LibreOffice

LibreOffice (/ˈliːbrə ˈɒfɪs/)^[12] is a free and open-source office productivity software suite developed by The Document Foundation (TDF). It was created in 2010 as a fork of OpenOffice.org, itself a successor to StarOffice. The suite includes applications for word processing (Writer), spreadsheets (Calc), presentations (Impress), vector graphics (Draw), database management (Base), and formula editing (Math). It supports the OpenDocument format and is compatible with other major formats, including those used by Microsoft Office.

LibreOffice
LibreOffice 7.6 Start Center (released in August 2023, running on macOS)
Original author(s)	Star Division
Developer(s)	The Document Foundation
Initial release	25 January 2011; 14 years ago (2011-01-25)
Stable release(s) [±]
Fresh: 25.2.4 / 6 June 2025[1]  Still: 24.8.7 / 8 May 2025[2]
Preview release(s)
25.8 Beta1 / 13 June 2025[3]
Repository	git.libreoffice.org/core
Written in	C++, XML, Python, and Java[4]
Operating system	Linux macOS Windows Android[5] Unofficial: BSD ChromeOS[6] Haiku iOS[7] iPadOS Solaris[8]
Platform	x86-64, IA-32, ARMel, ARMhf, ARM64, MIPS, MIPSel, PowerPC, ppc64le, S390x,[9] VLIW
Predecessor	OpenOffice.org
Standard(s)	OpenDocument
Available in	120 languages[10]
Type	Office productivity suite
License	MPL-2.0[11]
Website	libreoffice.org

LibreOffice is available for Windows, macOS, and is the default office suite in many Linux distributions, and there are community builds for other platforms.^[13] Ecosystem partner Collabora uses LibreOffice as upstream code to provide an online solution branded as Collabora Online, and apps for Android, iOS, iPadOS, and ChromeOS operating systems which are branded as Collabora Office.^[14][15]

TDF describes LibreOffice as intended for individual users, and encourages enterprises to obtain the software and technical support services from ecosystem partners like Collabora. TDF states that most development is carried out by these commercial partners in the course of supporting enterprise customers.^[16] This arrangement has contributed to a significantly higher level of development activity compared to Apache OpenOffice, another fork of OpenOffice.org,^[17] which has struggled since 2015 to attract and retain enough contributors to sustain active development and to provide timely security updates.^[18][19][20]

LibreOffice was announced on 28 September 2010, with its first stable release in January 2011. It recorded about 7.5 million downloads in its first year,^[21] and more than 120 million by 2015, excluding those bundled with Linux distributions.^[22] As of 2021, TDF estimated around 200 million active users.^[23] The suite is available in 120 languages.^[24]

Features

Included applications in LibreOffice

Component		Notes
	Writer	Word processor program, similar to Microsoft Word, with support for multiple file formats and WYSIWYG editing.[25]
	Calc	Spreadsheet program, similar to Microsoft Excel, with support for charts, formulas, and data analysis.[25][26]
	Impress	Presentation program, similar to Microsoft PowerPoint.[25][27]
	Draw	Vector graphics editor, similar to Microsoft Visio, also capable of basic image and PDF editing.[28]
	Math	Formula editor for mathematical expressions.[29]
	Base	Database program, similar to Microsoft Access, with support for local and external sources.[25][30]

Operating systems and processor architectures

LibreOffice 5.3 Writer using the MUFFIN interface running on Ubuntu 16.04

LibreOffice Viewer on Android

LibreOffice is cross-platform software. The Document Foundation officially supports Microsoft Windows (using the IA-32 and x86-64 architectures), macOS (ARM64 and x86-64), and Linux (ARM64, IA-32, and x86-64).^[31][32] Ports also exist for operating systems and architectures, supported by either commercial vendors like Collabora or community members, as is the case for BSD (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD) and OpenIndiana.^{[33][34][35][36]}

Historically, earlier versions of LibreOffice and its predecessors such as StarOffice supported platforms including Solaris on SPARC hardware. These versions are no longer maintained.

LibreOffice development has also extended to mobile and cloud platforms. A beta document viewer for Android was released in January 2015,^[37] followed by a version with basic editing support in May 2015.^[38] In 2020, Collabora released officially supported mobile versions for Android and iOS under the Collabora Office brand.^[39] A version for ChromeOS was released in 2020 as well.

The Impress Remote app is available for multiple mobile platforms and allows users to control LibreOffice presentations remotely.

Summary of cross platform support

System	Architectures	Current	Source
Android	ARM, ARM64, x86, x86-64	Yes	LibreOffice, Collabora Office
BSD[a]	ARM, IA-32, x86-64, others	Yes	Community port
ChromeOS	ARM, ARM64, x86, x86-64	Yes	Collabora Office
iOS	ARM64	Yes	Collabora Office
iPadOS	ARM64	Yes	Collabora Office
Linux	ARM64, IA-32, x86-64, ppc64le	Yes	LibreOffice, Collabora Office, Collabora Online[b]
macOS	ARM64[c], x86-64	Yes	LibreOffice, Collabora Office, community port
OpenIndiana	x86-64	Yes	Community port
Windows	ARM64, IA-32 (deprecated),[d] x86-64	Yes	LibreOffice, Collabora Office

Notes

1. Includes FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD
2. Collabora Online is an online server that runs LibreOffice technology, it can be accessed from any platform running a modern web browser, source: github.com/CollaboraOnline
3. Apple Silicon is their self-designed architecture based on 64-bit Arm, also known as Apple M series)
4. Support for 32-bit Windows systems will be dropped starting with version 25.8^[40]

LibreOffice Online

LibreOffice Online is the web-based version of the LibreOffice office suite, allowing users to view and edit documents through a web browser using the HTML5 <canvas> element.^[41] Development began in 2011, with contributions from Collabora and IceWarp.^[42][43] A preview of the software was demonstrated in 2015,,^[44] and in December 2015, Collabora and ownCloud released a technical preview called Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE).^[45] The first source code release of LibreOffice Online occurred alongside LibreOffice version 5.3 in February 2017.^[46][47]

The Document Foundation does not plan to offer a hosted cloud solution similar to commercial offerings like Google Docs or Microsoft 365, due to the prohibitively high cost of running the platform. Instead, development and deployment of online solutions are handled by third-party ecosystem partners and cloud providers. TDF has expressed openness to a public LibreOffice Online service provided by a charitable organization.^[48][49]

Therefore the task has been left to ecosystem partners, like Collabora and CIB. The first enterprise version, Collabora Online 1.0, was released in July 2016.^[50] In the same month, Nextcloud partnered with Collabora to integrate CODE for its users.^[51] In 2019, CIB announced that it would offer a version, branded as "LibreOffice Online powered by CIB".^[52]

