show threadRadicalEcologistJan 30
@libreoffice
You might want to put a legend in a map like that, you know how we can be in the FOSS world 🤓
Show threadVelocifyerFeb 1
@libreoffice How do i interpret the map? Is there one with downloads/person? Does this include downloads from package managers? Are range requests counted as fractions? Are HEAD requests counted? What about requests with the current etag?