alternatives to
Google's browser-based documents, spreadsheets and presentations. A closed product from Google.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CryptPad | Full replacement | 8k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | No | JavaScript | 2026.5.1 | 2026-10-06 |
| ONLYOFFICE Docs | Full replacement | 7k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | No | Shell | v9.4.0 | 2026-07-22 |
| Collabora Online | Full replacement | 3.4k | Other | Open source | No | Shell | 25.04.7-mobile | 2026-10-06 |
| Etherpad | Partial | 19k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | TypeScript | v3.3.7 | 2026-10-06 |
| LibreOffice | Partial | 4.5k | GPL-3.0 | Open source | No | C++ | libreoffice-26.8.1.1 | 2026-10-06 |
| EtherCalc | Partial | 3.1k | Other | Open source | No | TypeScript | 0.20260717.0 | 2026-09-15 |
6 alternatives
Collaborative office suite, end-to-end encrypted and open-source.
End-to-end encrypted documents, spreadsheets, presentations and forms, edited together in the browser.
ONLYOFFICE Docs is a free collaborative online office suite comprising viewers and editors for texts, spreadsheets and presentations, forms and PDF, fully compatible with Office Open XML formats: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and enabling collaborative editing in real time.
Real-time co-editing of documents, spreadsheets and presentations, often plugged into Nextcloud.
Issue tracker only. Active development is on Gerrit at https://gerrit.collaboraoffice.com/.
Real-time co-editing of documents, spreadsheets and presentations built on LibreOffice, usually plugged into Nextcloud or another file host.
Etherpad: A modern really-real-time collaborative document editor.
Real-time collaborative text editing only, without spreadsheets or slides.
Read-only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead
Desktop apps rather than browser-based co-editing.
Node.js port of Multi-user SocialCalc
Spreadsheets edited together in the browser, without documents or presentations.