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LibreOfficeAnother update for today: We're planning to revive LibreOffice Online, a web-based version of the suite that users can deploy on their own infrastructure: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/24/libreoffice-online-a-fresh-start/
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stephen m ππΉπ΅πΈ@libreoffice This is great news!! And something that I have wanted for for so long. And yes I have used the other open source versions but felt that you all should lead the path :)
Simon Rolfmore@libreoffice fantastic news!
Michel PatriceSomething that doesnβt need to be integrated in Nextcloud or in something else would be greatly appreciated.
And live multi-user collaboration capability would be awesome.
Scott Williams π§@MichelPatrice @libreoffice You can run Collabora Office standalone. The Nextcloud integration just makes a lot of sense if you're after a Google Docs+Drive experience.
Deborah Preuss, pcc π¨π¦@deborahh @MichelPatrice @libreoffice That's essentially what you can already do now with CODE and Nextcloud. It'll be interesting to see how it if this diverges from CODE.
@vwbusguy @MichelPatrice @libreoffice I've never heard of CODE. Is that a publicly available cloud platform?
Sebastian Z@vwbusguy @MichelPatrice @libreoffice also throwing @protonprivacy Docs in here, functionally simplistic but lookwise amazing!
@sebzuen @MichelPatrice @libreoffice @protonprivacy Unless I'm missing something obvious, that doesn't appear to be LibreOffice based?
I'm not sure if you are replying to ma about Collabora, but my understanding is that Collabora is based on LibreOffice. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collabora second paragraph.)
I didn't know that it could run standalone. I installed it using Yunohost and self-hosting knowledge and capacities are somewhat limited.
@MichelPatrice Yeah, Collabora is based on libreoffice. I was replying to Sebastian who brought up Proton Docs and I didn't think that was.
Sam D@vwbusguy @MichelPatrice having tried to use proton docs to collaborate on household stuff with my wife, itβs very simple. Iβm not exactly sure why proton is reinventing the wheel here.
@vwbusguy
no true, Proton is not based on LibreOffice,
just got reminded because Drive+Docs were mentioned, but right, it doesnt fit here after all :))
no true, Proton is not based on LibreOffice,
just got reminded because Drive+Docs were mentioned, but right, it doesnt fit here after all :))
LC Wanderlust@sebzuen @vwbusguy @MichelPatrice @libreoffice @protonprivacy would be awesome to have import/export with OpenDocument formats from Proton docs/calc π₯°
Bobsee@libreoffice Thank you so much for what you do!
BΓΈrge@libreoffice Sounds very interesting and important right now! Please don't forget that what makes the Google office tools so hard to not use are the good tools for collaboration. That's what's needed!
cognitively accessible math@libreoffice Where do I send the money?
Carlos SolΓs
karlggest@libreoffice
Why don't use CODE?
Why don't use CODE?
Olivier@libreoffice I thought that was what Collabora was... How is Libre Office online going to differ from it?
@dacmot @libreoffice That's a good question, especially when the page links to a page that links to Collabora wrt commercial support.
Qole@vwbusguy @dacmot @libreoffice
I'm curious now too, will this be connected to Collabora? Will they be funding any of this work? It's honestly a good idea, if they are, pushing some of this infrastructure upstream...
I'm curious now too, will this be connected to Collabora? Will they be funding any of this work? It's honestly a good idea, if they are, pushing some of this infrastructure upstream...
@vwbusguy @dacmot @libreoffice
Yeah, Collabora MUST be involved in this somehow. Their homepage states, "We are the leading contributor to bringing LibreOffice based technology to the browser, the largest code contributor to LibreOffice, and have the largest team of certified LibreOffice developers."
Yeah, Collabora MUST be involved in this somehow. Their homepage states, "We are the leading contributor to bringing LibreOffice based technology to the browser, the largest code contributor to LibreOffice, and have the largest team of certified LibreOffice developers."
WestFox35@libreoffice If this comes to Nextcloud it would be very interesting.
Scott TrakkerIt's already there: it's called Nextcloud Office and it's perfect. It's a rebranding of Collabora Office and I guess LibreOffice Online will be the same.
