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LibreOffice for Mac

Free, open-source office suite.

Free
In English
Version 24.8.0.3
4.1
Based on 203 user rates

LibreOffice overview

LibreOffice is an office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, drawing tool) compatible with other major office suites. The Document Foundation is coordinating development and maintenance of this OpenOffice.org fork.

Note: While the software is classified as free, it is actually donationware. Please consider making a donation to help support development.

What’s new in version 24.8.0.3

Privacy
  • If the option Tools ▸ Options ▸ LibreOffice ▸ Security ▸ Options ▸ Remove personal information on saving is enabled, then personal information will not be exported (author names and timestamps, editing duration, printer name and config, document template, author and date for comments and tracked changes)
Writer
  • UI: handling of formatting characters, width of comments panel, selection of bullets, new dialog for hyperlinks, new Find deck in the sidebar
  • Navigator: adding cross-references by drag-and-drop items, deleting footnotes and endnotes, indicating images with broken links
  • Hyphenation: exclude words from hyphenation with new contextual menu and visualization, new hyphenation across columns, pages or spreads, hyphenation between constituents of a compound word
Calc
  • Addition of FILTER, LET, RANDARRAY, SEQUENCE, SORT, SORTBY, UNIQUE, XLOOKUP and XMATCH functions
  • Improvement of threaded calculation performance, optimization of redraw after a cell change by minimizing the area that needs to be refreshed
  • Cell focus rectangle moved apart from cell content
  • Comments can be edited and deleted from the Navigator’s right-click menu
Impress & draw
  • In Normal view, it is now possible to scroll between slides, and the Notes are available as a collapsible pane under the slide
  • By default, the running Slideshow is now immediately updated when applying changes in EditView or in PresenterConsole, even on different Screens
Chart
  • New chart types “Pie-of-Pie” and “Bar-of-Pie” break down a slice of a pie as a pie or bar sub-chart respectively (this also enables import of such charts from OOXML files created with Microsoft Office)
  • Text inside chart’s titles, text boxes and shapes (and parts thereof) can now be formatted using the Character dialog
Accessibility
  • Several improvements to the management of formatting options, which can be now announced properly by screen readers
Security
  • New mode of password-based ODF encryption
Interoperability
  • Support importing and exporting OOXML pivot table (cell) format definitions
  • PPTX files with heavy use of custom shapes now open faster

LibreOffice for Mac

Free
In English
Version 24.8.0.3

What users say about LibreOffice

SithTracy
By SithTracy on Dec 1 2021 for v.7.2.3.2

Customer support: 4.0

Great community assistance. There is a native stable M1/ARM (aarch64), but not available on the typical LibreOffice.org site (look to download.documentfoundation.org)...

Other user ratings:

Value | 5.0
Ease of use | 5.0
Features | 4.0
Reliability | 4.0
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What customer like

Regular updates
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What needs improvements

Design
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LibreOffice qualities

Value
5.0
Ease of use
4.5
Features
4.0
Reliability
4.0
Customer support
4.0

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4.1

(226 Reviews of LibreOffice)

