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    LibreOffice

    Free and open-source office productivity suite managed by The Document Foundation.

    DEGermany·Founded 2010
    Headquarters
    🇩🇪Germany
    Data Hosting
    EU-based
    Structure
    Independent
    Compliance
    ▣GDPR◆EU HQ▦EU Data

    LibreOffice key facts

    Last updated
    Legal entity
    The Document Foundation
    Headquarters
    Germany (DE)
    Ownership
    Part of The Document Foundation
    Founded
    2010
    Infrastructure
    Self-hosted (Desktop Software)
    Open source
    No
    US Cloud Act exposure
    Low (no US parent)
    Replaces
    Microsoft Office 365, Google Workspace, Apache OpenOffice, Microsoft 365

    About LibreOffice

    LibreOffice is a powerful, free, and open-source personal productivity suite, giving you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math, and Base. It is the successor to OpenOffice.org and is developed by a large community of contributors under the leadership of The Document Foundation, a German non-profit foundation. The suite uses the OpenDocument Format (ODF) as its native format but is highly compatible with Microsoft Office formats. Because it is locally installed software, it provides a high degree of digital sovereignty and privacy, as no data is sent to a central cloud provider by default. It is available in over 110 languages and runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    Alternative to

    Microsoft Office 365Google WorkspaceApache OpenOfficeMicrosoft 365

    Hosting & Security

    Infrastructure

    Self-hosted (Desktop Software)

    Key Features

    Writer (Word Processing)
    Calc (Spreadsheets)
    Impress (Presentations)
    Draw (Vector Graphics)
    Base (Database Management)
    Math (Formula Editor)
    Support for OpenDocument Format (ODF)
    Microsoft Office file compatibility

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