One week ago, we announced LibreOffice 26.8, our brand new major update. It’s full of new features, and has many improvements to compatibility and performance too. So, what has happened in the week since then? Let’s check out some statistics… 1,031,162 downloads This is the highest number of downloads in Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… We released LibreOffice 26.8, our latest major update, with tabbed UI improvements, professional typography, deeper support for the world’s writing systems, and no built-in artificial intelligence. Continue reading at the publisher's website.

On August 26 we released LibreOffice 26.8. Here’s a video highlighting some of the user-facing new features and improvements, with subtitle translations in over 25 languages, thanks to our worldwide community! (Note: the video is also available on PeerTube.) Please confirm that you want to play a YouTube video. By accepting, Continue reading at the publisher's website.

LibreOffice 26.8 is the first version to display a donation banner in the Launch Centre. This document explains the reasons behind this decision and provides information on The Document Foundation’s sustainability model. All figures are taken from the financial statements of The Document Foundation Stiftung, based in Berlin, and have Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Digital sovereignty is usually discussed in terms of where servers are located and which company holds the contract. Both matter less than the format in which documents are written. A document is not a piece of paper The habit of thinking of a digital document as a sheet of paper Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Berlin, 26 August 2026 – The Document Foundation today announced the availability of LibreOffice 26.8, the new major release of the free and open source office suite, for Windows, macOS and Linux. Development began in December 2025, and the release consolidates the work of 206 contributors, of whom 155 are Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Tell us a bit about yourself! My name is Rohan. I am currently in Berlin, Germany, and my background is in mechanical engineering and I have a master’s degree in sustainable mobility and robotics. I recently worked on my master’s thesis, where I used LibreOffice closely on macOS. That experience Continue reading at the publisher's website.

It has become a commonplace to describe the Microsoft 365 Ribbon as the finest office interface available — the most polished to look at and the most ergonomic to use. The claim is repeated so often that it tends to pass unexamined. It deserves examining, because hidden inside it is Continue reading at the publisher's website.