Supported file formats

LibreOffice uses the OpenDocument Format (ODF) as its default file format, an international standard developed by the ISO and IEC. It can also open and save files in other formats, including those used by Microsoft Office, through a variety of import and export filters.^[53] LibreOffice also supports exporting to PDF, including "hybrid PDFs" that embed an editable ODF file within a standard PDF.^[54]

Supported file formats

Format	Extension	Type	Read	Write	Notes
AbiWord	ABW, ZABW	Document	From 4.2[55]
Adobe Flash	SWF	Graphics, multimedia	Yes[56]	Up to 6.4 (Impress / Draw only)[57][58]	Support for writing the format was discontinued as Adobe Flash Player will no longer be maintained.
Adobe PageMaker	PMD, PM3, PM4, PM5, PM6, P65	Document, DTP	From 4.4[59][60]
AppleWorks	CWK	Document	From 4.1[61]		Formerly called ClarisWorks
Adobe Swatch Exchange	ASE	Color plate	From 5.0[62]
Adobe FreeHand	AGD, FHD	Graphics / Vector	Yes
Apple Keynote	KTH, KEY	Presentation	From 5.0[62]
Apple Numbers	numbers	Spreadsheet	From 5.0[62]
Apple Pages	pages	Document	From 5.0[62]
AportisDoc (Palm)	PDB	Document	Yes	Yes	Requires Java
AutoCAD DXF	DXF	Graphics / CAD	Yes
BMP file format	BMP	Graphics / Raster	Yes	Yes
Comma-separated values	CSV, TXT	Text	Yes	Yes
ClarisDraw		Graphics / Vector	Yes
CorelDRAW 6-X7	CDR, CMX	Graphics / Vector	From 3.6[63][64]
Computer Graphics Metafile	CGM	Graphics	Yes		Binary-encoded only
Data Interchange Format	DIF	Spreadsheet	Yes	Yes[65]
DBase, Clipper, VP-Info, FoxPro	DBF	Database	Yes	Yes
DocBook	XML	XML	Yes	Yes
Encapsulated PostScript	EPS	Graphics	Yes	Yes
Enhanced Metafile	EMF	Graphics / Vector / Text	Yes	Yes
EPUB	EPUB	eBook		From 6.0[66]
FictionBook	FB2	eBook	From 4.2[55]
GIMP Palette	GPL	Color palette	From 4.4[59]
Gnumeric	GNM, GNUMERIC	Spreadsheet	From 5.1	No
Graphics Interchange Format	GIF	Graphics / Raster	Yes	Yes
Hangul WP 97	HWP	Document	Yes	No	Newer documents are not supported[67]
HPGL plotting file	PLT	Graphics	Yes
HTML	HTML, HTM	Document, text	Yes	Yes
Ichitaro 8/9/10/11	JTD, JTT	Document	Yes
JPEG	JPG, JPEG	Graphics	Yes	Yes
Lotus 1-2-3	WK1, WKS, 123, wk3, wk4	Spreadsheet	Yes[65]
Lotus Word Pro		Document	Yes[68]
MacDraft		Graphics / CAD	From 5.0[62]
MacDraw		Graphics / Vector	From 4.4[59]
MacDraw II		Graphics / Vector	From 4.4[59]
Macintosh Picture File[69]	PCT	Graphics	Yes	Yes
MacWrite Pro 1.5		Document	From 4.1[61]
MathML	MML	Math	Yes	Yes
MET	MET		Yes	Yes
Microsoft 365[70]	DOCX, XLSX, PPTX	Multiple formats	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Excel 2003 XML	XML	Spreadsheet	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Excel 4/5/95	XLS, XLW, XLT	Spreadsheet	Yes	Up to 3.6[71]
Microsoft Excel 97–2003	XLS, XLW, XLT	Spreadsheet	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Excel 2007–2021	XLSX	Spreadsheet	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Excel Web Query File	IQY	Data sources, text	From 5.4[72]	No
Microsoft Office 2007–2021 Office Open XML	DOCX, XLSX, PPTX	Multiple formats	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Pocket Excel	PXL	Spreadsheet	Yes	Yes	Requires Java
Microsoft Pocket Word	PSW	Document	Yes	Yes	Requires Java
Microsoft PowerPoint 97–2003	PPT, PPS, POT	Presentation	Yes	Yes
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007–2021	PPTX	Presentation	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Publisher	PUB	Document, DTP	From 4.0[71]
Microsoft RTF	RTF	Document	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Word 2003 XML (WordprocessingML)	XML	Document	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Word 4/5/6.0/95	DOC, DOT	Document	Yes	Up to 3.6[71]
Microsoft Word 97–2003	DOC, DOT	Document	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Word 2007–2021	DOCX	Document	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Word for Mac		Document	From 4.1[61]		Word 1–5.1
Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0	DOC, DOT	Document	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Works[61]	WPS, WKS, WDB	Multiple	Yes[68][60]
Microsoft Write	WRI	Document	From 5.1	No
Microsoft Visio	VSD, VST, VDW, VDX, VSX, VTX, VSDX, VSDM, VSSM, VSTX, VSTM	Graphics / Vector	From 3.5[73][74]	No	Most formats supported since 4.0, VSTX support added in 25.2
Netpbm format	PGM, PBM, PPM	Graphics / Raster	Yes	Yes
OpenDocument	ODT, FODT, ODS, FODS, ODP, FODP, ODG, FODG, ODF	Multiple formats	Yes	Yes
Open Office Base	ODB	Database forms, data	Yes	Yes
OpenOffice.org XML	SXW, STW, SXC, STC, SXI, STI, SXD, STD, SXM	Multiple formats	Yes	Yes
PCX	PCX	Graphics	Yes
Photo CD	PCD	Presentation	Yes
Photoshop	PSD	Graphics	Yes
Plain text	TXT	Text	Yes	Yes	Various encodings supported
Portable Document Format	PDF	Document	Yes	Yes	Including hybrid PDF[75]
Portable Network Graphics	PNG	Graphics / Raster	Yes	Yes
QuarkXPress 3–4	QXP	Document, DTP	From 6.0[66]
Quattro Pro 6.0	WB2, wq1, wq2	Spreadsheet	Yes
RagTime for Mac			From 4.4[59]
Scalable vector graphics	SVG, SVGZ	Graphics / Vector	Yes	Yes
SGV	SGV		Yes
Software602 (T602)	602, TXT	Document	Yes
StarOffice StarCalc 3/4/5	SDC, VOR	Spreadsheet	Dropped in 4.0,[71] added back in 5.3[76]	Up to 3.6[71]
StarOffice StarDraw/StarImpress	SDA, SDD, SDP, VOR	Presentation	Dropped in 4.0,[71] added back in 5.3[76]	Up to 3.6[71]
StarOffice StarMath	SXM	Math	Up to 3.6[71]	Up to 3.6[71]
StarOffice StarWriter 3/4/5	SDW, SGL, VOR	Document	Dropped in 4.0,[71] added back in 5.3[76]	Up to 3.6[71]
Star Writer graphics	SGF	Graphics	Yes
Sony Broad Band eBook	RLF	eBook	From 4.4[59]
SunOS Raster	RAS	Graphics / Raster	Yes	Yes
SVM	SVM	Graphics / Vector	Yes	Yes
SYLK	SLK	Spreadsheet, file exchange	Yes	Yes
Tag Image File Format	TIF, TIFF	Graphics / Raster	Yes	Yes
Truevision TGA (Targa)	TGA	Graphics / Raster	Yes
Unified Office Format	UOF, UOT, UOS, UOP	Multiple	Yes	Yes[65]
Windows Metafile	WMF	Graphics, vector, bitmap	Yes	Yes
WordPerfect	WPD	Document	Yes[65]
WordPerfect Suite 2000/Office 1.0	WPS	Document	Yes
WriteNow 4.0		Document	From 4.1[61]
X BitMap	XBM	Graphics / Raster	Yes
X PixMap	XPM	Graphics / Raster	Yes	Yes
Zoner Draw	ZMF	Graphics	From 5.3[76]

