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Heavy drama in the open-source world of...

...Office Document Software.

Nextcloud, originally a fork of ownCloud, has launched Euro-Office, a fork of OnlyOffice (pissing off OnlyOffice). Collabora is weighing in and issuing comments against both OnlyOffice and Euro-Office while, itself, forking Collabora Office Desktop from the Document Foundation's LibreOffice. Document Foundation has now resumed LibreOffice Online which competes against Euro-Office and OnlyOffice.

(I think I've got all that right 😅 Correct me if I haven't! 😂)

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 I unironically love this!!!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Document software may appear boring on its face, but Microsoft Office is a big reason why folks still stay with Microsoft OS and don't (can't...) move to Linux. MS Office 365 is often used as a bridge to allow folks to move to Linux while still using Microsoft products in the browser but that solution still keeps them tied to closed source solutions.

Development of Free and Open Sourced Software (FOSS) office products, both desktop apps and online web apps, is a core and key element to allowing FOSS solutions to thrive - both for individuals and organizations.

This level of drama and fighting is indicative of a lot of effort and attention being thrown into this arena. I'm confident over time it'll settle and different projects will merge back together or at the very least borrow and build upon each's efforts.

Read and get your fill of the drama here: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/eurooffice_forks_onlyoffice/

#FOSS #digitalSovereignty #installParty #Linux #diDay

Forking frenzy ensues after Euro-Office launch sparks OnlyOffice backlash

: Meanwhile, Collabora splits from LibreOffice Online amid claims TDF ejected 'all Collabora staff and partners'

The Register

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Simon Michalke

@tinker

The devs from onlyoffice went down a dark path a while ago by trying to stop people from self Hosting without paying for support. I also gave up on onlyoffice due to the infamous document deletion bug when syncing back to NC.

However the useability of onlyoffice vs collabora was always better. If NC pulls this off and fix thw bugs, then we finally have a proper FOSS alternative.

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@simon_m @tinker I am self hosting collabora office and that works well.

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Simon Michalke 8h ago

@f4grx @tinker

Check if the changes are synchronized to Nextcloud by looking at the last updated date. I would suggest to enforce periodic syncing inside the onlyoffice settings (after saving all documents you have had opened!!!). This way you realize the issue immediately and not after days or months.

The bug mainly happens with group folders as far as I know. You can edit a document for *months* and not realizing that the updates are not on the nextcloud server. And a restart of onlyoffice or an update then wipes the cache.