In the previous article, we explored the importance of standards: how the unspoken agreements governing electrical sockets, paper sizes and file formats form the foundations of a world in which choices remain open and power is not concentrated in the hands…

We are releasing the quarterly updated State of the Project Slide Deck, based on data from July 1st, 2025, to June 30, 2026, extracted from the LibreOffice dashboard and the Matomo repository. During the 12 months 309 developers worked on the source code…

Members – more formally known as the “Board of Trustees” – are a crucial part of The Document Foundation, the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice. They are people from across the globe who contribute time, effort and skills, whether on a voluntary or paid…

LibreOffice 26.8 will be released as final at the end of August, 2026 ( Check the Release Plan ). LibreOffice 26.8 RC1 is the third pre-release since development of version 26.8 started at the beginning of December, 2025. Since the previous release, LibreOffice…

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Berlin, 23 July 2026 – The Document Foundation today announced the release of LibreOffice 26.2.5, the fifth maintenance update to the LibreOffice 26.2 branch. Building on the major feature release published on February 4, 2026, this update delivers targeted…

On 13 October 2026, Microsoft ends support for Office 2021. No more security updates, no more fixes, no more assurances. The software will still launch. It will still open your files. But from that date it becomes a liability rather than an asset — and the…

The question arises naturally for anyone who chooses the standard format over the proprietary one: why do office suites that use OOXML as their native format handle ODF in ways that range from poor to appalling? The two most obvious answers are these: vendors…

Today we’re talking to Karl-Heinz Gruner, who has been supporting the LibreOffice community at events in Germany and recently became a member of The Document Foundation, the non-profit behind the suite: Tell us a bit about yourself! I live in Middle Franconia…

LibreOffice extensions are optional, third-party addons for the suite, that add extra functionality. Bora Yarkın has been working on a new extension for LibreOffice Impress, so let’s hear from him about it… Tell us about it! The extension lets you control…

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 had one update in July: LibreOffice 26.2.5, the fifth maintenance update to the LibreOffice 26.2 branch. We also said…

A truly open document format requires free public availability, royalty-free standards, and no usage restrictions. Organizations like the Open Knowledge Foundation and the European Union use several core rules to guarantee long-term data access, system independence…

Many government departments around the world are moving away from vendor lock-in by tech giants, and switching to free and open source software like LibreOffice. This helps with privacy, security, and digital sovereignty. One such example is the Austrian…

This is the second part of our interview with the Bundesheer (see here for the first). At the LibreOffice Conference 2025, you showcased the new LibreOffice features sponsored by the Austrian Armed Forces. How did that come about? From the very beginning…