User interface and customization

The suite offers several user interface modes, including a traditional menu and toolbar layout as well as a "Notebookbar" option that mimics the ribbon interface found in Microsoft Office.^[77] LibreOffice includes multiple icon themes to adapt its look and feel to that of its desktop environment, such as Colibre for Windows and Elementary for GNOME, and integrates with native UI frameworks like GTK on Linux for consistent appearance.^[78]

LibreOffice supports a range of advanced typographic features through its use of OpenType, Graphite, and Apple Advanced Typography font technologies.^[79] Text rendering on Linux systems uses the Cairo graphics library, and complex text layout is handled by the HarfBuzz engine.^[80][76] On Linux, support for multimedia in presentations, such as audio and video playback, is provided via the GStreamer framework.

LibreOffice supports several scripting and programming languages, including LibreOffice Basic, Python, Java, and C++, which can be used to create macros or integrate with external applications.^[81] LibreOffice Basic, which is similar to Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), is used primarily for automating tasks within Writer, Calc, and Base.^[82]

Licensing

LibreOffice is licensed under a dual LGPLv3 (or later) and MPL 2.0 model, which allows flexibility for future license upgrades.^[83] The project continues efforts to rebase legacy code inherited from OpenOffice.org to ensure licensing compatibility.^[84]

History

A timeline of major derivatives of StarOffice and OpenOffice.org with LibreOffice in green

Background

From the inception of the OpenOffice.org project in 2000, Sun Microsystems indicated that the project would eventually be managed by an independent foundation.^[85][86] However community members frequently expressed concerns over the Sun's control of the project, especially as the company's involvement diminished over time,^[87] and was slow to accept patches or external contributions, even from corporate partners.^[88][89]

To address some of these challenges, Ximian, and later Novell, maintained a patch set called ooo-build, led by developer Michael Meeks. Its goal was to simplify building OpenOffice.org on Linux and to incorporate community-submitted improvements that had not been accepted upstream by Sun.^[90] Most Linux distributions used ooo-build as the default method for packaging OpenOffice.org,^[91] and some distributions contributed directly to its development.^[92]

In 2007, Novell released ooo-build as a separate product called Go-oo.^[93] Go-oo featured enhancements not present in the main OpenOffice.org distribution and adopted more inclusive contribution policies. These changes foreshadowed those later implemented by LibreOffice.^[94]

In early 2010, Sun was acquired by Oracle Corporation. This raised new concerns among contributors, who were wary of Oracle's broader stance on open source projects, including its lawsuit against Google over Java,^[95] its apparent withdrawal of developers from OpenOffice.org,^[96][97] and the restrictions it placed on another open source project from Sun, the OpenSolaris operating system.^{[98][99][100][101]}

This prompted growing discussions about forking the project.^[102]

The Document Foundation and LibreOffice

On 28 September 2010, members of the OpenOffice.org community announced the formation of The Document Foundation (TDF), an independent organization to continue the development of OpenOffice.org under a more open and inclusive governance model.^[103] Alongside the announcement, TDF introduced a fork of OpenOffice.org named LibreOffice.

TDF invited Oracle Corporation, then the steward of OpenOffice.org, to participate in the new foundation and donate the OpenOffice.org trademark. Oracle declined, leading TDF to adopt the LibreOffice name permanently.^[104] Major contributors to OpenOffice.org, including Novell, Red Hat, Canonical, and Google, shifted their support to the new project.^[105]

In April 2011, Oracle announced it would discontinue commercial development of OpenOffice.org and transition the project to a community-based model.^[106] Two months later, Oracle donated the codebase and trademarks to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), where the project was renamed Apache OpenOffice.^[107]

Meanwhile, LibreOffice continued to develop rapidly under the stewardship of TDF. It incorporated features from Go-oo and other community-maintained patches, and became the default office suite in many Linux distributions, while also expanding its presence on Windows and macOS.^[108] LibreOffice receives regular updates, including new features and security fixes. According to TDF, most development is performed by ecosystem partners such as Collabora, who provide enterprise support and services around LibreOffice.^[16]

This commercial support model has contributed to higher development activity compared to Apache OpenOffice,^[17] which has struggled since 2015 to attract and retain contributors, and to issue timely security updates.^[18][19][20]

In a 2011 interview with LWN.net, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth expressed criticism of TDF, asserting that its refusal to adopt Oracle's Contributor License Agreement had undermined the OpenOffice.org project.^[109] In response, former Sun Microsystems executive Simon Phipps argued that Oracle's decision to end development was a business move unrelated to LibreOffice's creation.^[110] LibreOffice is now widely regarded as the most actively maintained and widely used successor to OpenOffice.org.^[111][112]

Versions

Since version 4.2.2, released in March 2014, LibreOffice has offered two concurrently maintained major versions in addition to development versions (such as release candidates and nightly builds).^[113] These versions are intended to accommodate different user needs:^[114]

• Fresh – the most recent major version, which includes the latest features and improvements. It may contain bugs that have not yet been addressed.
• Still – the previous major version, which has received additional bug fixes and is recommended for users prioritizing stability. Was previously called the Stable version.

