Microsoft 365 / Office Alternatives

Office is now a cloud service that phones home. There are suites that let you write and edit without the telemetry.

Here are the recommended office tools we recommend in its place.

LibreOffice

Free, fully offline office suite that never touches the cloud.

FreeOpen SourceWindowsmacOSLinuxGermany

End-to-end encrypted office suite you use in the browser.

FreemiumOpen SourceE2E EncryptedWebFrance

Self-hostable suite with the best Microsoft format compatibility.

FreemiumOpen SourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSWebLatvia

Self-hosted, browser-based office suite built on LibreOffice.

FreemiumOpen SourceWebUnited Kingdom

Self-hosted real-time editor for collaborative writing.

FreeOpen SourceWebSelf-hosted

Self-hosted real-time spreadsheet for shared figures.

FreeOpen SourceWebSelf-hosted

Self-hosted collaborative office suite

FreeOpen SourceWebGermany

Sovereign collaborative document editor

FreeOpen SourceWebFrance / Germany

Open-source relational spreadsheet

FreemiumOpen SourceWebUnited States