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Why Pay for ‘Free’ Software?

Open source is “free”—so why do serious teams pay for it? In this episode, Eloy Crespo breaks down the real value behind paid open-source offerings:

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An Interview with Bayram: From the University Library to Global Code

  • Community

Welcome to our interview series, where we chat with the passionate people behind the Collabora Online code. Collabora Online is made possible by the worldwide

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Beyond New Features: The Unsung Work Behind Long-Term Support

  • Collabora Online, Integrators, Support

When we released Collabora Online 22.05, it marked a major step forward – a new design, LanguageTool integration, and a performance boost across the board.

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An Interview with Luna: How Localisation Builds a Global Community

  • Community

Welcome to our interview series, where we chat with the passionate people behind the Collabora Online code. Collabora Online is made possible by the worldwide

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Why The Netherlands are Leading the Open Source Movement

“True digital sovereignty can only exist when you combine open source and open standards. Full stop.” The Dutch are known for building dikes and canals

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A Brief History of File Formats: DOC vs DOCX vs ODF…

  • Collabora Office, Collabora Online, Integrators, Support

Save As? TL;DRWhen you click “Save As” in your favourite word processor, you probably don’t think too much about the file format. Yet file formats

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Ideals to Entrapment: A UK Government Case Study of How Not to Run IT Infrastructure

  • Case Study, Collabora Online

We’ve just worked through the CMA’s 637-page Final decision report (and a few appendices!) on the UK cloud infrastructure market. It’s packed with genuinely interesting

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How The German Government is Planning for an Open Future

  • Case Study, Collabora Online, Events

Launching openDesk 1.0 at the Smart Country Convention After previously speaking about our involvement in the openDesk project here, we were very excited to attend

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New Features in 2 Weeks? A Success Story of Productive Pivoting Spreadsheets

  • Case Study, Features, Support

At Collabora Productivity, we like to be productive by name and by nature. One recent feature fix for Danish insurance company – balticfinance, has shown

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Empowering Education with Collabora Online: A Case Study

  • Case Study, Collabora Online, Europe

During the global pandemic, the Friedrich-List-Gemeinschaftsschule in Mössingen, Germany, seamlessly embraced the challenge of transitioning to online learning. Throughout this process, privacy, reliability, and accessibility

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CODE 25.04 Release

  • CODE, Features, Releases

The next major release of Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) is here! This release focuses on automation, security, and precision, introducing key improvements like Autotext

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Introducing CODE 24.04: Enhancing Performance, Interoperability, and Accessibility

  • CODE, Features, Press Release

Introducing Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) 24.04: Enhancing Performance, Interoperability, and Accessibility Cambridge, 23 April 2024 – We are happy to announce the new major

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CODE & Collabora Online 23.05.4 Released with New Font and QR Code Features

  • CODE, Collabora Online, Features

They say time waits for no man, and that’s certainly the case at Collabora. Our latest update to Collabora Online Development Edition has now been

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CODE 23.05 Released, Empowering Users with Enhanced Productivity and Collaboration Features

  • CODE, Press Release

→ Read about the latest update, CODE 24.04 ← Collabora Productivity Unveils Highly Anticipated Update to CODE (Collabora Online Development Edition), Empowering Users with Enhanced

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CODE 22.05 Released with Powerful New Features like Grammar Checks, Sparklines and “Jumbo Spreadsheets”

  • CODE, Press Release

→ Read about the latest update, CODE 24.04 ← This New Major Release Brings Grammar Checking, Giant Spreadsheets and Performance Wins Cambridge, June 29, 2022

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Connecting Collabora Online built-in CODE Server with Nginx

  • CODE, Collabora Online

When you are using a Nginx server, you need to do a small modification to your existing configuration. For the Collabora Online app to work,

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A Brief History of File Formats: DOC vs DOCX vs ODF…

  • Collabora Office, Collabora Online, Integrators, Support

Save As? TL;DRWhen you click “Save As” in your favourite word processor, you probably don’t think too much about the file format. Yet file formats

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Collabora Productivity Contributions in LibreOffice 25.8

  • Collabora Office, Collabora Online, Community, Features

At Collabora Productivity, we’re passionate about open source and delighted to see the steady progress of LibreOffice, the world’s most powerful free office suite. LibreOffice

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Collabora Office 25.04 – Powering Productive, Private, and Fast Desktop Editing

