Open Source Microsoft Word Alternatives

Alternatives to Microsoft Word for all platforms with Open Source License

LibreOffice - Writer

Writer has all the features you need from a modern, full-featured word processing or desktop publishing tool. It's simple enough for a quick memo, but powerful enough to create complete books with contents, diagrams, indexes, etc. You're free to concentrate on your message, while Writer will make it look great.
- It has virtually everything that MS Word does with exception of the most exotic functions - but it's 100% Open Source and 100% free. lharolds • Jul 2019 • 12 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Well supported. Updated regularly, and best of all it's open source! Guest • Oct 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It is the same thing but open source, cross platform and not for profit. Guest • Mar 2020
- LibreOffice saved me through college. This world needs a solid open source alternative. emilycarlmrs • Apr 2020
- If you do not need some very rare functions, LibreOffice Writer is better and totally libre alternative! KuboFHromoslav • May 2017 • 27 agrees and 1 disagrees
- LibreOffice can do 90%+ of what Microsoft Office can do, and it costs 100% less! Guest • Dec 2016 • 35 agrees and 8 disagrees
- Offers pretty much everything Microsoft office does, but is free! FjjB • Jul 2019 • 7 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Definitely its good working piece of software. Made my CV in that. No need to use MS Word anymore. Guest • Jul 2019 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees
- More straight-forward than Microsoft's product, and it's free! RemovedUser • May 2019 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- The closest I could find to a free MS Office alternative, does pretty much everything MS Word does. DanielPinto • Feb 2019 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- IT'S FREE. It' actively being developed, and its legit competition. Although, sometimes it turns text into gibberish. I don't know what that's about. Guest • Mar 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It is better than Open Office. It could redraw the MS-Word-created diagrams which Open Office could not. Guest • May 2016 • 28 agrees and 4 disagrees
- It is absolutely free and handles .docx and .doc files better than the other alternatives provided. Additionally, it supports more features than other alternatives like Google Docs. Guest • Jun 2017 • 11 agrees and 0 disagrees
- The newer Libre Office version (6.3.4) have less compatible than older version (6.2.8). The docx file when open is very wrong format that not acceptable. And saving file in docx file will make file read only that can't enable to editing. OpenOffice is better Guest • Dec 2019 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- it is NOT from Microsoft. It is free Software without grabber etc. and it is in best form and quality. Guest • Dec 2019
- Free, multiple platform, and probably the richest set of functionality, other than Microsoft Office Word. Word improved recently for the Mac, but is still not as good as on Windows, but LibreOffice is pretty much the same everywhere. Google Docs and IBM Docs are probably closest, otherwise, and have web forms. Apache OpenOffice seems to be losing momentum, would be nice if the code bases would merge, they'd focus on a combined effort. Guest • Jan 2018 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It is cross platform which is very useful when you need to edit a document in either windows, gnu/linux, and mac. Microsoft Office is not able to run on gnu/linux for now. 9y0xwefhpw • Apr 2018 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Tries to provide a lot of useful tools. Opened a piece of artwork for me that nothing else would. Has a thesaurus (very,very, useful). The builder(s) deserve compensation for providing it. Guest • Dec 2017 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees
- LibreOffice is the best free alternative to MS Office I have tried. It offers all I need in word processing software. It has a smart modern interface and does not require a steep learning curve if you are accustomed to MS Office. A truly great package. Guest • Apr 2018 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It doesn't handle citations and referencing well. With Word you can use Endnote as an add-on. I can't see how to use citations and referencing built-in or add an add-on like Endnote. Guest • Jun 2019 • 1 agrees and 7 disagrees
- It's very easy to use, Small. I asked for a new feature. The team debugs fast. mohammadetemaddar • Nov 2016 • 9 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It handles large documents better than word does. Guest • Mar 2017 • 12 agrees and 5 disagrees
- Lots of features, but still has compatibility issues with DOCX files. (Thanks to Microsoft) 3psilon • May 2018 • 0 agrees and 3 disagrees
- The worst UI and UX, easy to crash. rnickson • Mar 2018 • 1 agrees and 6 disagrees
- Freedom. If you care about that go for LibreOffice. Also you've got pretty much the same common feature, which is quick enough for everyone. Word stay good if you really want to go deeper in some modificatio, but it's really not worth the price (alone without Office 365). Guest • Apr 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... ReactOS
Export to PDF LibreOffice Integration Export to ePub Writing tool ... Export to HTML Export to Word Hybrid PDF Hyperlinks Live Meeting Portable Presentations as Video Support for Themes Writing tool Add a feature

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Apache OpenOffice Writer

Writer, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, is an open-source word processor. It supports the ISO standard Open Document Format (ODF) for data interchange as its default file format, as well as Microsoft Office 97-2003 formats, Microsoft Office 2007 format (ability to "open" documents in version 3), among others.
- No proper implementation of digital signatures. Centaro • Jan 2020 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It is basically a free version of Microsoft Office. martintin_916 • Mar 2019 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Microsoft Office is costly and slow, but OpenOffice is free and fast. rose64bit • Apr 2018 • 3 agrees and 6 disagrees
- Poor features and quite complicated interface Guest • Jan 2017 • 8 agrees and 5 disagrees
- Will not use later than Word 97 documents Guest • Nov 2015 • 4 agrees and 4 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Fractions Functions Export to PDF Spell checking ... Writing tool Add a feature

