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LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

LibreOffice is a successor project to OpenOffice.org, commonly known as OpenOffice, which had its last major update in 2014. LibreOffice adds many extra features and improved Microsoft Office compatibility, and has regular releases with security updates. Learn more about the history of OpenOffice and LibreOffice here, and check out this comparison:

Latest major (new feature) release 24.2 – June 6, 2024 4.1 – April 2014
Minor releases since 2014 107 14
Microsoft OOXML export Yes (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx) No
Security: signing of OOXML + PDF files Yes No
Broad enterprise contribution Yes – Collabora, CIB, allotropia, Red Hat, SIL… No
Source code updates in 2022 11,698 199