  • Collabora Office, Features, Press Release, Releases

While Collabora Online is our flagship product – delivering best-in-class, in-browser collaborative document editing – we know that working offline remains a key requirement for

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Collabora Office 24.04 is Here, Keeping You Productive on your Desktop and Online

  • Collabora Office, Features, Press Release

Bringing the latest improvements from your browser to your desktop We are happy to announce the new major release of Collabora Office 24.04. Collabora Office

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Collabora Office 23.05.6 Introduces STYLEREF and Advanced Header/Footer Functionality

  • Collabora Office, Features

Our latest and greatest version of Collabora Office is now ready for your document editing needs. Bringing ever-increasing interoperability with Microsoft Office, further advanced options

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Collabora Office 23.05 Unveils Exciting New Features, Empowering Users with Enhanced Productivity and Interoperability Features

  • Collabora Office, Press Release

→ Read about the latest update, Collabora Office 24.04 ← The new Collabora Office 23.05 brings more features, improved performance and increased interoperability Cambridge, August

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Beyond New Features: The Unsung Work Behind Long-Term Support

  • Collabora Online, Integrators, Support

When we released Collabora Online 22.05, it marked a major step forward – a new design, LanguageTool integration, and a performance boost across the board.

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A Brief History of File Formats: DOC vs DOCX vs ODF…

  • Collabora Office, Collabora Online, Integrators, Support

Save As? TL;DRWhen you click “Save As” in your favourite word processor, you probably don’t think too much about the file format. Yet file formats

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A Friendlier, Faster Collabora Online – Part II

  • Collabora Online, Features

1,000,000 Data Points for an Update? Check out Part I here TL;DRIn response to user feedback, we’ve made the Collabora Online interface more discoverable and

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A Friendlier, Faster Collabora Online – Part I

  • Collabora Online, Features

Our Biggest UI/UX Refresh Yet Check out Part II here TL;DRWe’re shipping some serious UI/UX improvements designed to feel intuitive, reduce menu-diving, and help you

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Ideals to Entrapment: A UK Government Case Study of How Not to Run IT Infrastructure

  • Case Study, Collabora Online

We’ve just worked through the CMA’s 637-page Final decision report (and a few appendices!) on the UK cloud infrastructure market. It’s packed with genuinely interesting

...

Collabora Productivity Contributions in LibreOffice 25.8

  • Collabora Office, Collabora Online, Community, Features

At Collabora Productivity, we’re passionate about open source and delighted to see the steady progress of LibreOffice, the world’s most powerful free office suite. LibreOffice

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An Interview with Bayram: From the University Library to Global Code

  • Community

Welcome to our interview series, where we chat with the passionate people behind the Collabora Online code. Collabora Online is made possible by the worldwide

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An Interview with Luna: How Localisation Builds a Global Community

  • Community

Welcome to our interview series, where we chat with the passionate people behind the Collabora Online code. Collabora Online is made possible by the worldwide

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An Interview with Banobe: A Culture of Mentorship

  • Community

Welcome to our interview series, where we chat with the passionate people behind the Collabora Online code. Collabora Online is made possible by the worldwide

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Collabora Productivity Contributions in LibreOffice 25.8

  • Collabora Office, Collabora Online, Community, Features

At Collabora Productivity, we’re passionate about open source and delighted to see the steady progress of LibreOffice, the world’s most powerful free office suite. LibreOffice

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An Interview with Darshan: A Journey Into Open Source

  • Community

Welcome to our interview series, where we chat with the passionate people behind the Collabora Online code. Collabora Online is made possible by the worldwide

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COOL Days 2025: A Bridge-Building Blast in Budapest

  • Collabora Online, Community, Events, News, Partners

From Monday 2nd to Wednesday 4th June, our annual COOL Days conference brought the Collabora Online community together in beautiful Budapest, and we’re still buzzing

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COOL Days 2025: A Bridge-Building Blast in Budapest

  • Collabora Online, Community, Events, News, Partners

From Monday 2nd to Wednesday 4th June, our annual COOL Days conference brought the Collabora Online community together in beautiful Budapest, and we’re still buzzing

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Why Attend Conferences?

  • Collabora Online, Community, Events

What We Learned from a Week in Paris & Munich​ At Collabora Productivity, we don’t just develop great open-source solutions – we actively engage with

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A Whirlwind Weekend of Open Source: FOSDEM and EU Open Source Policy Summit

  • Community, Events

We had an incredibly busy weekend immersed in the world of Open Source, attending both the EU Open Source Policy Summit and FOSDEM in Brussels!