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rk77
rk77
May 8 2024
24.2.3.2
0.0
May 8 2024
0.0
Version: 24.2.3.2
Please explain 4.0 rating for "Customer support". LibreOffice has no customer support.
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Mar 29 2024
24.2.2
5.0
Mar 29 2024
5.0
Version: 24.2.2
v24.2.2 is a BETA release (at least by my definition). "If you're a technology enthusiast, early adopter or power user, this version is for you!" - - I.E. that's why it doesn't show up in LibreOffice as an update. Don't bother with it unless you want to beta test it.
Johninsapporo
Johninsapporo
Mar 29 2024
24.2.2
1.0
Mar 29 2024
1.0
Version: 24.2.2
Suffers from the same design faults as Office, which it strives to imitate. The ribbon occupies valuable real estate. Since a window is wider than it is tall, it makes much better sense to have this function at the sides. If anything, LibreOffice suffers worse from bloat than Office. Way too many features. Truly an app designed by a committee.
pfackelmann-1
pfackelmann-1
Feb 2 2024
24.2.0.3
0.0
Feb 2 2024
0.0
Version: 24.2.0.3
last version is v 7.6.4.1 by 30. Nov. 2023 Now you offer v 24.2.0.3 Strange, isn't it?
Satcomer
Satcomer
Dec 14 2023
7.6.3.2
5.0
Dec 14 2023
5.0
Version: 7.6.3.2
LibreOffice is best and hopefully it will be here is future!
uncle keith
uncle keith
Aug 25 2024
24.8.0.3
5.0
Aug 25 2024
5.0
Version: 24.8.0.3
vkww
vkww
Jul 25 2024
24.2.5.2
5.0
Jul 25 2024
5.0
Version: 24.2.5.2
Simon3
Simon3
Jul 16 2024
24.2.5.2
5.0
Jul 16 2024
5.0
Version: 24.2.5.2
oyfr
oyfr
Jul 15 2024
24.2.5.2
5.0
Jul 15 2024
5.0
Version: 24.2.5.2
ykmv
ykmv
Jun 22 2024
24.2.4.2
5.0
Jun 22 2024
5.0
Version: 24.2.4.2
nzrz
nzrz
Jun 7 2024
24.2.4.2
5.0
Jun 7 2024
5.0
Version: 24.2.4.2
twaw
twaw
May 19 2024
24.2.3.2
5.0
May 19 2024
5.0
Version: 24.2.3.2
vesta401
vesta401
May 9 2024
24.2.3.2
5.0
May 9 2024
5.0
Version: 24.2.3.2
nolen
nolen
Apr 5 2024
24.2.2
5.0
Apr 5 2024
5.0
Version: 24.2.2
ozkb
ozkb
Mar 30 2024
24.2.2
5.0
Mar 30 2024
5.0
Version: 24.2.2
lesv
lesv
Mar 4 2024
24.2.1.2
5.0
Mar 4 2024
5.0
Version: 24.2.1.2
fallenflower
fallenflower
Sep 17 2023
7.6.1.2
5.0
Sep 17 2023
5.0
Version: 7.6.1.2
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Aug 24 2023
7.6.0.3
5.0
Aug 24 2023
5.0
Version: 7.6.0.3
makareim
makareim
May 6 2023
7.5.3.2
5.0
May 6 2023
5.0
Version: 7.5.3.2
DrOpenSource
DrOpenSource
Feb 4 2023
7.5.0.3
5.0
Feb 4 2023
5.0
Version: 7.5.0.3
Johninsapporo
Johninsapporo
Nov 28 2022
7.4.3.2
1.0
Nov 28 2022
1.0
Version: 7.4.3.2
Satcomer
Satcomer
Jul 25 2022
7.3.5.2
5.0
Jul 25 2022
5.0
Version: 7.3.5.2
Saneman1
Saneman1
Jun 30 2022
7.3.4.2
5.0
Jun 30 2022
5.0
Version: 7.3.4.2
Annie-Walker
Annie-Walker
Mar 31 2022
7.3.2.2
5.0
Mar 31 2022
5.0
Version: 7.3.2.2
Majestik7
Majestik7
Mar 5 2022
7.3.1.3
5.0
Mar 5 2022
5.0
Version: 7.3.1.3
The_Blinded
The_Blinded
Jan 9 2022
7.2.5.2
4.0
Jan 9 2022
4.0
Version: 7.2.5.2
albertop9
albertop9
Oct 5 2021
7.2.1.2
2.0
Oct 5 2021
2.0
Version: 7.2.1.2
Jack75
Jack75
Jun 10 2021
7.1.4.2
4.0
Jun 10 2021
4.0
Version: 7.1.4.2
mugsuk
mugsuk
May 22 2021
7.1.3.2
5.0
May 22 2021
5.0
Version: 7.1.3.2
HarperHunt
HarperHunt
May 20 2021
7.1.3.2
5.0
May 20 2021
5.0
Version: 7.1.3.2
slaterinabus
slaterinabus
May 14 2021
7.1.3.2
5.0
May 14 2021
5.0
Version: 7.1.3.2
M-Rick
M-Rick
May 7 2021
7.1.3.2
4.0
May 7 2021
4.0
Version: 7.1.3.2
far_g
far_g
May 7 2021
7.1.3.2
4.0
May 7 2021
4.0
Version: 7.1.3.2
orsobou4
orsobou4
Dec 26 2020
2.0
Dec 26 2020
2.0
Version: null
kh-myself
kh-myself
Sep 13 2020
5.0
Sep 13 2020
5.0
Version: null
MaurizioL
MaurizioL
Sep 10 2020
5.0
Sep 10 2020
5.0
Version: null
Geography Is Destiny
Jul 3 2020
2.0
Version: null
britinokinawa
britinokinawa
Jul 2 2020
1.0
Jul 2 2020
1.0
Version: null
patephotographic
patephotographic
Jun 30 2020
5.0
Jun 30 2020
5.0
Version: null
chicobg87
chicobg87
Jun 21 2020
5.0
Jun 21 2020
5.0
Version: null
GymW
GymW
Apr 16 2020
5.0
Apr 16 2020
5.0
Version: null
Jeff-Schlueter
Jeff-Schlueter
Mar 26 2020
3.0
Mar 26 2020
3.0
Version: null
paulfrisby
paulfrisby
Mar 26 2020
4.0
Mar 26 2020
4.0
Version: null
a9759468
a9759468
Mar 19 2020
5.0
Mar 19 2020
5.0
Version: null
sl977110
sl977110
Dec 30 2019
5.0
Dec 30 2019
5.0
Version: null