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ONLYOFFICE
DesktopEditors
Systems & Infrastructure2018–2026
ONLYOFFICE / DesktopEditors

DesktopEditors

Open-source office suite pack that comprises all the tools you need to work with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, and PDF forms on Windows, Linux, and macOS

9Distinct people
9Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
5.7KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

Open-source office suite pack that comprises all the tools you need to work with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, and PDF forms on Windows, Linux, and macOS

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year9 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2018-05-30 16:03:44 UTC to 2026-04-01 23:27:43 UTC.

0122018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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OnlyOffice didn't distribute under a pure AGPLv3 license. They made modifications to it. On line 655 here: https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer/blob/master/LIC... > Pursuant to Section 7(b) of the License you must retain the original Product logo when distributing the program. Pursuant to Section 7(e) we decline to grant you any rights under trademark law for use of our trademarks. And on line 17 here: https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DesktopEditors/blob/master/LIC... > Pursuant to Section 7 § 3(b) of the GNU AGPL you must retain the original ONLYOFFICE logo in the upper left corner of the user interface when distributing the software. IANAL, but from the wording above it appears that OnlyOffice has modified it in a way that makes it impossible to fork as a new project.
In OnlyOffice kills Nextcloud partnership for forking its project without approval
recent concerns from https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/onlyoffice >> Since Qt5 is now already outdated, > Yes, every dependency onlyoffice uses is outdated. They even use v8 8.9 that doesn't include any security patches. They also uses outdated CEF binary downloaded from an http url and doesn't check its integrity at all. Even worse, that CEF binary might be closed source as suggested by dbermond in https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DesktopEditors/issues/1664 > I would advise anyone who uses onlyoffice to avoid opening any untrusted documents with it. It appears that onlyoffice upstream doesn't care about security at all. See https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DesktopEditors/issues/1664 for more details
In Microsoft deletes official Windows 11 CPU/TPM bypass for unsupported PCs
Yes, there are several. All three of the following are free of charge on Linux. OnlyOffice is an open source office suite that has native support for Microsoft Office formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx). There is a desktop version that works offline and an online version that integrates with Nextcloud. There are also mobile apps (closed source). Home page: https://www.onlyoffice.com Download: https://www.onlyoffice.com/download-desktop.aspx GitHub: https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DesktopEditors WPS Office (previously known as Kingsoft Office) is a closed source office suite that works on Linux. The software is quite popular in China, and the Android app has over 100 million downloads on the Play Store. Homepage: https://www.wps.com/office/linux Download: http://wps-community.org/downloads Flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.wps.Office F
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reeOffice is another closed source office suite for Linux. Homepage: https://www.freeoffice.com/en Download: https://www.freeoffice.com/en/download/applications
In Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option when installing Windows

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