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What We Achieved Together in 2024

  • Collabora Online, Community, Events, Features, News, Partners

Going into the second decade of our life, we are enjoying the fruits of many years’ hard work, quality partnerships, wonderful customers, and continual improvement.

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Bringing Collabora Online to the World

  • Community, Events, Partners

With partners and users around the world, Collabora Online is a global solution, allowing any and all to take control of their documents and data.

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How The German Government is Planning for an Open Future

  • Case Study, Collabora Online, Events

Launching openDesk 1.0 at the Smart Country Convention After previously speaking about our involvement in the openDesk project here, we were very excited to attend

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A Friendlier, Faster Collabora Online – Part II

  • Collabora Online, Features

1,000,000 Data Points for an Update? Check out Part I here TL;DRIn response to user feedback, we’ve made the Collabora Online interface more discoverable and

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A Friendlier, Faster Collabora Online – Part I

  • Collabora Online, Features

Our Biggest UI/UX Refresh Yet Check out Part II here TL;DRWe’re shipping some serious UI/UX improvements designed to feel intuitive, reduce menu-diving, and help you

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Collabora Productivity Contributions in LibreOffice 25.8

  • Collabora Office, Collabora Online, Community, Features

At Collabora Productivity, we’re passionate about open source and delighted to see the steady progress of LibreOffice, the world’s most powerful free office suite. LibreOffice

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11,780 Commits Later: The Journey from 22.05 to 25.04!

  • Collabora Online, Features, News, Releases

What a Difference 3 Years Makes TL;DRCollabora Online 22.05 has reached end-of-support. In the three years since it was released, we’ve shipped 11,780 commits across

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Work Smarter with AutoText in Collabora Online

  • Collabora Online, Features

Tired of retyping the same phrases, boilerplate text, or technical terms? With AutoText in Collabora Online, you can save and instantly reuse commonly used snippets

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Collabora Office 25.04 – Powering Productive, Private, and Fast Desktop Editing

  • Collabora Office, Features, Press Release, Releases

While Collabora Online is our flagship product – delivering best-in-class, in-browser collaborative document editing – we know that working offline remains a key requirement for

...

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Beyond New Features: The Unsung Work Behind Long-Term Support

  • Collabora Online, Integrators, Support

When we released Collabora Online 22.05, it marked a major step forward – a new design, LanguageTool integration, and a performance boost across the board.

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A Brief History of File Formats: DOC vs DOCX vs ODF…

  • Collabora Office, Collabora Online, Integrators, Support

Save As? TL;DRWhen you click “Save As” in your favourite word processor, you probably don’t think too much about the file format. Yet file formats

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The Hidden Complexity of Office Security

  • Integrators

That’s a nice attack surface, it’d be a shame if someone hacked it… What appears to be straightforward functionality – upload a document, edit together,

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Why Office Suites are Hard to Develop

  • Integrators

At Collabora Online we say don’t redevelop the wheel, integrate it! The temptation is real, modern browser technologies offer such a rich baseline of functionality

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3 Ways Collabora Online Secures your Document Containers

  • Collabora Online, Integrators

Ensuring the utmost security of your documents and data is paramount. Collabora Online, a powerful document editing solution, goes above and beyond to fortify your

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Losing Control: Does Your Browser-Based Editor Bypass Security?

  • Collabora Online, Integrators

Updated 31st October 2025 Developers must never rely on client-side access control checks. While such checks may be permissible for improving the user experience, they

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Collabora Office 25.04 for Mobile – Fast, Friendly, and Feature-Filled

  • Features, Mobile, Press Release, Releases

The latest release of Collabora Office 25.04 for Android, iOS and ChromeOS brings powerful document editing and viewing to your fingertips, backed by the same

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Fixing a critical loadurl performance issue under Android

  • Mobile, Support

TL;DR Stalls in document loading were traced back to issues with the long-string handling abilities of Android’s Webview loadUrl method. Implementing an alternative websocket-based approach

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Collabora Office 24.04 for Mobile

  • Features, Mobile

All the latest features in your pocket Following on from our latest releases for Collabora Online in your browser and Collabora Office for desktop, we are

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New Release for your Pocket – Collabora Office for Mobile 23.05

  • Mobile, Press Release

Powerful Office Productivity in Your Pocket Cambridge, September 21, 2023 – Today we are pleased to announce the availability of a new major release of

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Collabora Office for mobile now available on F-Droid

  • Mobile

The updated release of Collabora Office for Android and iOS now supports opening password protected documents and is available for F-Droid. Thus the open source

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Collabora brings smooth editing to Android and iOS

  • Mobile

Cambridge, February 27th, 2020, 12:00 CET – Today we are releasing Collabora Office for Android and iOS which will allow you to edit documents directly

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11,780 Commits Later: The Journey from 22.05 to 25.04!

