As promised, we are releasing the updated State of the Project Slide Deck, based on data extracted from the LibreOffice dashboard and the Matomo repository. During the 12 months 295 developers worked on the source code, adding 11.098 new commits (Git): 221 volunteer developers (75%) provided 1.871 commits (17%); 8 Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Continuing our mission to provide the best LibreOffice documentation for our end users, the Documentation Team is proud to announce the release of the latest Writer Guide for LibreOffice 26.2. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, this guide covers all aspects of the LibreOffice Writer module—from creating simple one-page Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Meritocracy is one of the founding principles of the free and open-source software movement. It is also one of the most controversial terms, and the gap between the different meanings people attribute to it is, in some projects, a source of real and damaging conflict. Let us analyse the meaning Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Ideally, we would have preferred to avoid this post. However, the articles and comments published in response to Collabora’s and Michael Meeks’ biased posts compel us to provide this background information on the events that led to the current situation. Unfortunately, we have to start from the very beginning, but Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Euro-Office’s announcement – which sees IONOS, Nextcloud and other companies coming together to create a European alternative to office productivity software – has predictably sparked a wave of comments. Most of these focus on the issue of licensing: is the code open source? Who controls the repository? What are the Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Many people have asked The Document Foundation for its official position on what Collabora announced in a blog post. This is not the first announcement of this kind in FLOSS environments, nor will it be the last. Collabora feels that it has to invest in a specific product that differs Continue reading at the publisher's website.

The announcement of the Euro-Office is welcome news. The coalition is credible, the governance is sound and the timing is perfect. Europe needs office software, and The Document Foundation is delighted to see such significant players allocating resources to make it happen. However, we have a question. It is not Continue reading at the publisher's website.

The door to digital sovereignty is open, please come in For decades, a community of developers, activists, researchers and public officials has quietly worked on the idea that free and open-source software based on open standards is not only the best technical choice, but also the only one compatible with Continue reading at the publisher's website.

The LibreOffice documentation team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Calc Guide 26.2. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, this guide covers all aspects of the LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet module—from creating simple shopping lists to performing advanced data analysis and complex calculations. “We examine the Calc Continue reading at the publisher's website.

The Document Foundation, the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice, has a new developer in its team. Neil Roberts started work this month and will initially focus on LibreOffice’s scripting support. Let’s hear from him… Tell us a bit about yourself! I’m from the UK but I escaped to France after the Continue reading at the publisher's website.