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ONLYOFFICE

ONLYOFFICE is an opensource office and productivity suite that enables you to manage documents, projects (ONLYOFFICE Projects), team and customer relations in one place. ONLYOFFICE is delivered either as a SaaS solution or as an installation for deployment on a private network (Community Edition, for teams up to 20 users).
- Its one of the best options to Microsoft Office, it has almost all tools. And is by far better then LibreOffice or OpenOffice. hudsonrb92 • Jun 2020
- Very similar layout to Microsoft Office so its the best alternative for people use to that. And especially for me, ecuations in google docs and libre office are ugly compare to Microsoft format which OnlyOffice use. Guest • Apr 2020
- It has a nice UI, and good support for microsoft document formats. Risei • Feb 2020
- Clean GUI and fast interface. Excellent for high dpi too. Guest • Oct 2017 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) Cloudron
Collaborative Workspaces Compatible with Microsoft Office Nextcloud integration Real time collaboration ... Built-in translation End-to-End Encryption Equation editor Integrated Chat Integrated Youtube support Latex equations Multiple languages Works Offline Portable Real time collaboration Spreadsheets Tabbed interface White-labeled Add a feature

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AbiWord

AbiWord is a free software word processor. The name "AbiWord" (pronounced "Abby Word") is derived from the root of the Spanish word "abierto", meaning "open". It runs on Linux, Mac OS X (PowerPC), ReactOS, BeOS (unsupported), AmigaOS 4.0 (through its Cygnix X11 engine), and other operating systems. Multilingual Portable version (15MB installed) from http://portableapps.com/apps/office/abiword_portable .
- AbiWord is a great simple word processor. However it doesn't have many advanced features. Just a simple text document. And it's free! kaylinTechAU • Jan 2017 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Linux BSD PortableApps.com Haiku GTK+ ... AmigaOS
Lightweight Multiple languages Portable Spell checking Add a feature

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CryptPad

CryptPad is a private-by-design alternative to popular office tools and cloud services. All the content stored on CryptPad is encrypted before being sent, which means nobody can access your data unless you give them the keys. CryptPad is a suite of zero knowledge, realtime collaborative editors and applications. Encryption carried out in your web browser protects the data from the server, the cloud, and the NSA.

Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Self-Hosted Software as a Service (SaaS)
Collaborative writing Real time collaboration Encryption End-to-End Encryption ... No registration required Notetaking Direct file uploading Encrypted Notes MarkDown support Multiple languages Privacy focused Real-time Real time collaboration Scheduling Writing tool WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

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Manuskript

Manuskript is an open-source tool for writers, with outliner, character management, plot development, distraction-free editor, etc. Outliner Organize your thoughts and snippets in a hierarchical manner. Organize them as you wish, reorganize them on the go. Distraction-free mode Get rid of all distraction while writing. Set personal goal in word count or time before you can leave editor.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Distraction free writing Outliner Tracking of characters File-organization ... Outline folding Track Characters Tracking of locations Tracking of plots Tree structure Visual timeline Flat File CMS MarkDown support Notetaking Revision History Export to ePub Export to PDF Social media collaboration Visual Organization Wordpress integration Writing tool Add a feature

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LaTeX

LaTeX is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. The term LaTeX refers only to the language in which documents are written, not to the editor used to write those documents. In order to create a document in LaTeX, a .tex file must be created using some form of text editor. While most text editors can be used to create a LaTeX document, a number of editors have been created specifically for working with LaTeX.
- The most powerful document preparation system, for the absolute best result ever. sbibauw • Apr 2020
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Typesetting Publishing Text formatting Add a feature

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Airborn

Create and edit documents online without sacrificing your privacy.
- Cloud based document storage and editing, without giving up your privacy. Guest • Sep 2017
Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Web Software as a Service (SaaS)
AES encryption Encrypted Documents Encrypted Notes Multiple languages ... Real time collaboration Export to PDF Security focused Windows-like Add a feature

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bibisco

bibisco is a novel writing software that helps you to write your story, in a simple way. * bibisco is a desktop application available for Linux, MacOS and Windows in 13 languages: czech, dutch, french, german, english, italian, polish, portuguese (Brazil), portuguese (Portugal), russian, serbian, spanish, turkish. * All that you need - with bibisco you can organize chapters and scenes, manage revisions, export novel in pdf, docx., txt, epub.

Freemium Open Source Mac Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell Node.JS
Character development Google Drive integration Novel planning Timeline ... Ad-free Distraction free writing Export to Word Integrated Search No installation Portable Export to ePub Export to PDF Scene Management Visual Organization Writing tool Add a feature

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Quoll Writer

Quoll Writer's interface is focused on what matters, your words. Controls are where you would expect them to be. It employs a familiar tabbed interface to allow you to work on multiple chapters and assets at once. Just like the real world, the world you create is full of characters, locations and items, Quoll Writer lets you easily create and manage those assets.

Free Open Source Windows
Cross Linking Distraction free writing Outliner Fullscreen support ... Export to ePub Export to PDF Story Management Tabbed interface Writing assistance Writing tool Writing statistics Writing suggestions Add a feature

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