Alternatives to LibreOffice
The full free office suite: word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, drawing, database and formula editor. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
LibreOffice
The full free office suite: word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, drawing, database and formula editor.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as LibreOffice.
Microsoft 365
Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook with cloud storage and collaboration.
Microsoft 365 sets the reference for Office formats and adds web, mobile and real-time co-authoring, but it is closed source, subscription based and tied to a Microsoft account.
ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors
A free desktop office suite built around close compatibility with DOCX, XLSX and PPTX.
ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors are free AGPL-3.0 editors with closer DOCX, XLSX and PPTX layout fidelity, but they have fewer database and drawing features than LibreOffice.
WPS Office
Office suite with strong Microsoft Office file compatibility.
WPS Office renders Office documents faithfully and adds Android and iOS apps, but it is closed source, the free version shows ads and has privacy concerns.
Apache OpenOffice
The original open source office suite, still maintained, but LibreOffice is where the work went.
Apache OpenOffice is the original Apache-2.0 suite with six familiar apps, but it cannot save .docx or .xlsx and releases are years apart.
Google Workspace
Google's online office suite with Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail, Drive and Meet in one account.
Google Workspace moves documents, sheets and slides to the browser with real-time collaboration and mail, but files live on Google's servers and need a Google account.
Collabora Online
LibreOffice running in the browser with real-time collaboration.
Collabora Online runs LibreOffice in the browser with real-time collaboration and Nextcloud integration, but it needs a server and production use is a paid subscription.
Zoho Workplace
An online suite from Zoho combining mail, team chat, meetings, file storage and office editors.
Zoho Workplace is a hosted business suite of office editors, mail, chat and meetings, with data on Zoho's servers rather than local files.
CryptPad
End-to-end encrypted collaborative office suite.
CryptPad offers end-to-end encrypted documents, sheets and slides with real-time collaboration in the browser, but public instances cap storage and it is not a desktop suite.
Also worth comparing
These listings name LibreOffice as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Beautiful.ai
A web-based presentation editor with AI generation and slide layouts that align content automatically.
LibreOffice includes Impress as a free, open source desktop presentation tool for Windows, macOS and Linux, with no account and no AI generation.
Calligra Suite
KDE's office and graphic art suite with word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, vector and database apps.
LibreOffice is a larger open-source suite with word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, drawing and database on Windows, macOS and Linux.
FreeOffice
A free office suite with word processor, spreadsheet and presentation apps compatible with Microsoft Office.
LibreOffice is open source and adds drawing, database and formula tools to the word processor, spreadsheet and presentation apps, though complex Word and Excel documents can shift layout.
Keynote
Apple's presentation app for building slide decks on Mac, iPad and iPhone, and in a browser.
LibreOffice Impress is free, open source and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, though real-time collaboration needs a separate server.
LyX
Document processor that writes LaTeX for you.
LibreOffice Writer is a free visual word processor that needs no TeX distribution, but it trades LaTeX typesetting quality for a conventional layout-based editor.
Numbers
Apple's spreadsheet app for Mac, iPad and iPhone, with tables, charts, formulas and a browser version.
LibreOffice Calc is free and open source on Windows, macOS and Linux, opening and saving Excel formats, though complex spreadsheets can shift layout.
Pages
Apple's word processor and page layout app for Mac, iPad, iPhone and the web.
LibreOffice Writer is free and open source on Windows, macOS and Linux, with no account, though heavily formatted Word files can shift layout.
Pitch
A collaborative, AI-assisted presentation platform for teams that create, share and deliver slide decks.
LibreOffice Impress is free, open source desktop software for Windows, macOS and Linux with no account, but real-time collaborative editing needs a separate server product.
Polaris Office
Office suite for HWP, PDF and Microsoft Office files, bundled with AI tools called NOVA.
LibreOffice is a free open-source desktop suite with six tools and no account or telemetry, though it lacks the built-in AI tools and complex Office layouts can shift.
Prezi
A web presentation platform with AI drafting and live audience polls, quizzes and Q&A.
LibreOffice Impress is free, open source desktop software for Windows, macOS and Linux that presents offline with no account, but lacks built-in audience polls and quizzes.
SoftMaker Office
A commercial office suite with word processor, spreadsheet and presentation apps compatible with Microsoft Office files.
LibreOffice is free and open source under MPL-2.0 with six tools, but complex Word and Excel documents can shift layout and there are no mobile apps.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Pandoc
Converts documents between almost any two markup formats: Markdown, Word, LaTeX, EPUB, HTML, PDF and dozens more.
LanguageTool
Grammar, spelling and style checker for more than thirty languages.
draw.io
A diagram and flowchart editor whose desktop build stores files locally and never sends your data anywhere.
ONLYOFFICE DocSpace
A document collaboration platform built around rooms where teams and guests co-edit and review office files.
Typst
A typesetting system as capable as LaTeX but far easier to learn, with fast incremental compilation and readable error messages.
