LibreOffice 24.8
LibreOffice is a cross-platform, open-source office software suite from The Document Foundation that offers word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, a drawing application that does 3D, a database front-end, and file compatibility with Microsoft Office and other formats. (See the LibreOffice vs. Microsoft Office feature comparison and LibreOffice documentation for more details.)
LibreOffice offers the highest level of compatibility in the office suite market segment, starting with native support for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) – beating proprietary formats in the areas of security and robustness – to superior support for DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files. In addition, LibreOffice provides filters for a large number of legacy document formats, to return ownership and control to users. The latest LibreOffice version adds Windows ARM support, a “new mode of password-based ODF encryption” and more privacy protections, among “a wealth of new features, plus a large number of interoperability improvements.”
LibreOffice 24.8 is a free, donationware download for macOS 10.15 and later (with a separately installed Java Runtime Environment (JRE) required for some features, notably the database front-end, Base). Separate native versions of LibreOffice are provided for Intel and Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) Macs, and LibreOffice is fully supported on Linux, along with Windows. A LibreOffice Bookshelf offers lots of documentation, and a history of LibreOffice security updates is provided. |
