Open-source alternatives to Office Online
5 open-source projects are offered as replacements for Office Online. CryptPad 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CryptPad | 8,013 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | JavaScript |
 Hedgedoc | 7,485 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | TypeScript |
 ONLYOFFICE | 7,031 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | Shell |
 Colabora Online | 3,380 | Active | Not identified | ○ | Shell |
 Graphite Docs | 605 | Quiet | Copyleft | ○ | JavaScript |
Each one, briefly
- CryptPad8,013 stars · network copyleft · active
Collaborative office suite, end-to-end encrypted and open-source.
Also replaces Google Docs
- Hedgedoc7,485 stars · network copyleft · active
HedgeDoc - Ideas grow better together
Also replaces Google Docs
- ONLYOFFICE7,031 stars · network copyleft · active
ONLYOFFICE Docs is a free collaborative online office suite comprising viewers and editors for texts, spreadsheets and presentations, forms and PDF, fully compatible with Office Open XML formats: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and enabling collaborative editing in real time.
Also replaces Google Docs
- Colabora Online3,380 stars · not identified · active
Issue tracker only. Active development is on Gerrit at https://gerrit.collaboraoffice.com/.
Also replaces Google Docs
- Graphite Docs605 stars · copyleft · quiet
Encrypted, secure, user-owned productivity suite
Also replaces Google Docs
Where this comes from
Which projects are offered against Office Online 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 Office Online. Browse every open-source alternative.