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Last LibreOffice 25.8 release candidates RC3 and RC4 available this week

LibreOffice 25.8 will be released next week, on August 20, 2025 (check the Release Plan). LibreOffice 25.8 RC3 brings us closer to the final version, which will be preceded by a last minute LibreOffice 25.8 RC4 needed for a fix solving an easy to trigger crash. Check the release notes to find the new features included in this version of LibreOffice.

LibreOffice 25.8 RC3 is already available, while LibreOffice 25.8 RC4 will be available from Thursday, August 14. Both can be downloaded for Linux, macOS and Windows, and will replace the standard installation.

In case you find any problem in these pre-releases, please report it in Bugzilla (you just need a legit email account in order to create a new account). For help, you can contact the QA Team directly in the QA IRC channel or via Matrix.

LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven community project, so please help us to test, we appreciate your contribution! Happy testing!!!

LibreOffice project and community recap: July 2025

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Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more…

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  • Then we posted the LibreOffice Podcast, Episode #4 – Documentation in Free and Open Source Software. What exactly makes “good” documentation? And why is it important today? Watch to learn more (also available on PeerTube).

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  • On July 17, we announced LibreOffice 25.2.5. This is the fifth minor update to the 25.2 branch, with bugfixes and compatibility improvements. All users are recommended to upgrade.

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  • And while that branch is being updated regularly, we’re also preparing for the next major release. LibreOffice 25.8 RC2 is available for testing – thanks in advance to everyone who helps to report issues, so we can make it a rock-solid final version!

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LibreOffice Asia Conference 2025, Tokyo – Call for proposals is open

Photo from the LibreOffice Asia Conference 2024

Photo from the LibreOffice Asia Conference 2024

This is a translation of the Japanese post:

The LibreOffice Asia Conference Committee is pleased to invite proposals for talks at the LibreOffice Asia Conference 2025, which will be held in Tokyo, Japan, on December 13 (Saturday) and 14 (Sunday), at IIJ Head Office (Iidabashi Grand Bloom).

This conference brings together LibreOffice users and contributors across Asia — including developers, translators, QA testers, community organizers, and marketing professionals — to share knowledge, tools, experiences, and challenges. We will welcome international guests, including team members from The Document Foundation, and encourage cross-border exchange and collaboration.

The conference will be held as a single-track event over two days, with most sessions in English. However, talks in Japanese are also welcome. If you plan to give your talk in Japanese, please prepare your slides in English so that non-Japanese-speaking attendees can follow along. We may also organize separate workshops or additional sessions.

Please make sure to check the following for details such as the event schedule.
(The information will be updated as needed.)
wiki.documentfoundation.org/Events/2025/LibreOffice_Asia_Conference

Here are some examples of topics (but not limited to):

  • Case studies of LibreOffice adoption or ODF migration efforts
  • Technical insights into LibreOffice code development
  • Community activities such as translation, quality assurance, outreach, or marketing
  • Tips and techniques for using LibreOffice effectively

Talk duration: 25 minutes including Q&A

  • The presentation will be recorded and made publicly available.
  • Please apply the CC-BY-SA 4.0 license to your presentation slides.
  • Please submit your slides after the event.

Travel support:
We may provide travel support to accepted speakers traveling from outside Tokyo:

  • Airfare or bullet train tickets
  • Hotel accommodation (up to 2 nights; up to 4 nights for those traveling long distances, e.g., from overseas)

How to submit

Please submit your proposal via the following website:
events.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice-asia-conference-2025/
If you have difficulty submitting through the website, please send an email to ja-contact@libreoffice.org with the following information and with the email subject “Proposal Submission for LibreOffice Asia Conference 2025”:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Your profile
  • Talk title
  • Abstract (around 130-250 words)
  • Travel cost approximate estimation (only if you want to request travel support)

Due to limited hotel availability in Tokyo, please make a cancelable hotel reservation at the time of your CFP submission.

Submission deadline: September 16, 2025, 23:59 (JST, UTC+9)

Notification of acceptance: by October 1, 2025

LibreOffice 25.8 RC2 is available for testing

LibreOffice 25.8 will be released as final on August, 20, 2025 (check the Release Plan). LibreOffice 25.8 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) brings us closer to the final version, which will be preceded by Release Candidate 3 (RC3). Check the release notes to find the new features included in this version of LibreOffice.

LibreOffice 25.8 RC1 can be downloaded for Linux, macOS and Windows, and it will replace the standard installation.

In case you find any problem in this pre-release, please report it in Bugzilla (you just need a legit email account in order to create a new account).

For help, you can contact the QA Team directly in the QA IRC channel or via Matrix.

LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven community project, so please help us to test, we appreciate your contribution! Happy testing!!!

The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 25.2.5

LibreOffice 24.8 has now reached the end of life, so all users have to update their free office suite to the latest release

Berlin, 17 July 2025 – The Document Foundation announces the release of LibreOffice 25.2.5, the fifth maintenance release of the LibreOffice 25.2 family for Windows (Intel, AMD and ARM), macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Linux OSs, available for download at www.libreoffice.org/download [1].

LibreOffice 24.8 has reached the end of life, which means that this release – which includes dozen of fixes and enhancements that further improve reliability, performance and interoperability – is suggested for production environments, and all users should update their installation as soon as possible.

LibreOffice 25.2.5 is based on the LibreOffice Technology, which enables the development of desktop, mobile and cloud versions – either from TDF or from the ecosystem – that fully support the two ISO standards for document formats: the open ODF or Open Document Format (ODT, ODS and ODP) and the closed and proprietary Microsoft OOXML (DOCX, XLSX and PPTX).

Products based on the LibreOffice Technology are available for all major desktop operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS), mobile platforms (Android and iOS) and the cloud.

For enterprise-class deployments, TDF recommends a LibreOffice Enterprise-optimized version from one of the ecosystem companies, with dedicated value-added features and other benefits such as SLAs and security patch backports for three to five years.

English manuals for LibreOffice 25.2 Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw and Math are available for download at books.libreoffice.org/en/. End users can get first-level technical support from volunteers on the user mailing lists and the Ask LibreOffice website: ask.libreoffice.org.

Downloading LibreOffice

All available versions of LibreOffice for the desktop can be downloaded from the same website: www.libreoffice.org/download/.

LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can support The Document Foundation and the LibreOffice project by making a donation: www.libreoffice.org/donate.

[1] Fixes in RC1: wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/25.2.5/RC1. Fixes in RC2: wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/25.2.5/RC2.

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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