In this episode of Open Matters, Richard Brock speaks with Thorsten Behrens, Tor Lillqvist & Jan Holesovsky – the three principal engineers behind the new Collabora Office release, about what it really means to move a complex application from the browser to the desktop. They explain how Collabora Online has...
In Part I we introduced the big idea: ergonomics, power on demand with context-aware UI and progressive disclosure. In Part II we showed how real-world feedback shaped the work. This instalment shows more of the updates put into practice across everyday tasks: presenting, reviewing, number-crunching, and discoverability. Less friction, more...
Studies carried out in 2013, 2018, and then 2023 show that digital literacy within German schools has been in decline over the past 10 years. Existing approaches are not delivering the desired educational outcomes. Germany’s next major investment in school digitalisation is taking shape. With DigitalPakt Schule 2.0, the German...
Welcome back to our interview series, where we chat with the passionate people behind the Collabora Online code. Collabora Online is made possible by the worldwide team, community, contributors and partners. Today, we’re sitting down with Justin Luth, a developer whose journey has taken him from the early days of...
Berlin/Cambridge, January 13, 2026 – Wire, Europe’s leader in secure communication and sovereign collaboration, and Collabora Productivity, the company behind Collabora Online, today announce a strategic partnership to advance secure, interoperable, and sovereignty-focused collaboration capabilities for organizations globally. The partnership brings together two European technology providers with a shared commitment...
8.5% of the U.S. population self-hosts at least one internet-facing service — from websites and file storage to smart home tools and password syncing. But what motivates people to do it… and what risks come with it? In this episode of Open Matters, Dr. Lea Gröber (ICSI Berkeley) joins us...
