Blog – Community

Collabora Productivity Contributions in LibreOffice 25.8

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 is also a foundation of our enterprise, supported, collaborative browser-based product – Collabora Online. Why...

An Interview with Darshan: A Journey Into Open Source

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 team, community, contributors and partners. Today, we’re sitting down with Darshan Upadhyay, a talented developer...

COOL Days 2025: A Bridge-Building Blast in Budapest

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 from it! Hosted at the stylish Mövenpick Hotel, this year’s event was packed with engaging...

Is It Time for European Technology Alternatives?

How Open Source and Sovereign Tech Can Strengthen Europe TL;DR: Europe’s reliance on US tech giants raises compliance, security, and sovereignty concerns. The good news? Open-source solutions offer a transparent, flexible, and truly local alternative. This empowers individuals, businesses, and...

Why Attend Conferences?

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 the communities that use and shape them. Attending conferences isn’t just about showing off our...

Community Sticker Contest

It’s competition time! Are you ready to stick your mark on the COOL community? This is your chance to inject your creativity into the heart of our brand and create the stickers that will be seen and shared by community...