LibreOffice
@libreoffice
Free, private and open source office suite – the successor to OpenOffice. But also a worldwide community! Backed by The Document Foundation (@tdforg.bsky.social).
Update time: #LibreOffice 26.2.5 is now available. This is the fifth maintenance release in our current stable branch, recommended for all users: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07... #foss #opensource #freesoftware
New paid position at The Document Foundation, the non-profit that coordinates the LibreOffice project – We are a looking for a Marketing and Communication Professional (full-time, remote): blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
We're getting very close to #LibreOffice 26.8, our next major release! The first release candidate is now available, for testing: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/07/22/l... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
Say hello to the new members at The Document Foundation, the non-profit behind LibreOffice: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07... – And if you contribute to the project too, join us 😊 #foss #openSource #freesoftware
Many improvements, fixes and code cleanups are coming to #LibreOffice, thanks to our worldwide community! Here's what they did in June: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/07/15/q... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
This has been possible for years. Right-click the column or row header and choose "Delete Columns" or "Delete Rows".
Our next major update is coming! #LibreOffice 26.8 will be released in August, with many new features, improvements and fixes. Help our community to test the first beta version: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/07/08/l... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
Governments around the world are moving to free software and open standards. Learn how The Document Foundation, the non-profit behind LibreOffice, supports efforts to get away from vendor lock-in: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07...
In June, we had an update to #LibreOffice, revised guidebooks, new videos, advocacy of open document standards, and more: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
One of the many new features coming in #LibreOffice 26.8, our next major release (due in August): the Word Count dialog now shows stats for before and after the cursor. Thanks to Tien Nguyen Minh for adding this! wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
Open Document Format is a vital component of freedom. Learn about the invisible architecture of lock-in – the layering of dependencies: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
But it is in the dictionary. At least in some platforms. You didn't say what operating system, you're using, but in some cases (eg on Linux) the dictionary is provided by the Linux distro rather than LibreOffice itself, and is beyond our control..
#LibreOffice's marketing team spreads the word about the software (and the community behind it). Here's what they did in 2025: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
#LibreOffice downloads are growing, year over year. (Well, 2019 was an outlier, when bots tried to befriend us.) Learn more in our Annual Report: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
Coming up in #LibreOffice 26.8, our next major release (in August): Draft writing mode in Writer. This removes all other elements, letting you concentrate on the text. Thanks to László Németh for implementing this feature! wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
#LibreOffice isn't just software – it's a worldwide community of people. Join us at events around the world! Here's a recap of what we did in 2025: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
Improvements are coming to #LibreOffice's tabbed user interface, in our next major update, due in August! Big thanks to our Design community for working on them. (Of course, the menu+toolbar interface option isn't going away 😉) #foss #opensource #freesoftware
Coming up in #LibreOffice 26.8, our next major release (due in August): the border toolbar button in Calc is now a split button that remembers and reapplies the most recently used border style. Thanks to Andreas Heinisch for implementing this feature! #foss #openSource #freesoftware
Big new documentation update for #LibreOffice! Thanks to the volunteers who made it happen: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06... #foss #opensource #freesoftware
In May, the #LibreOffice community worked on new features, improvements to existing features, and bugfixes in the suite: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/06/12/q... #foss #opensource #freesoftware
If between 2006 and 2008 everyone had done their part, today there would be a single open, multi-vendor interoperability standard for office documents – our ODF – governed neutrally and implemented by all: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05...
#LibreOffice is a desktop application, and we will continue making it! But we have constant requests for web and mobile versions, so here is our updated plan: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05... #foss #opensource #freesoftware
Hi! They definitely aren't the same. OpenOffice's last major update was in 2014, and development has mostly stopped since then, apart from some minor updates. (It now has unfixed security issues: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_... ) LibreOffice has all of these new features, and more...
LibreOffice is free thanks to your donations. Here's how your support helps us to improve the software and grow the community that makes it 😊 libreoffice.org/donate/
New feature coming in #LibreOffice 26.8, in August: keyboard shortcuts can be configured for individual documents (and saved in them). This feature was added by Neil Roberts, who recently joined the TDF team: wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
What specific complaints do users have? Have you tried the tabbed user interface option (via View > User Interface in the menu)?
Join us at the #LibreOffice Conference 2026 in Pordenone, Italy! Give a talk about what you're doing in the project, or how you're using the software – the Call for Papers is still open: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03... #foss #opensource #freesoftware
New features are coming in #LibreOffice 26.8, our next major release! Tamás Zolnai has added an option to display the baseline grid for page line-spacing in Writer, and the colour is customisable: wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes... #foss #opensource #freesoftware
#LibreOffice has a new website! Many thanks to the volunteers who helped to implement it. You can help us to improve it further, and translate it into languages you know: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05... #foss #opensource #freesoftware
#LibreOffice isn't just software – it's a worldwide community of people working on design, documentation, marketing, localisation and other topics. And you can meet us at local events! We were at the Augsburger Linux-Infotag on Saturday: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05...