Since January 2024, beginning with version 24.2.0, LibreOffice adopted a calendar-based versioning scheme. Version numbers follow a three-part format (year.month.patch), with the year and month reflection the initial or future launch date.^[115]

Release schedule

LibreOffice follows a time-based release schedule, with major versions released approximately every six months, typically in February and August. These release months are synchronized with other free software projects (such as GNOME) and are scheduled at least one month ahead of major Linux distribution releases.^[116]

Minor "patch" updates are issued regularly for both the Fresh and Still versions to address bugs and security vulnerabilities. The Fresh version receives updates every four to six weeks until it transitions to the Still version with the release of a new Fresh version. Once designated as Still, it continues to receive updates every six to seven weeks. A version reaches its end of life roughly nine months after its initial release.^[116]

Enterprise and derivative versions

Commercial distributions of LibreOffice with service-level agreements are provided by partner organizations, the most significant of which is Collabora.^[117][118] Since version 7.1, the standard open-source release has stated that it is intended for "home users, students and non-profits," to distinguish it from enterprise-targeted versions. The Document Foundation recommends that organizations use commercially supported versions to help sustain development and has expressed concern that enterprise use of the community edition can divert volunteer resources and limit project funding.^[119]

Several derivative or enterprise-focused versions of LibreOffice have been developed, including:

• Collabora Office and Collabora Online are enterprise-focussed editions of LibreOffice supporting online, mobile and desktop devices. And providing long-term support, technical support, custom features, and Service Level Agreements (SLA)s.
• EuroOffice – developed by MultiRacio, provides Hungarian language support and localized extensions.^[120][121]
• NDC ODF Application Tools – provided by Taiwan's National Development Council (NDC), and used by government agencies to promote OpenDocument format (ODF) standards.^[122]
• NeoOffice – macOS-focused derivative that incorporated LibreOffice code starting in 2017, having previously been based on OpenOffice.org. NeoOffice was discontinued in 2024.^[123]
• OxOffice – developed to enhance support for the Chinese language and originally based on OpenOffice.org before transitioning to LibreOffice.^[124][125]
• OffiDocs – developed by OffiDocs Group in Estonia, provides LibreOffice-based applications in a browser and as mobile apps.^[126][127]
• ZetaOffice – developed by Allotropia, is a paid enterprise version offered as both a desktop application with long-term support and a web-based version using WebAssembly.^[128][129]

In the 2020s, the number of commercial partner organizations decreased. In June 2023, Red Hat announced it would no longer maintain LibreOffice packages in future releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.^[130] Maintenance of LibreOffice packages for the related Fedora Linux was transitioned to the Fedora LibreOffice Special Interest Group.^[131][132] In 2021, CIB spun off its LibreOffice development and support services into a new company, Allotropia.^[133] In May 2025, Collabora announced the acquisition of Allotropia, intending to combine Allotropia's ZetaOffice and WebAssembly with its own Collabora Office and Collabora Online products.^[134]

