LibreOffice is a desktop application, but we get many requests for a web-based version of the suite that users can deploy on their own infrastructure. Several years ago, project members started to develop LibreOffice Online, but in 2022 the Board of Directors at The Document Foundation voted to freeze the Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Berlin, 19 February 2026 – LibreOffice 25.8.5, the fifth update to the FOSS office suite [1] developed by volunteers for personal productivity in office environments on Windows, MacOS and Linux, has landed at www.libreoffice.org/download. LibreOffice 25.8.5 is based on the highly robust LibreOffice technology platform, which supports the development of Continue reading at the publisher's website.

The LibreOffice community was at FOSDEM 2026, to talk to users, answer questions, and encourage people to join the project. And we had merch: Please confirm that you want to play a YouTube video. By accepting, you will be accessing content from YouTube, a service provided by an external third party. Continue reading at the publisher's website.

17 February 2026 marks the 14th anniversary of The Document Foundation’s recognition as a non-profit organisation under German law. The foundation is focused on developing free and open-source software for individual productivity. This focus has guided the development of LibreOffice and the software tools for liberating proprietary formats released by Continue reading at the publisher's website.

LibreOffice is free software – but “free” is about way more than just being zero-cost. It’s about giving users fundamental freedoms in how they run, share, study and improve their software and computers – giving control back to them. For example, the source code for LibreOffice – that is, the Continue reading at the publisher's website.