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Apache OpenOffice

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free and open-source office suite

Key facts

Original author
Star Division
Developer
Apache Software Foundation
Initial release
3.4.0 / 8 May 2012 ; 14 years ago ( 2012-05-08 )
Stable release
4.1.16 / 10 November 2025
Written in
C++ and Java
Operating system
Linux , macOS , Windows
Platform
IA-32 and x86-64
Predecessor
OpenOffice.org
Standard
OpenDocument
Available in
41 languages
Type
Office productivity suite
License
Apache-2.0
Website
openoffice .org
Repository
github .com /apache /openoffice

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
free software
Based on
StarOffice
Official website
www.openoffice.org
Image
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.16 start centre screenshot.png
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IRC channel URL
irc://irc.libera.chat/openoffice
software version identifier
4.1.16
programmed in
C++
Commons category
Apache OpenOffice
source code repository URL
github.com/apache/openoffice
issue tracker URL
bz.apache.org/ooo
Commons gallery
Apache OpenOffice
inception
2012-05-08
operating system
cross-platform
different from
OpenOffice.org
social media followers
5653
official blog URL
blogs.apache.org/ooo
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Encyclopedic overview

Apache OpenOffice is an open-source office productivity software suite developed by the Apache Software Foundation. It was created as a successor project of OpenOffice.org, itself a successor to StarOffice. It is also the designated successor of IBM Lotus Symphony. The suite includes applications for word processing (Writer), spreadsheets (Calc), presentations (Impress), vector graphics (Draw), database management (Base), and formula editing (Math). It supports the OpenDocument format and is compatible with other major formats, including those used by Microsoft Office.

Apache OpenOffice is developed for Linux, macOS and Windows, with ports to other operating systems. It is distributed under the Apache-2.0 license. The first release was version 3.4.0, on 8 May 2012. The most recent significant feature release was version 4.1, which was made available in 2014. The project has continued to release minor updates that fix bugs, update dictionaries and sometimes include feature enhancements. The most recent maintenance release was 4.1.16 on 10 November 2025.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Apache OpenOffice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.