LibreOffice LibreOffice/core

Mature free office suite from The Document Foundation with Writer (documents), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw, Base and Math.

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LibreOffice at a glance

Checked 15 Oct 2026

LibreOffice is a mature desktop office suite (stable 26.8.1) for Windows, macOS and Linux; Writer, Calc and Impress cover Word, Excel and PowerPoint work. The GitHub repo is a read-only mirror (development happens on Gerrit), and it is current. Licensed MPL-2.0. A desktop app with no built-in online co-editing or cloud storage. The Document Foundation does not provide technical support; businesses can buy it from ecosystem partners.

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How much of Microsoft 365 does it replace?

3 of 5 jobs. Desktop suite covering Word, Excel and PowerPoint work; no built-in online co-editing or cloud storage. Feature parity not checked.

Spreadsheets (Excel) Partial replacement

Documents (Word) Partial replacement

Presentations (PowerPoint) Partial replacement

Real-time co-editing Not covered

Cloud storage and sync (OneDrive) Not covered

For real-time co-editing, cloud storage and sync (OneDrive), see other Microsoft 365 alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

Facts, with sources

Every answer links to where we found it. We read the documentation; we did not install it.

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Runs on my machine? Yes, desktop app is our latest stable release, including new features, performance improvements, fixes and more… libreoffice.org · download-libreoffice ↗ 1d ago

Code licence MPL-2.0 (weak copyleft, file-level); bundled components under various other open source licences LibreOffice is made available subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License v2.0 which is reproduced below. libreoffice.org · licenses ↗ 1d ago

Model weights licence No separate model weights github.com · core#readme ↗ 1d ago

Commercial use Yes, usable in business at no cost; MPL-2.0 conditions apply if you modify and distribute the code LibreOffice from The Document Foundation is great for home and small office users. libreoffice.org · libreoffice-in-business ↗ 1d ago

Paid services needed? None required; paid support is optional from ecosystem partners TDF does not provide technical support for the software; libreoffice.org · libreoffice-in-business ↗ 1d ago

Hardware 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended) and up to 1.5 GB disk on Windows; 512 MB RAM on macOS 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended) libreoffice.org · system-requirements ↗ 1d ago

Operating systems Windows 10/11 and Server 2012-2022, macOS 11+, Linux (kernel 4.18+) Windows Server 2012 through 2022, Windows 10 or 11 (LibreOffice is fully supported on Windows 11) libreoffice.org · system-requirements ↗ 1d ago

Setup effort Easy; installers for Windows and macOS, rpm and deb packages for Linux 26.8.1 Windows (x86-64) libreoffice.org · download-libreoffice ↗ 1d ago