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LibreOffice

Open source

The Document Foundation

Category
Documents & PDF
Version
26.8.1.1
Manifest checked
2026-10-23
Size
~358 MB
Licence terms
Open source (MPL 2.0) · free for personal and business use
Supported OS
Windows 11 · 10
Install method
Automatic install supported
Developer
The Document Foundation
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What it is

An open-source office suite from The Document Foundation. It opens, edits and saves Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx) and PowerPoint (.pptx) files, and is free for personal and business use alike. It is the most widely used alternative where buying Microsoft Office is not an option.

When to pick this

If you mainly read documents and make light edits. For complex Excel macros or precise layout work, you still need MS Office.

Details

MS Office compatibility

Opens and saves docx, xlsx and pptx. Complex formatting and macros may shift, so check important documents before sending them on.

PDF export

Any document can be saved as PDF without a separate program.

Business use

No licence cost even when installed across a company. If your internal templates are built for MS Office, test compatibility first.

After a reformat

The user profile folder is everything

Custom dictionaries, AutoCorrect, macros and toolbar layout are in %APPDATA%\LibreOffice\4\user. Copy that folder before formatting and the whole configuration returns.

File associations

Setup asks whether to associate DOC, XLS, PPT and other Office formats with LibreOffice. If you also use Microsoft Office, better not to.

Distribution

winget ID
TheDocumentFoundation.LibreOffice
Redistribution policy
Open source licence
Manifest checked
2026-10-23

The date the version and installer URL were checked in winget. This is separate from a usage-terms review or an installation test.

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