New weekend, new chapters on our open-source journey. 🦫
We’re back with two new episodes of The Open Road to Freedom, offering thoughts on the intersection of communities, software, and companies.
Enjoy the stories! 💜
Collabora Office
Collaborative open-source document editing. Controlled by you.
Collabora Online is a powerful document editing suite. Integrate into your existing platform or access via one of our trusted global partners.
Available online, desktop and mobile.
We’re excited to be a Platinum Partner at the @univention Summit 2026!
Join IT leaders, public-sector professionals, vendors, and the open-source community for two days of talks, workshops, and networking. Learn how open-source platforms like Collabora Online enable secure document collaboration while reducing dependency on proprietary systems.
📅 28–29 January 2026
📍 Bremen, Germany
🔗 Register now: https://buff.ly/if1dIoP
Collabora Office or Collabora Office Classic?
Explore the differences between Collabora Office and Classic, what each is designed for and how they can work for you.
🔗 Read the full comparison and find the right fit for your needs: https://www.collaboraonline.com/case-studies/differences-between-collabora-office-and-collabora-office-classic/?mtm_campaign=WhitePaper&mtm_source=Mastodon&mtm_medium=social&mtm_content=Office_vs_Classic
Not sure which Collabora product is right for you?
Join Richard Brock, for a free webinar on choosing the right Collabora products for your document editing needs.
We’ll cover:
☑️ Collabora Online, CODE, Collabora Office, and mobile apps
☑️ How each product fits different use cases
☑️ Choosing the right setup for personal, team, or enterprise workflows
☑️ Gaining flexibility and control over your documents
📆 29/01/26
🕒 15:00 CET
Thanks to all those who have worked on translating #CollaboraOnline on @weblate. You rock! 💜🤟
🥇Dukezas — 1540 strings
🥈Loc Huynh — 1483 strings
🥉Andras Timar — 1231 strings
See the full December stats.
🔗 https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/weblate-stats-december-2025/4335
Join the fun — start contributing today 👉 https://buff.ly/opM1MZM
8.5% of people in the US self-host at least one internet-facing service — but why, and at what cost?
In this episode of Open Matters, Dr. Lea Gröber (ICSI Berkeley) joins us to unpack new research on self-hosting, digital sovereignty, and the real-world security risks behind running services from home.
🎧 Tune in now: https://buff.ly/BV0XAVx
Your task leads. Tabs follow.
Contextual tabs appear only when your work calls for them, keeping your toolbar clean until the moment you need the right tools.
In Calc, selecting a Sparkline instantly reveals the Sparklines tab.
You can find many other tabs appearing in Collabora Online including:
☑️ Writer: Table tools appear only when a table is active
☑️ All apps: Picture and Shape tabs pop up the second you select an image or shape
Try it in the free demo!
🔗 https://www.collaboraonline.com/demo/?utm_campaign=DEMO&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_content=COOLDemo
Collabora Online 🤝 Wire
We are pleased to announce our new partnership with Wire, bringing together two European technology providers with a shared commitment to open standards, transparent architectures, and verifiable security.
The upcoming sovereign workspace offering, Wire Cells, will provide a seamless, sovereignty-aligned document collaboration experience designed to support enterprises.
🎙️ João Azevedo and Pedro Silva from the Collabora team joined the Ubuntu Portugal Podcast (@pup) to talk about Collabora Office Desktop — now available as a Flatpak.
In this episode, they discuss:
• The development and future of Collabora Office Desktop
• Features, interoperability, security, and privacy
• Open source collaboration and community-driven development
Curious? Have a listen!
🔗 https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e369/
New year, new chapters on our open-source journey. 🦫
We’re back with four new episodes of The Open Road to Freedom, offering thoughts on the intersection of communities, software and companies.
Enjoy the stories! 💜
Working with images should feel intuitive — not interruptive.
In this #FeatureFriday, see how Collabora Online makes image editing more intuitive, with image-specific tools appearing exactly when you need them — from alignment and text wrapping to transparency, layering, and cropping.
See it in action!
🔗https://youtube.com/watch?v=oqovuJg_Ztk
After FOSDEM, we’re heading to Brussels for a Hackfest.
Join us for some fun hacking, chatting about the Collabora Office & Online project and FOSS in general, as well as some knowledge-sharing & crazy startrek-future ideation - we’d love to see you there!
📍 The Bedford Hotel, Brussels
📆 2–3 February 2025
Manage 100,000+ users with ease!
Meet the COOL Controller – the powerful addition to Collabora Online designed to transform your large-scale document collaboration infrastructure.
It brings:
☑️ Smarter Scaling
☑️ Better Performance
☑️ Real-time Monitoring
See how it works and what it can do for you.
🔗 https://www.collaboraonline.com/collabora-online-controller/?utm_campaign=Controller&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_content=COOL_Controller
Track edits your way!
With the Per-User Change Tracking feature, you decide whose edits to track—keeping audit trails precise while letting others work freely.
And when a deletion is rejected? Reinstate Changes brings the original text back into view, so nothing gets lost in the review process.
Try them in the free demo today: https://www.collaboraonline.com/demo/?utm_campaign=DEMO&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_content=COOLDemo
Looking to get the most out of Collabora Online? We’ve got you covered! 💜
Dive into our video tutorials and Quick Start Guides to learn new tricks and master your favourite features.
Discover a new skill today: https://www.collaboraonline.com/tutorials/?utm_campaign=Tutorial&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_content=COOL_Tutorials
How do you bring real-time document collaboration into an existing platform — without compromising your core principles?
In this case study, learn how @xwiki integrated Collabora Online using the PostMessage API, enabling users to edit documents directly within the wiki environment while preserving data sovereignty, granular permissions, and open-source flexibility.
Read the full case study.
🔗 https://www.collaboraonline.com/case-studies/xwiki-seamless-document-collaboration-integration/?utm_campaign=Cse_Study&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_content=XWiki
Switching to a new office suite can feel daunting — new tools, new habits, new workflows. But it doesn’t have to be.
Our white paper shares real-world lessons from organisations that have already made the move to Collabora Online — showing how thoughtful planning, testing, and support make for a smooth transition.
Explore how easy migrating can be — download the white paper.
🔗 https://www.collaboraonline.com/case-studies/migrating-to-collabora-online/?utm_campaign=White_Paper&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_content=Migrating
💬 Keep conversations exactly where the work happens.
With mentions in comments, it’s easy to loop colleagues into specific discussions, keep threads clear, and move reviews forward without extra back-and-forth.
Try it yourself in the free demo!
🔗 https://www.collaboraonline.com/demo/?utm_campaign=DEMO&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_content=COOLDemo
Docs, slides, spreadsheets — wherever you are.
Whether you need to read documents on your phone, edit slides on a tablet, or annotate spreadsheets from anywhere, Collabora Office for Mobile is designed to keep up.
✔️ Edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on the go
✔️ Excellent MS Office interoperability
✔️ Your data stays under your control — privacy by design
✔️ Fully open source
🔗 Try it today: https://buff.ly/MIRpRaZ
Meet Skyler Grey 💜
In our latest interview, Skyler shares her journey into open source, what it means to work openly with a global community, and why fixing the “little things” in Collabora Online — especially on mobile — makes such a big difference.
From papercuts to platform challenges, it’s a thoughtful look at open culture, open code, and what working in open source is really like.
Read the full interview.
🔗 https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/an-interview-with-skyler/?utm_campaign=Community&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_content=Skyler
Client Info
Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.07
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst