LibreOffice strives to be accessible for people with special needs or limitations, such as visual impairment or limited motor abilities. How does the software work towards this? What accessibility features are in the pipeline? And how can all users help out? We talk to Michael Weghorn about these topics – and more. (This episode
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22 Sep 2025
Community Member Monday: Devansh Varshney
Today we’re talking to Devansh Varshney, who added histogram chart support to LibreOffice and is working on improvements to the Basic IDE…
Tell us a bit about yourself!
I am from Mathura in India, one of the historical cities where the first image of Buddha was carved during the
26 Aug 2025
PyPos3DLO: Python 3D App based on LibreOffice
Today we’re talking to Olivier Dufailly, who’s working on PyPos3DLO, an app based on LibreOffice to create mechanical characters, edit and optimize Poser files, and manipulate WaveFront files:
Tell us a bit about yourself!
I live in Toulouse (France) and for around 30 years I’ve mainly worked in the space and
17 Aug 2025
AI extension: Stable Diffusion image generator for LibreOffice
LibreOffice does not include artificial intelligence (AI) out-of-the-box. But many users want AI features in the suite – so we encourage developers to make them available as optional extensions. And that’s what Igor Támara did, creating the “Stable Diffusion for LibreOffice” extension for
13 Jul 2025
LibreOffice Podcast, Episode #4 – Documentation in Free and Open Source Software
Good software needs good documentation. But how do we define “good” in this sense? And what does the future hold? Find out in episode 4 of the LibreOffice Podcast! (This episode is also available on PeerTube.)
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18 Jun 2025
Before LibreOffice there was OpenOffice, and before OpenOffice there was StarOffice…
LibreOffice is the successor project to OpenOffice(.org), which in turn was based on StarOffice, a proprietary office suite developed in the 1990s. Learn more about the history here! And let’s hear from Stefan Soyka, who worked on StarOffice from 1990 –