Release history

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Branch	Version	Release date	Notes	Screenshot
3.x	Unsupported: 3.3 beta	28 September 2010	Initial release based on OpenOffice.org and ooo-build[135]	First LibreOffice 3.3 beta: startup center and About box
	Unsupported: 3.3	25 January 2011[136]	First version to introduce features unique to LibreOffice:[137] SVG image import Enhanced import filters for Lotus Word Pro, Microsoft Works, WordPerfect and PPTX charts[138] Bundled extensions, such as Presenter View in Impress Colour-coded document icons Support for loading and saving ODF documents in flat XML format[138] AutoCorrect now matches the case of replaced words[138] Improved RTF export[138] Support for embedding standard PDF fonts[138]	LibreOffice Calc 3.3
	Unsupported: 3.4	3 June 2011	New features included:[139] Memory usage improvements Improved speed in Calc, better Microsoft Excel compatibility, redesigned Move/Copy Sheet dialog[140][141] Improved GTK+ theme integration[141] and font rendering in Linux.[140] Code cleanup: German comments translated to English, dead code removed[141] Reduced dependence on Java and continued migration to GNU Make[142]	Redesigned Move/Copy Sheet dialog in LibreOffice Calc 3.4
	Unsupported: 3.5	14 February 2012	New features included: Import support for Microsoft Visio (.vsd) files Native PostgreSQL database driver Java 7 compatibility AES encryption for ODF documents Windows Installer package available[143] Improved Office Open XML support[144] Introduction of an online update checker (by default, this feature is not fully automated)[145]	LibreOffice Impress 3.5.5
	Unsupported: 3.6	8 August 2012	New features included:[146] Support for color scales and data bars in Calc Word count displayed in the status bar Option to add watermarks in PDF export Ten new master pages for Impress Import support for Microsoft Office SmartArt Import filter for CorelDRAW documents This was the final version to support the Windows 2000 operating system.	Libreoffice Math 3.6
4.x	Unsupported: 4.0	7 February 2013[147]	New features included: Import/export support for native RTF math expressions Import filters for Microsoft Publisher and all versions of Visio files (Visio 1.0 to 2013)[148] Improved load times for XLSX files and various DOCX enhancements Added support for CMIS Integration of Firefox Personas[149][150] PDF import, Presenter Console, and Python scripting provider made core features Writer gained support for comments on text ranges	LibreOffice Writer 4.0 with "GNU – I" Persona showing comment set for text range
	Unsupported: 4.1	25 July 2013 (final)[151]	New features include:[152] Sidebar Improved image rotation[153] Gradient backgrounds Embedding fonts in documents[153] Import large HTML documents with more than 64,000 table cells Import/export of charts to ODC files and export to various vector formats OOXML and RTF bugfixes and enhancements,[153] Basic implementation of EMF+ metafiles.[153] Import of legacy Mac text formats (Write Now, MacWrite Pro, AppleWorks)[154][155] Layout via Core Text for OSX and HarfBuzz for Linux[152]	LibreOffice 4.1.5, showing sidebar and text frame with gradient background
	Unsupported: 4.2	30 January 2014	New features include:[55] Calc performance improvements[156] and OpenCL for calculations via the graphics card[157] Start Center with file lists New set of monochrome icons, "Sifr" Import filter for Apple Keynote and AbiWord files[158] IAccessible2 (IA2) in Windows version Embedded Firebird database engine for Base (experimental)	LibreOffice 4.2 Start Center was redesigned to include file lists LibreOffice 4.2.1, showing a character border and Sifr icons in the interface
	Unsupported: 4.3	30 July 2014	New features include:[159] Brand new drawingML-based DOCX import/export filter for shapes and TextFrames Improved PDF import Improved handling of Microsofts's Office Open XML format Non-printing characters are displayed in a different color Paragraphs in Writer can now be over 65,536 characters (up to 2 GB) The default icon set has been updated Toolbar background is now rendered natively on Mac OS X Comments can be printed in the margins Data fields in Calc pivot tables can now be set to columns Presentations can have OpenGL 3D objects	LibreOffice 4.3 showing the updated tango icon set
	Unsupported: 4.4	29 January 2015	New features include:[160] Sidebar now enabled by default in Writer, Calc and Draw Possibility of connection directly to OneDrive and SharePoint 2010/2013 directly from LibreOffice Allowing Draw to import Adobe PageMaker files The ability to digitally sign PDF files in Windows Toolbar buttons in Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw have been reorganized and improved New color selector: Shows recently used document colors Support for different color palettes and for .gpl GIMP palette format Allows directly opening the color picker and choose another color Added the ability to import files from MacDraw, MacDraw II and RagTime for Mac (v. 2–3) in Draw and Writer Firefox Themes improvements Added new fonts: Caladea and Carlito	LibreOffice Writer 4.4
5.x	Unsupported: 5.0	5 August 2015[161]	New features include:[162] Writer Sidebar previews styles as formatted (;pictured;); Emoji support in 22 languages, including shortcodes for symbols and numerous other replacements; :keyboard: becomes ⌨ Images can be cropped; Text highlighting and shading compatible with MS Word; Improved import of comments (annotations) for text ranges in binary .doc files; Equations in early RTF and DOC formats imported as editable math objects; Apple Pages '09 or older import. Calc Added UI to conditional formatting; Improvements to scientific formatting of cells; Import of Lotus 1-2-3 (.wk3 and .wk4), Quattro Pro (.wq1 and .wq2), and Apple Numbers '09 or earlier (basic spreadsheets for ;Numbers;). Math Equations and their parts can be given 15 basic colors (;see picture;). Draw Import of MacDraft (v1) and ClarisDraw files. Core and filters When e-mailing, maintain document invisible content; PDF export supports Time-Stamp Protocol (RFC 3161); MS Works import: Add dialog to ask for text encoding; Support for Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase) color palettes; LibreOffice Expert Configuration now searchable.	LibreOffice Writer 5.0 in Estonian showing style previews in Sidebar. Note the expanded icon set.The selected icon theme is Sifr.
	Unsupported: 5.1	10 February 2016[163]	New features include:[164] Writer A Styles menu has been added to the main menus. Calc A Sheet menu has been added to the main menus. Impress A Slide menu has been added to the main menus. Math The Math module now has a new item "Import MathML from Clipboard". Core and filters Support Unicode character input with Alt+X on Windows PNG export in Writer, Calc and Impress; Import of the following formats supported: Gnumeric, Microsoft Write, Apple Keynote 6	LibreOffice Writer 5.1 showing the flat Breeze icon set, reorganised items in sidebar, whitespace hiding in the document, and the 'Always correct to' spellcheck submenu
	Unsupported: 5.2	3 August 2016[165]	New features include:[166] Writer New drawing tools New button for showing/hiding track changes toolbar Single Toolbar Mode Calc New drawing tools Pressing ⇧ Shift+Return in the multiline input to insert a new line Single Toolbar Mode Option to delete border from adjacent cells too in the borders tab of "Format Cells" dialog Freeze Rows and Columns button became a split button and added "Freeze First Row" and "Freeze first Column" options in that button Extensive function tooltips Impress Quick access to slide and page properties in a new 'Slide' and 'Page' content panel in the 'Properties' sidebar tab Exporting to PDF only notes pages Filters Better import of DOCX and RTF linked graphic into LibreOffice Writer Import of Microsoft Word for DOS files GUI Print to File available within the list of printers in Print dialog Video clips, charts and OLE objects will resize proportionately by default Improved resizing behavior for images, videos and OLE objects Simplification of Character spacing "Save as Template" is now available in the Save toolbar button dropdown Added Find Previous button Added Icon View and buttons for switching between modes at Remote Files dialog, as well as supporting Google Drive's Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) New user interface for Template Manager
