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Collabora Office Brings Its Online UI to the Desktop on Linux, Windows, and macOS (linuxiac.com)
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Collabora Productivity has announced the release of the first desktop version of its Collabora Office, bringing the full Collabora Online interface to Linux, Windows, and macOS as a native application.

For those who haven’t heard of the app, Collabora Office is an open-source office suite derived from the LibreOffice codebase, offering tools for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and vector graphics.

Until now, its most modern user interface—the one used in Collabora Online (COOL)—was available only in the browser. With this release, that interface is now packaged as a local desktop app running entirely offline.

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[–] HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Anyone with some experience in both LibreOffice and Collabora?

Since Collabora is based off LO, I'm curious why users would prefer one over the other. Any killer features missing from either? Is Collabora just a nice coat of paint?

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

I use Libre office on my MacBook, I use Collabora office on my iPad.

There is no Libre office for iPad, and until now there was no Collabora office for MacBook. But I will be downloading CO today.

[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

Their iOS apps work mostly but have annoying glitches for me. Android they run so slow they’re infuriating to use on a cheap tablet. I haven’t used their web app in a while on nextcloud but it wasn’t great either. Feature wise it seemed about the same when they work right. I guess it’s a nice coat of paint if you like web app type look.