  • Collabora Online, Features, News, Releases

What a Difference 3 Years Makes TL;DRCollabora Online 22.05 has reached end-of-support. In the three years since it was released, we’ve shipped 11,780 commits across

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COOL Days 2025: A Bridge-Building Blast in Budapest

  • Collabora Online, Community, Events, News, Partners

From Monday 2nd to Wednesday 4th June, our annual COOL Days conference brought the Collabora Online community together in beautiful Budapest, and we’re still buzzing

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Buying Open Source Safely

  • News

The Open Source Business Alliance (OSBA) is Europe’s largest network of companies and organisations developing, building and using Open Source software. Today they released their

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What We Achieved Together in 2024

  • Collabora Online, Community, Events, Features, News, Partners

Going into the second decade of our life, we are enjoying the fruits of many years’ hard work, quality partnerships, wonderful customers, and continual improvement.

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10 Years of Partnership with Adfinis

  • News

TL;DR: Together with Adfinis, we are celebrating a decade of partnership rooted in providing high-quality, privacy-respecting, open-source solutions. Our collaboration has led to significant achievements,

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Thank you for a great 2023!

  • Community, News

Thank You for Everything We Achieved Together in 2023 🤝 At the end of the year, we like to look back at what we have

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COOL Days 2025: A Bridge-Building Blast in Budapest

  • Collabora Online, Community, Events, News, Partners

From Monday 2nd to Wednesday 4th June, our annual COOL Days conference brought the Collabora Online community together in beautiful Budapest, and we’re still buzzing

...

What We Achieved Together in 2024

  • Collabora Online, Community, Events, Features, News, Partners

Going into the second decade of our life, we are enjoying the fruits of many years’ hard work, quality partnerships, wonderful customers, and continual improvement.

...

Bringing Collabora Online to the World

  • Community, Events, Partners

With partners and users around the world, Collabora Online is a global solution, allowing any and all to take control of their documents and data.

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Empowering Education with Collabora Online: A Case Study

  • Case Study, Collabora Online, Europe

During the global pandemic, the Friedrich-List-Gemeinschaftsschule in Mössingen, Germany, seamlessly embraced the challenge of transitioning to online learning. Throughout this process, privacy, reliability, and accessibility

...

See All

Collabora Office 25.04 – Powering Productive, Private, and Fast Desktop Editing

  • Collabora Office, Features, Press Release, Releases

While Collabora Online is our flagship product – delivering best-in-class, in-browser collaborative document editing – we know that working offline remains a key requirement for

...

Collabora Office 25.04 for Mobile – Fast, Friendly, and Feature-Filled

  • Features, Mobile, Press Release, Releases

The latest release of Collabora Office 25.04 for Android, iOS and ChromeOS brings powerful document editing and viewing to your fingertips, backed by the same

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COOL 25.04 – Bringing the Latest in Collaborative Office Productivity

  • Collabora Online, Features, Press Release, Releases

Watch the video above for a quick run through the latest features! Collabora Online 25.04 is our major annual release, and the culmination of a

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Collabora and allotropia merge

  • Press Release

This deal unites the largest team of corporate Office engineers to deliver on Collabora Productivity’s mission to restore Digital Sovereignty to its users, while making

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PRESS RELEASE: Office Suite Collabora Online and File Management Solution OpenCloud Announce Strategic Partnership

  • Press Release

Berlin/Cambridge, 23 January 2025 – Collabora Online, one of the leading open source office suites for digital collaboration, and OpenCloud, the new open source solution

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Collabora Office 24.04 is Here, Keeping You Productive on your Desktop and Online

  • Collabora Office, Features, Press Release

Bringing the latest improvements from your browser to your desktop We are happy to announce the new major release of Collabora Office 24.04. Collabora Office

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11,780 Commits Later: The Journey from 22.05 to 25.04!

