Germany committing to ODF and open document standards

ODF logo and map of Europe highlighting Germany

Digital sovereignty is becoming vitally important. If governments and organisations use proprietary or pseudo-standard formats, they limit the tools that citizens can use to access data.

So we’re happy to see that the IT Planning Council in Germany is committing to move to the Open Document Format – a fully standardised format (and the default used in LibreOffice).…

TDF’s Annual Report 2024 – LibreOffice Conference

LibreOffice Conference 2024 group photo

The LibreOffice Conference is the annual gathering of the community, our end-users, developers, and everyone interested in free office software. In 2024, it took place in Luxembourg

(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2024 – we’ll post the full version here soon.)

This was our third in-person conference after the COVID pandemic, following on from the Milan conference in 2022 and Bucharest conference in 2023, but we also lived-streamed sessions so that participants could watch remotely (and ask questions in our chat channels too).…

LibreOffice at the Augsburger Linux-InfoDay 2025

LibreOffice at the Augsburger Linux-InfoDay 2025

Today we’re at the Linux-InfoDay 2025 in Augsburg, southern Germany! If you’re in the area, pop by for a chat and grab some LibreOffice merchandise 😊

LibreOffice in 2024 – TDF’s Annual Report

TDF Annual Report 2024 banner

In 2024, LibreOffice celebrated its fourteenth birthday. Two new major versions of the suite introduced a variety of new features, while minor releases helped to improve stability as well

(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2024 – we’ll post the full version here soon.)

LibreOffice 24.2

On January 31, LibreOffice 24.2 was officially released after six months of work.…

Annual Report 2024: The Document Foundation’s activities

TDF Annual Report 2024 banner

The Document Foundation is the non-profit entity that coordinates the LibreOffice project and community. In 2024 we had with elections for the foundation’s Membership Committee, along with regular Advisory Board calls, and support for other projects and activities

(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2024 – we’ll post the full version here soon.)

Insights from the Prague InstallFest 2025 Conference

LibreOffice community at Prague InstallFest 2025

Petr Valach from the Czech LibreOffice community tells us about feedback from the LibreOffice booth at this event…

InstallFest is a well­‑established yet relatively small open­‑source conference held annually in the Czech Republic, traditionally at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering building at Karlovo náměstí in Prague. Personally, I prefer these more intimate spaces over the larger venues like the Faculty of Information Technology, where the LinuxDays conference takes place.…