	Unsupported: 5.3	1 February 2017[167]	Type 1 font support dropped.[168] New features include:[169] Writer New dialog for quickly jump to another page Implement table styles New drawing tools for arrows A toolbar button for small capitals Calc New drawing tools for arrows Improve saving WEEKNUM field behavior to ODF New options for fraction number formats Median is added to functions available in pivot tables New option for merging non empty cells Impress Images inserted via Photo Album can be linked in the document Slide properties content panel in sidebar for master slide mode Opening Template Selector at startup Draw New arrow endings, including Crow's foot notation's ones. Base Upgrade Firebird to version 3.0.0 Text Layout New cross-platform text layout engine that uses HarfBuzz for consistent text layout on all platforms, also improved text layout on macOS and Windows. Improved and consistent calculation of inter-line spacing across platforms Enable vertical "left to right" block direction for traditional Mongolian and Manchu Filters Multiple improvements in Open XML, PDF and DOC filters StarOffice StarWriter, StarCalc and StarDraw/StarImpress files can again be imported GUI Revamped the Extension Manager dialog Redesign of the Colors, Gradients, Hatching and Bitmap tabs and the addition of a Pattern tab Introduction of the Page Deck in the sidebar in Writer Added "Import Bitmap" functionality to the Area Content Panel found in the Properties deck Added Styles Preview checkbox functionality to the Styles & Formatting Sidebar Deck Introduction of the new "Media Playback Panel" found in Properties deck when Media is selected Introduction of the "Default Shapes Panel" in the new Shapes Deck for Draw Online First source code release of LibreOffice Online Experimental features Added four toolbar modes to make it easy for users to switch the visible toolbars
	Unsupported: 5.4	28 July 2017[170]	New features include:[170][171] Writer Importing AutoText from Microsoft Word DOTM templates Preserving full structure of numbered and bulleted lists while exporting or pasting them as plain text Creating custom watermarks via Format menu New context menu items have been added for working with sections, footnotes, endnotes and styles Calc Adding support for pivot charts, which use data from pivot tables. When the table is updated, the chart is automatically updated as well. Menu commands to show, hide and delete all comments Priority of conditional formatting rules can be changed with new up/down buttons Extra sheet protection options have been added, to optionally allow insertion or deletion of rows and columns CSV export settings are now remembered Impress & Draw Allowing specify fractional angles while duplicating an object Core A new standard colour palette has been included, based on the RYB colour model Support OpenPGP keys for signing ODF documents on Linux Added support for ECDSA keys on Linux and macOS Signature status showing with colored infobars Filters File format compatibility has been improved with better support for EMF vector images Using PDFium to render imported PDF files Online Responsive design and read-only mode for the document iframe added Performance and rendering improvements This was the last version to support the Windows XP and Vista operating system.[172]
6.x	Unsupported: 6.0	31 January 2018[173]	New features include:[174] Writer Add Form menu in menubar Input field behavior improves Implement rotation of images to any angle Use ODT and XLSX files as mail merge data source New default table style "Grammar By" spell checking Calc Export cell range selection or a selected group of shapes (images) to PNG or JPG The text/plain Unformatted text format results in unquoted/unescaped content as expected for external pastes Added "Paste unformatted text" command New command to select unprotected cells on protected or unprotected sheet Lock symbol to mark protected sheet Added three new ODFF1.2 compliant functions English syntax keywords for number format "Styles" entry in the main menu Impress Better UI for handling layer attributes Added 10 new Impress templates Slide format defaulting to 16:9 screen Core and filters Addition of Noto fonts and some additional Arabic and Hebrew fonts Cross platform support for OpenPGP document signing and encryption TSCP-based classification for ODF and OOXML formats Option to save images modified in place Visualization of borders for tables New filters to import from QuarkXPress 3–4 and export to EPUB Various improvements to OOXML, EMF+, ODF, XHTML, Adobe Freehand, Pagemaker, publisher, Visio, FictionBook, Abiword, Apple Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Quattro Pro filters GUI Insert Special Characters button become drop-down list, Special characters dialog was also reworked Added elementary icon theme Reworked Customize dialog Added Groupedbar Full and Tabbed Compact interfaces
	Unsupported: 6.1	8 August 2018[175]	New features include:[176] Writer Multiple improves for Ruby characters Support generating signature line via Insert menu Add localized settings for tab scopes and caption order Multiple improves to EPUB export Calc Sorting images anchored to Calc cells Draw Added New Page menu item Base HSQLDB database engine is still used by default, but Firebird engine is used by default when experimental mode is turned on. Core / General New default order for Traditional and Simplified Chinese fonts Reworked Areafill backgrounds New RYB Standard palette, based on Itten RYB color ring theory providing Red, Yellow, Blue primaries New set of default gradients New application icons Colibre and Karasa Jaga icon themes added
	Unsupported: 6.2	7 February 2019[177]	New features include:[178] Writer Copy and paste spreadsheet data directly in an existing table UTF-8 and UTF-16 text file can be saved without byte order mark (BOM) Calc Support Signature Line in the spreadsheet Data Validation supports custom formulas Do multivariate regression analysis via regression tool Add the REGEX function to match or replace text with regular expression Impress and Draw Multiple improvements on animation Add a couple of text related drawing styles Add Table submenu to menu Format in Draw Base Embedded Firebird database engine becomes available in public Firebird Migration Assistant creates a backup copy of content for migration MySQL C++ connector is replaced with MariaDB C connector BASIC Add fully support for Firebird RDBMS Core / General Signing Signature Lines with an image of handwritten signature Add Source Serif Pro font Filters Add support for exporting OOXML gradient, bitmap and pattern properties for chart Implement OOXML agile encryption GUI Notebookbar becomes available in public Add three SVG based icons styles Added Minimum and Maximum labels for some conditions in Conditional formatting dialog Add a dialog to switch font feature
	Unsupported: 6.3	8 August 2019[179]	New features include:[180] Writer AutoCorrect exception list function has been extended to avoid auto-capitalization in words like mRNA, iPhone, fMRI Add "Send Outline to Clipboard" button to Navigator → Context Menu New bottom-to-top, left-to-right writing direction in table cells and text frames Support importing charts from DOCX drawingML group shapes New interface add Word form controls Calc New UNO API to let cell anchored graphics resize with the cell New Russian ruble currency symbol (₽) to currency formats New drop-down widget into formula bar instead old tool Sum New checkbox to trim input range to the actual data content Add With replacement and Keep order checkboxes for Sampling FOURIER() function to computes discrete Fourier transform [DFT] of an input array Impress and Draw Various improvements for importing SmartArt from PPTX files Base Firebird Migration Assistant is enabled by default Chart Add palette selection to options charts default colors Math Introduce attributes harpoon and wideharpoon for an alternative representation of vectors Core / General LibreOffice TWAIN module can work on both 32-bit and 64-bit on Windows New UNO command to insert narrow no-break space via keyboard shortcut Tip-Of-The-Day dialog shows useful information once per day on startup What's-New infobar pointing to the release notes after update Sentence selection (triple click) is available for keyboard customization Support redacting documents Support Apple Advanced Typography (AAT) outside macOS Filters Various improvements on EMF+, PDF and OOXML filters GUI Tabbed Compact UI is available in public Contextual Single UI is available in public This version removed support for Firefox personas.
	Unsupported: 6.4	29 January 2020[181]	New features include:[182] Writer Option to mark comments as resolved in Writer The bottom-to-top, left-to-right text direction is available in Writer Text Frames Comments on Writer images and charts New Paste Special menu options for pasting table data into tables Calc The columns/rows headers are drawn flat now Password length no longer limited to 15 symbols for XLSX files Whole Sheet Export setting of the PDF export options Impress & Draw; Added 'Remove Hyperlink' to context menu Added 'Consolidate Text' to combine multiple selected textboxes into one Interaction now only executed in presentation mode Image Maps now respect the setting to require Ctrl+Click to follow the hyperlink Hyperlink in Image Maps now work in presentation mode Base Access2Base API for Base users can be invoked from Python BASIC Implement Save As Word 2000 and Save As for Word.VBA document Core / General Internal Paths are now displayed in the UI Added checkbox to enable/disable sending crash reports to The Document Foundation Hyperlink context menus were unified Added QR Code Generator GUI Document thumbnails at the Start Center have an icon overlaid to indicate the module Added Table panel to Writer's Sidebar	LibreOffice 6.4 Start Center in Slovenian showing each document thumbnail have an icon for corresponding module