  • Collabora Online, Features, News, Releases

What a Difference 3 Years Makes TL;DRCollabora Online 22.05 has reached end-of-support. In the three years since it was released, we’ve shipped 11,780 commits across

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Collabora Office 25.04 – Powering Productive, Private, and Fast Desktop Editing

  • Collabora Office, Features, Press Release, Releases

While Collabora Online is our flagship product – delivering best-in-class, in-browser collaborative document editing – we know that working offline remains a key requirement for

...

Collabora Office 25.04 for Mobile – Fast, Friendly, and Feature-Filled

  • Features, Mobile, Press Release, Releases

The latest release of Collabora Office 25.04 for Android, iOS and ChromeOS brings powerful document editing and viewing to your fingertips, backed by the same

...

COOL 25.04 – Bringing the Latest in Collaborative Office Productivity

  • Collabora Online, Features, Press Release, Releases

Watch the video above for a quick run through the latest features! Collabora Online 25.04 is our major annual release, and the culmination of a

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CODE 25.04 Release

  • CODE, Features, Releases

The next major release of Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) is here! This release focuses on automation, security, and precision, introducing key improvements like Autotext

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Why Impress is the best PowerPoint Alternative

  • Collabora Online, Releases

With Collabora Online Impress, users enjoy a seamless, professional presentation experience that stands as a secure and quality alternative to other proprietary office suites. Taking

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Beyond New Features: The Unsung Work Behind Long-Term Support

  • Collabora Online, Integrators, Support

When we released Collabora Online 22.05, it marked a major step forward – a new design, LanguageTool integration, and a performance boost across the board.

...

A Brief History of File Formats: DOC vs DOCX vs ODF…

  • Collabora Office, Collabora Online, Integrators, Support

Save As? TL;DRWhen you click “Save As” in your favourite word processor, you probably don’t think too much about the file format. Yet file formats

...

Fixing a critical loadurl performance issue under Android

  • Mobile, Support

TL;DR Stalls in document loading were traced back to issues with the long-string handling abilities of Android’s Webview loadUrl method. Implementing an alternative websocket-based approach

...

New Features in 2 Weeks? A Success Story of Productive Pivoting Spreadsheets

  • Case Study, Features, Support

At Collabora Productivity, we like to be productive by name and by nature. One recent feature fix for Danish insurance company – balticfinance, has shown

...

Why LibreOffice Certification Matters

  • News, Support

The new certification programme, announced on Wednesday by the Document Foundation (TDF), for professionals who train and migrate to LibreOffice as a service, is a

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Collabora Online Releases

  • Uncategorized

Supported versions 21.11 Release notes 22.05 Release notes 23.05 Release notes 24.04 Release notes

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How to Manage Bibliographic Data With Zotero and Collabora Online

  • Uncategorized

  Collabora Online & Zotero Zotero is an open-source reference management software allowing users to manage bibliographic data and related research materials. It allows users

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Talks and Slides by Collabora Productivity at FOSDEM 2023

  • Uncategorized

FOSDEM 2023 – The Talks and Slides from the Collabora Productivity Team FOSDEM has returned to Brussels! It was great meeting again in person on

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Collabora Productivity at FOSDEM 2023

  • Uncategorized

FOSDEM 2023 – Back in Brussels FOSDEM 2023 is back home in Brussels. Meet the Collabora Productivity team at Europe’s largest gathering of open-source developers

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Collabora at the Univention Summit 2023

  • Uncategorized

The Univention Summit has returned to its traditional date. Before the pandemic, the event in Bremen was an annual kick-off for showing how valuable open

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Thank you for a marvellous 2022!

  • Uncategorized

Thank You for Everything We Achieved Together in 2022 🤝 At the end of the year, we like to look back at what we have

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Why the German Staatendokumentation (State Documentation) Chooses Collabora Online

  • Collabora Online, White Paper

Discover how the Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl (Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum) leverages Collabora Online, a secure and GDPR-compliant cloud office solution, to

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openDesk – Collabora Online brings Digital Freedom to European Government

  • Collabora Online, White Paper
Discover openDesk - a pioneering project promoting digital freedom for European governments! In partnership with top open-source experts, this initiative enhances digital sovereignty in public administration. openDesk provides a sustainable alternative to proprietary software, helping governments control their data. With Collabora Online as a key component, it creates a secure...

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COOL Save the Date: COOL Days 2026 COOL 27 – 29 April 2026, Hamburg, Germany