What a Difference 3 Years Makes
TL;DR
Collabora Online 22.05 has reached end-of-support. In the three years since it was released, we’ve shipped 11,780 commits across the suite, including most recently a major UI/UX refresh (contextual toolbars, smart tabs, responsive toolbars, presenter controls, iconised menus). If you’re still on 22.05, now’s the time to upgrade to enjoy a smoother, more powerful, more familiar, more accessible Collabora Online.
Commit Log Stats (May 2022 - August 2025)
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*Mentions in commit log are not all commits for an app or feature. Only those that specifically had the keyword in the commit message. These statistics also do not count pseudonyms such as A11y for accessibility.
Collabora Online 22.05 has served teams well, but all good releases eventually hand over the baton. End‑of‑support means no more fixes or security updates will be coming for that line. Your documents will still open of course – but you won’t enjoy any further updates or the polish we’ve added to the suite since.
The 22.05 release introduced features like support for external grammar checking in the browser, “jumbo spreadsheets” with up to 16,384 columns, Sparklines in Calc, WebP image import across apps, Content Controls in Writer for better DOCX compatibility, and a new Accessibility Checker. We also laid foundations for bandwidth and CPU performance wins with smarter tile updates.
Since then however we’ve done even more to improve the Collabora Online experience for everyone.
A UI/UX that reduces friction
The modern Collabora Online interface prioritises discoverability and familiarity. Contextual tabs surface relevant tools only when you need them. An on‑selection formatting popup brings common actions within thumb‑reach. A responsive toolbar groups intelligently instead of forcing horizontal scrollbars. And a tidier, more useful Navigation Sidebar keeps find/replace and document structure together. Just a few of the latest features you’ll enjoy on upgrading.
Performance that you can feel
We can’t possibly list all the performance updates over the past three years in one paragraph, but notable recent updates include a reworked client‑side rendering engine to be smarter about when to draw, to batch DOM changes, and to free memory more aggressively. Large documents, 4K displays, and scrolling workloads will feel smoother and more consistent. Upgrade to try it out!
Collaboration, reviewing & authoring
Upgrades to comments (thread clarity, @mentions, quicker shortcuts), Styles Spotlight in Writer for auditing and standardising formatting across a document, hyphenation control for layout fidelity, named ranges improvements and focus cell highlighting in Calc, plus tools like duplicate record handling for faster data cleaning.
Security & compliance improvements
Beyond patches, recent security updates include Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES) support with eID Easy, PDF 2.0 support, and hiding server signature settings to avoid advertising exact versions. Admins also get better WOPI troubleshooting, and a comment‑only mode for stricter review workflows.
22.05 has helped thousands of teams collaborate with confidence. But the bar for usability, performance, and security keeps rising, and so do we. If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to upgrade, this is it. Your users will feel the difference on day one, your admins will appreciate the modern safeguards and controls, and you’ll have a faster, safer, more familiar Collabora Online that’s easier to support and ready for what’s next!
