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What's the deal with ONLYOFFICE? (self.opensource)

submitted 1 month ago by gedaliyah to c/[email protected]

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I've been testing it and it seems like a good solution for general productivity and a great option for people migrating from MS. It's open source and cross-platform, but I just don't see it in any conversations about office software.

For me, it's so far leagues beyond LibreOffice. I really need something that works on my phone and syncs across devices, and allows collaboration. OnlyOffice seems to fit the bill. It's also far more intuitive to my preferences.

I am sure that some people wouldn't like the fact that the interface runs as a webapp, or use of Java, but it's strange to me that it's not usually even in the conversation.

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[–] BrownianMotion 1 points 1 month ago

I use ONLYOFFICE desktop apps on my local computer, and I love it. My niece also uses it, and doesn't really notice the difference to MS Office. I also have ONLYOFFICE Server running and integrated to Nextcloud so I can, if needed, open/edit files from a browser.

I am aware of the [dubious] complaints that Russians were once involved in its creation (WAY BACK in 2009), and I still don't care since everything is open source and on Github.

If someone asks a question where ONLYOFFICE can be a solution (recently, a proper PDF editor using open source software) I suggest it.

LibraOffice imo is the most behind of the three options, and Collabora Office works, but it is in no way similar in operation to MS Office making it a difficult sell to your mum/family.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnlyOffice

https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/