7.x	Unsupported: 7.0	5 August 2020[183]	New features include:[184] Writer Implemented a padded numbering in Writer's lists Implemented support for semi-transparent text Added experimental feature for Universal Accessibility Calc TEXT() now allows the second argument to be an empty format string for interoperability with other implementations Improved opening speed of XLSX files with many pictures Impress & Draw; Subscripts now return to the default of 8%. Automatic positioning fixed for superscripts and subscripts in Textboxes Implemented support for semi-transparent text Speed up: Long operation during typing in list with animations Speed up: entering to table editing mode became faster Base Macro signatures are now evaluated on document load Math Added RGB personalized color Added Laplace symbol Core / General The underlying Cairo graphics library was replaced with Skia library Glow effect on objects was implemented Navigator's categories are gray if they do not have any items All objects in Navigator (Headings, Tables, Frames, Images, etc.) have own context menu items like Go To, Edit, Delete, Rename Headings in Navigator have Promote/Demote level and Promote/Demote chapter context menu items Table's context menu in Navigator now has Insert caption item Added Outline tracking for Headings in Navigator. It can be in three states: Default, Focus, Off. Try clicking with your mouse in several places in your big text document with many headings Replaced the navigation toolbox with the navigate by elements control Added Navigator section tooltip word and character count Filters Added support for exporting to ODF version 1.3 Multiple improvements for Open XML filters GUI All toolbars are locked by default now on fresh user profiles Added a new Sukapura icon theme. That icon theme will be a default theme for new LibreOffice installations in macOS Sifr has been polished and receive many updates The unmaintained Tango icon theme was removed from core but will be available as extension New icons and banner in Windows installer Renaming a page in Draw or slide in Impress with empty or already used name give a tool tip dialog
	Unsupported: 7.1	3 February 2021[185]	New features include:[186] Writer New Style Inspector to display the attributes of Paragraph and Character Styles, and manually formatted (Direct Formatting) properties Default anchor for newly added images is able to be configured Ability to detect Unicode, even if the imported text file does not have the Byte Order Mark Significant speed improvement of find/replace operations Calc Added an option to manage pasting with Enter key Added option to select items in Autofilter window clicking on all item's row, in addition to the checkbox Significant speed improvement of Autofilter and find/replace operations Impress & Draw Possibility to add visible signatures to existing PDF files in Draw Possibility to change animations for several objects at once in Impress Addition of "Pause/Resume" and "Exit" buttons to Presenter's Screen Addition of realistic soft blurred shadows to objects Addition of new physics based animation capabilities and new animation effect presets that use them General New dialog to select the User Interface flavor, aiming to pick the right UI based on each user's own preferences at first start Improved search for a matching printer paper size for the printed document Show all supported files when adding a new extension in Extension Manager Print Preview is now updated asynchronously, to not block UI when adjusting settings in Print Dialog Additions Dialog: to search, get and install extensions with one-click Macro ScriptForge libraries: an extensible and robust collection of macro scripting resources for LibreOffice to be invoked from user Basic or Python scripts This is the first version that added experimental support for the Windows ARM64 platform.
	Unsupported: 7.2	19 August 2021[187]	New features include:[188] Writer Background fills can cover whole pages, beyond margins Page styles can now have a gutter margin Mail merge shows a warning about nonexistent data sources RDF metadata in Style Inspector Custom color metadata field shadings Calc Calc now can filter by color in AutoFilter HTML tables listed in the External Data dialogue now show captions "Fat cross" cursor available in the options Type can be selected in "Moving Average" trend lines Impress & Draw New templates: Candy, Freshes, Grey Elegant, Growing Liberty, Yellow Idea Multiple columns now available in text boxes Direct access to the scaling factor via the status bar Math Scaling the code input box General Popup list to search for menu commands Scrollable style picker in the NotebookBar Fontwork panel in the Sidebar New list view for the templates dialog Built-in "X-ray"-like UNO object inspector This is the first version to provide experimental support for Apple Silicon-based ARM Macs.
	Unsupported: 7.3	3 February 2022	New features include:[189] Writer Visualization and Manage Changes support for tracked deletion and insertion of tables and table rows. Calc The "Link to External Data" dialog lists HTML tables in the order they appear in the source. Whitespace line feed and character tabulation in cell formula expressions are now preserved and survive round-tripping between Office Open XML and ODF file formats. New "Evaluate formulas" option in the CSV Import and Paste Special and Text to Column dialog. Bash like autocompletion for Calc autoinput was implemented. Use system's highlight color for cell cursor. Support Color Filter in "Standard Filter" dialog. Queries and filters using some text-based operations such as 'contains' now properly work even with numeric data. Quick find allowed to search for values instead of formulas. Impress & Draw New screen sizes compatible with PowerPoint. Core / General New options to generate one-dimensional barcodes. New WebDAV/HTTP UCP based on libcurl. Unified line width options.
	Unsupported: 7.4	18 August 2022	New features include:[190] Writer Supports clearing breaks from Word for improvement layout fidelity. Allow to view tracked changes for read-only documents. Tracked footnote deletion and insertion are visible in the footnote area. Supports rich text, checkbox content controls, dropdown, picture and date content controls from Word natively Edited lists show original numbers in change tracking. New typographic settings for hyphenation. Supports remote LanguageTool APIs for grammar checking. Calc Supports sparklines Allow to edit up to 16,384 columns. The height of the formula bar can be stored into the document. Extra functions in drop-down AutoSum widget. New menu item to search for sheet names. Impress & Draw New support for document themes. Support using slide background as shape fill for PPTX interoperability. Core / General Added support for WebP and EMZ/WMZ images. The configuration now remembers whether recent documents were opened read-only or editable. Help pages for the ScriptForge scripting library. Filters Support import textboxes in group shapes for DOCX filters Added "glue points" to some basic shapes for PPTX filters Field type of Numeric, Currency, Date and Time forms are exported to PDF Various additions for EMF/WMF import. Add support for OfficeArtBlip TIFF format. GUI The Navigator can scroll to the item on selection. Search field for the Extension Manager. Experimental dark mode support for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Dark variant for Colibre icon theme.
	Unsupported: 7.5	2 February 2023	New features include:[191][192] Writer Objects can be marked as decorative, for better accessibility New types added to content controls, which also improve the quality of PDF forms A new automatic accessibility checker option has been added to the Tools menu Initial machine translation is available, based on DeepL translate APIs Calc Add support for Kamenický and Mazovia encodings Data tables are supported in charts The Function Wizard now lets you search by descriptions "Spell out" number formats have been added Conditional formatting conditions are now case insensitive Correct behavior when entering numbers with a single prefix quote (') Paste Special of cells now remembers last used settings between sessions Impress & Draw New set of default table styles, and creation of table styles Table styles can be customized, saved as master elements and exported Objects can be drag-and-dropped in the navigator It is now possible to crop inserted videos in a slide and still play them The presenter console can also run as a normal window instead of fullscreen Core / General Added support for rotate and zoom gestures when using touchpads Allow searching for combining marks from so-called complex scripts New application and MIME-type icons, more colorful and vibrant The Start Center can filter documents by type PDF Export added new options and features Support for font embedding on macOS Support variable fonts for printing and exporting to PDF Addition of a zoom slider at the bottom right of the macro editor
