I don't think OpenOffice is a bad program nor do I want to push people off of using it, but I took issue with the Register article. LibreOffice rains on OpenOffice's 20th anniversary parade, tells rival project to 'do the right thing' and die Please break direct links to knock-off versions as I've done above to avoid giving them any SEO benefit. Where are ooo-build, Go-oo and Oracle? I've seen no references to those programs anywhere other than on the Wikipedia page: en-us/p/trio-office-word-slide-spreadsheet-pdf-compatible/

Trio Office - a very basic repackaging with a commercial license / freemium like most things distributed on the Microsoft Store Nitro Office - just repackaging as a freeware with some minor cosmetic changes Lotus Symphony - IBM's attempt to not use Microsoft Office NeoOffice - Mac-friendly version with a 'dark mode' It's still good software but probably due for retirement and has had some security issues. Their last update was minor, over a year ago, and 2 years after their previous update. Īpache OpenOffice - Note that this will probably move to the inactive list in the near future. LibreOffice Vanilla - probably to compete with the loads of garbage knock-off versions on Microsoft Store (some mentioned later in this thread), a $10 (USD) version of the above program. I'm especially a fan of the 'Still' or enterprise version - it's very stable, has more features and probably the most secure option on this list. Really the only version on this list you should be using. LibreOffice - The default install on the great majority of Linux distributions, very stable, strong MS Office compatibility (especially creating MS Office files, less so when opening their formats), and lots of speed improvements over previous versions. I keep coming across either outdated or deceptive links to productivity/office tools that are really just some variant on the old StarOffice so I decided to compile a list of variants.

Libreoffice vs openoffice 2020