@Scott_Trakker @libreoffice Competition is always good
It's not a competition: the company Colllabora is one of the driving forces behind LibreOffice. They are mentioned a lot in the release notes.
Raul Pallol π¦@libreoffice ππ»ππ»ππ»
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π¨βπ»@libreoffice @btp Is there any plans for Online to have a decent API for interfacing with other applications?
i.e. if Iβm hosting LibreOffice Online, would I be able to create and control a document from an external (web) application and direct a user there to edit?
If so, this might be a perfect solution for a project Iβve been working on! Interested to follow as this moves forward and see where it goesβ¦
Lobaluna@libreoffice We are very pleased with this decision. Much needed and wanted solution!
Breizh@libreoffice I would prefer a plugin that make collaboration possible in the native app instead. Because running a whole office suite in the browser just to do that is a waste of performances, memory, is slow and will probably be limited in terms of features (like Collabora is today)).
Or both even, so we could chose depending on what weβre doing, and on which PC, eventually, but making the web version the only way to have collaborative edition isβ¦ painful.
zivi@breizh @libreoffice were collaborative features ever mentioned here? a web version is a good thing irregardless
@zaire @libreoffice Well, thatβs the whole point, isnβt it. A web version is pointless otherwise, since itβs worse than the native version on everything.
I mean, from my point of view, even for this a web version is a bad idea, because thatβs the worst way of implementing collaborative features, but at least there is a point in this case.
@breizh @libreoffice the web platform is universal. everyone has a web browser. if thereβs a web version, you just open a url and are free to start using the software, no installation process, zero commitment; that has value, i think
@zaire @libreoffice But at what cost? Then you need to depends on someone that can install it, give up on privacy, and avoiding it need even more commitment. Installing software isnβt a big barrier, or at least, it shouldnβt.
The big companies, at the same time, made installing software harder and pushed their web version (eventually making it mandatory in some case).
Thatβs not because users wanted it, and we should fight it instead of following them.
Robert Nasarek
Chad McCullough@libreoffice Excellent news!
Paul@cmccullough @libreoffice Seconded...this looks like a really interesting project to follow.
MissConstrue
rhempel@libreoffice My Proxmox server eagerly awaits!
Elaine Baker@libreoffice how would this differ from collabora and nextcloud ? One thing which is needed is the ability to share a document publicly for comments but not for edits. NextCloud and Cryptpad don't offer that yet. It's the only feature that keeps me on google docs unfortunately.
Bill, organizer of stuff
James Creel@libreoffice I love me some LibreOffice. What an outstanding platform that just helps people and makes them happy! Have been a user for about a year now. Such a good product. C.f. FOSS, y'all.
BlueWinds@libreoffice Sweet! I was looking for something like this last year, and will definitely give it a try when I get a chance!
ambroisie@libreoffice is there any comparison with Collabora online?
IarlaiαΉ« π΅πΈ@libreoffice Great news! I hope this becomes easy to deploy too. Not the responsibility of LibreOffice necessarily, just that I hope it will be available via Docker / YunoHost / Snapcraft etc.
John Rockefeller@libreoffice It's been refreshing to work offline with actual, native, local desktop apps after being part of the web 2.0 generation for so long. I don't think I'll ever go back to using cloud office tools except where required. However, there is clearly a market for this sort of thing, and so, congratulations!
mymy_forever@libreoffice I approve but it should be payed because you can support the project with the money and users get a good product out of it . Looks about the same as what only office does
River@theoneisrightlad @libreoffice technically, they're just creating the hostable software, but not managing the liability of hosting it. Looks like they're hoping some other orgs will take up the helm, offering competitive pricing for folks.
Seems like not a bad middle ground. I'm hoping something good pops up so I can recommend it to my non-techy friends.
Chaddicus@libreoffice fantastic news! Having another foss option for online office suite will do wonders for competition and security in the space
Ondrej Zizka@libreoffice Great news! Everything moves to web anyway and a competion to Google Suite is much needed.
Toni Aittoniemi
Chris Burgess
William Johnson@libreoffice Cool! Would be interesting to try the web version on my own server and see how convenient it is compared to the desktop version
Hostsharing eG@libreoffice Happy to hear that.