	Unsupported: 7.6	21 August 2023	New features include:[193][194] Writer New Page Number Wizard in the Insert menu, for easy one-step insertion of the page number in the header/footer The Paragraph Style dropdown in the Formatting toolbar shows a list of styles used in the document, rather than the full list of the available styles Tables of Figures can be generated more flexibly based on paragraph styles Bibliography entries can be edited directly from a bibliography table, and bibliography marks hyperlink by default to the matching row in a bibliography table Highlighting for used paragraph and character styles and direct formatting in text Phrase checking: multi-word dictionary items of Hunspell and custom dictionaries are now accepted Calc Number format: ? is now supported when exporting to ODF to represent an integer digit, replaced by blank if it is a non significant zero, and decimals for formats in seconds without truncation like [SS].00 are now accepted Spreadsheets copied to another document retain a user-defined print range Solver settings are saved with documents, and page styles are exported even if they are not in use Support for drawing styles for shapes and comments, including a dedicated style for comments that makes it possible to customize the default look and text formatting of new comments New compact layout for pivot tables Autofilter support for sorting by color. Filter/sort by color considers colours set by number format. The Import Text dialog (as CSV file or as unformatted text) has a new option to not detect number in scientific notation (only if "Detect Special Numbers" is off) Impress & Draw New navigation panel for switching slides while viewing a presentation (option is enabled by flagging a checkbox in Slide Show Settings) Objects can now be listed in front to back order in the Navigator, with the top-most object at the top of the list Support for free text annotations to PDFium import, plus support for ink, free text and polygon/polyline annotations in PDFium export Modified the auto-fitting text scaling algorithm to work in a way similar to MS Office. Text scaling now separates scaling for space (paragraph and line) and scaling fonts, where space scaling can be 100%, 90% and 80%, and font scaling is rounded to the nearest point size. Horizontal spacing (bullets, indents) is not scaled anymore Base Added Firebird functions DATEDIFF and DATEADD to the set of functions that can be used in the query designer Added MariaDB/MySQL functions TIMESTAMPDIFF and TIMESTAMPADD to the set of functions that can be used in the query designer Core / General Added support for zoom gestures when using touchpads in the main view Exporting to PDF updates the last printed time in document properties Added support for document themes Added support for multicolor gradients Each view of a document now can have its language specific accelerator manager Entering a group once again dims the objects that are not included in it Added support for compressing CJK punctuations encoded in Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block Categorized link targets when linking to a presentation GUI Documents in the Start Center can now be pinned to show them at the beginning of the recently opened document list Filters Added support for OOXML files created in ZIP64 format Added support for SVG files with elements prefixed by fe This is the last version to support the FTP protocol.
24.x	Unsupported: 24.2	31 January 2024[195][196]	New features include:[197][198] Writer "Legal" ordered list numbering: make a given list level use Arabic numbering for all its number parts Comments can use styles Linkable elements can be drag-and-dropped from the Navigator onto a text selection to use the selection as the hyperlink text Nested Sections can be collapsed just like Headings and can be hidden or made visible from their context menu In Outline Folding mode, the hidden headings are greyed out in the Navigator instead of not being visible Start of multi-page floating tables in Writer Comments in a thread are now grouped in the Navigator Templates with the required settings for Japanese text added to the Localization category New line break algorithm with the concept of Microsoft Word 2013 Calc New search field in the Functions sidebar deck Support scientific number format in ODF Shortcuts to switch sheets now work to cycle from last to first Highlight the row and column for the active cell Impress Implement Small Caps effect in Character dialog Draw Support to import multi-page TIFF files placing one image per page Math Support Arabic mathematical notation Support custom Math font Inline (Visual) formula editing mode enabled by default Core / General "Save AutoRecovery information" and "Always create backup copies" turned on by default Exporting to PDF updates the last printed time in document properties Added search functionality in LibreOffice Automatically switching to dark app colors and a dark icon theme when a dark color scheme is configured in the desktop settings also works for the Qt-based UI variants Expert config shows explanatory text to the config items in a tooltip Expert config can be filtered by modified values Alt+NumPad codes support for Windows allow full Unicode range Introduced additional editable metadata fields Contributor, Coverage, Identifier, Publisher, Relation, Rights, Source, Type. Support "Drawing Canvas" object from DOCX files Implement ODF Wholesome Encryption Support SVG OOXML extension GUI The Insert Special Characters dropdown now shows a character description for the selected character Display password strength meter while input password Localization Add Armenian locale
	Supported: 24.8	22 August 2024[199]	This was the first version to support Windows PCs based on ARM processors.[199][200] New features included: Writer Enhanced comment panel resizing and bullet selection Improved hyperlink and Find UI, with new sidebar integration Navigator improvements: cross-reference drag-and-drop, broken image indicators, and footnote/endnote deletion Expanded hyphenation controls, including exclusions and compound word support Calc Added advanced spreadsheet functions (e.g. FILTER, XLOOKUP, SEQUENCE) Support for OOXML pivot table cell formatting import/export PDF export enhancements and case-sensitive data validation Sheet protection and comment handling improvements Impress Live slideshow updates across screens Enhanced slide scrolling and note viewing in Normal view Faster PPTX import with complex shapes Draw Support tiling patterns in imported PDF files Hovering over a layer's tab highlights the objects it contains Base Improved Firebird database reliability and MS Access (.mdb) connectivity via OLEDB Chart Support for "Pie-of-Pie" and "Bar-of-Pie" sub-charts Enhanced character formatting in chart elements General Unicode glyph filtering in Special Characters dialog Improved support for diacritics and accessibility (screen reader announcements) Retains font/background/highlight color selections across sessions New password-based ODF encryption mode Option to exclude personal metadata from exports Improved bullet defaults, layout ratio controls, and screen reader support
25.x	Latest version: 25.2	6 February 2025[201]	New features included:[201][202] Writer Enhanced comment handling in the Navigator and improved tracked changes interface Support for inline headings New options for footnote/endnote conversion, page numbering, and zoom level defaults Improvements to paragraph layout, accessibility features, and content deletion via the Navigator Calc New duplicate record handling dialog Solver enhancements, including model saving and sensitivity reports Additional sheet protection features and smarter selection behavior Impress Support for soft edge/glow effects, improved text rendering in SVG export Improved presenter notes printing Objects can now be centered with a single action Others Base adds Unicode ODBC support Draw adds support for clipping stroke paths in imported PDFs Math allows user-defined formula categories General macOS Quick Look integration, support for HTML strikethrough pasting Optional automatic signing of documents using a default certificate ODF 1.4 export support and new Visio (.vstx) import filter User interface enhancements include touch zoom on Windows, customizable themes, and improved Sidebar controls This was the last version to support Windows 7 and 8.1.

Users and deployments

LibreOffice weekly downloads since 2010

From 2011 to 2018, the estimated number of LibreOffice users grew from 25 million to 200 million. In 2011, The Document Foundation estimated that 10 million users had obtained the software via downloads or CD-ROMs, mostly on Windows, with an additional 15 million users on Linux based on new or updated installations.^{[203][204][205]} By 2013, the user base was estimated at 75 million,^[206] increasing to 100 million in 2015,^[207] and 120 million in 2016.^[208] In 2018, The Document Foundation reported 200 million active users, with approximately 25% being students and 10% using Linux systems.^[209] For comparison, Microsoft Office had an estimated 1.2 billion users in 2018.^[210]

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