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ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors

Free desktop editors for documents, sheets, slides and PDFs with native Office formats.

Visit ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors4.5

  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Windows, macOS, Linux

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What is ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors?

ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is a free office suite for Windows, macOS and Linux with editors for documents, spreadsheets, presentations and PDFs. It works natively with DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files to keep formatting intact, can edit the text, images and layout of PDFs, and is free for personal and professional use. The source code is open under AGPL-3.0.

Pros: what ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors does well

  • Native DOCX, XLSX and PPTX support
  • Free for personal and professional use
  • Includes a real PDF editor

Cons: where it falls short

  • Fewer extras than Microsoft Office
  • Interface tabs can feel busy at first

Who ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is for

People who swap Word, Excel and PowerPoint files with others and want them to look right.

Who can skip it

People who only write simple notes.

ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors alternatives

Not sold on ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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LibreOffice

Focus: word processor and spreadsheets. Shares office suite and open source with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors. Same 4.5 rating.

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.5Visit

WPS Office

Focus: pdf. Shares office suite and microsoft office alternative with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors. Freemium (ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors: Free). Adds Android, iOS and Web. Rated 4.1 (ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors: 4.5).

Desktop AppFree planWindows, macOS
4.1Visit

CryptPad

Focus: encrypted and google docs alternative. Shares office suite and open source with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors. A web app, not a desktop app. Freemium (ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors: Free). Adds Web. Rated 4.3 (ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors: 4.5).

Web AppFree planWeb
4.3Visit

Tiny Little Office

Focus: documents, spreadsheets and privacy. Shares office suite and open source with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors. A web app, not a desktop app. Adds Web. Rated 4.3 (ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.3Visit

Handy

Focus: speech to text, dictation and whisper. Shares open source with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors. Rated 4.7 (ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.7Visit

MuseScore Studio

Focus: music notation, sheet music and composition. Shares open source with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors. Rated 4.7 (ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.7Visit

Free alternatives to ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

delta

Focus: git, diff and code review. Shares open source with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors. Rated 4.6 (ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit

micro

Focus: text editor, terminal and ssh. Shares open source with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors. Rated 4.6 (ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit

VSCodium

Focus: code editor, vs code and privacy. Shares open source with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors. Adds Offline. Rated 4.6 (ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit

OpenWhispr

Focus: dictation, speech to text and whisper. Shares open source with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors. Same 4.5 rating.

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.5Visit

Lapce

Focus: code editor, rust and plugins. Shares open source with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors. Rated 4.4 (ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit

Scribus

Focus: desktop publishing, page layout and print design. Shares open source with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors. Rated 4.2 (ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.2Visit
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