Open-source alternatives to Microsoft Office
2 open-source projects are offered as replacements for Microsoft Office. LibreOffice is the most starred. Running one yourself trades the subscription for your own hosting and upkeep, so the table below leads with what decides that trade: whether the project is alive, what its licence lets a business do, and whether there is a container command to start from.
Side by side
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LibreOffice | 4,533 | Active | Copyleft | ○ | C++ |
 OpenOffice | 1,254 | Active | Permissive | ○ | C++ |
Each one, briefly
- LibreOffice4,533 stars · copyleft · active
Read-only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead
Where this comes from
Which projects are offered against Microsoft Office comes from opensourcealternative.to, re-read weekly. Every figure in the table is read from the project’s own repository. We have not run these projects, and we hold no price for Microsoft Office. Browse every open-source alternative.