Apache OpenOffice Blog The Free and Open Productivity Suite General About Downloads License Mission Trademarks Press OpenOffice.org Community Get Involved Orientation Mailing Lists Social Networking Events Support Native Language Planning Wiki People Community FAQs Development Source Code Bug Tracking Quality Assurance Translation Website Security Reports Contributing Code Developer FAQs Project Project Blog PMC FAQs The ASF Website License Security Events Donations Sponsorship Thanks Blog Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.16 Posted on: 2025-11-10 20:00:00+00:00 Wakefield, DE - 10 November 2025 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.16, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.16 is a security release incorporating bug fixes and other enhancements. This release … Development Update - April 2024 Posted on: 2024-04-03 21:00:00+01:00 The Apache OpenOffice development is proceeding at a steady pace. The "trunk" branch has seen quite some important edits in the last few months. But because not all these changes are considered "mature enough" for the public, we will try to give you an overview in this blog post. The … Back to the Future Initiative Posted on: 2024-04-01 00:00:00+00:00 The Apache OpenOffice Development Team is proud to announce that the next releases will introduce an important change: a text-only user interface. We all know that today's applications are shifting from local systems (desktops, workstations etc.) to the cloud and to browser-centric user interfaces. This process does not always increase … Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 Posted on: 2023-12-22 16:00:00+00:00 Wakefield, DE - 22 December 2023 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 is a maintenance release incorporating bug fixes and other enhancements. All users … Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.14 Posted on: 2023-02-27 19:45:24+00:00 Wakefield, DE - 27 February 2023 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.14, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.14 is a maintenance release incorporating bug fixes and other enhancements. All users … More than 333 Million Downloads of Apache OpenOffice Posted on: 2022-08-30 22:32:53+00:00 A few days ago we have seen with great pleasure that the bar of more than 333 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice® was exceeded. The count is from 2011 until today and it includes all 4.1.x releases. Please note that there are much more ways to get OpenOffice … Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.13 Posted on: 2022-07-22 17:57:02+00:00 Wakefield, DE - 22 July 2022 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.13, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.13 is a Security release incorporating bug fixes and other enhancements. All users … Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 Posted on: 2022-05-04 21:27:43+00:00 Wakefield, DE - 04 May 2022 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 is a Maintenance release incorporating bug fixes and other enhancements. All users … Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11 Posted on: 2021-10-06 18:04:34+00:00 Wakefield, DE - 06 October 2021 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11 is a Security release incorporating other bug fixes and little enhancements. All … Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.10 Posted on: 2021-05-04 12:28:17+00:00 Wakefield, DE - 04 May 2021 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.10, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.10 is a Security release incorporating important bug fixes. All users of Apache … Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.9 Posted on: 2021-02-08 17:13:07+00:00 Forest Hill, MD - 07 February 2021 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.9, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.9 is a maintenance release incorporating important bug fixes. All users of … New release for Apple's macOS 11 (Big Sur) - Also with fixes for Linux and Windows Posted on: 2021-01-06 23:22:39+00:00 Dear Apache OpenOffice® Users, Thank you for your interest in Apache OpenOffice and your on-going support over the years. You may have heard (e.g., through our support forums) that OpenOffice has problems with Apple's new macOS 11 (Big Sur). When opening modern Microsoft Office Documents (files that end with … Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8 Posted on: 2020-11-10 22:30:28+00:00 Forest Hill, MD - 10 November 2020 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8 is a maintenance release incorporating important bug fixes. All users of … 300 Million Downloads of Apache OpenOffice Posted on: 2020-10-29 23:43:11+00:00 With great pleasure we have seen that Apache OpenOffice® was downloaded more than 300 million times from 2011 until now, October 24th. Here included are more than 200 million downloads of all releases in the 4.1.x branch. This was reached with our partner SourceForge.net. Of course there … The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 20 Years of OpenOffice® Posted on: 2020-10-15 22:15:59+00:00 Leading Open Source office application and personal productivity suite under development as a community-led Apache® Project for the past 8 years Wakefield, MA —14 October 2020— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the twenty-year … Apache OpenOffice needs your help Posted on: 2020-05-17 22:34:44+00:00 The Apache® OpenOffice® Project is on the road to a bigger update for the leading open source office suite. This is your chance. OpenOffice needs people to help in the development process. Don't panic, you do not need to be a software engineer or programmer though those skills are always … 1.6 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7 Posted on: 2019-10-22 18:44:44+00:00 On Sep, 21st we have released Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7. Since then we had 1.6 million download requests. And this is only for the newest release. There are more for other versions that the users download due to their special needs. And not included are the many others … Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7 Posted on: 2019-09-21 19:40:11+00:00 21 September 2019 - Apache OpenOffice, the leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7 is a maintenance release aimed at correcting some regressions and delivering the latest English … Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.6 Posted on: 2018-11-18 20:29:04+00:00 18 November 2018 - Apache OpenOffice, the leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.6, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.6 is a maintenance release aimed at correcting some regressions and delivering the latest English … Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 Posted on: 2017-12-30 16:16:10+00:00 30 December 2017 - Apache OpenOffice, the leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 is a maintenance release aimed at correcting some regressions and delivering the latest English … Open Document Editors Devroom at FOSDEM 18, Brussels FOSDEM is 3-4 Feb 2018 Posted on: 2017-11-27 07:38:46+00:00 FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings of Free Software contributors in the world and happens each year in Brussels (Belgium) at the ULB Campus Solbosch. In 2018, it will be held on Saturday, February 3, and Sunday, February 4. As usual, the Open Document Editors DevRoom will be jointly … Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.4 Posted on: 2017-10-19 19:44:55+00:00 19 October 2017 - Apache OpenOffice, the leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.4, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.4 is a maintenance release incorporating important bug fixes, security fixes, updated dictionaries, and build … Over 200 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice Posted on: 2016-11-28 20:04:19+00:00 Apache OpenOffice continues to enjoy the user's valuation. Recently the new record mark of 200 million downloads was reached. The downloads are managed by our partner SourceForge . The high demand of the most current release 4.1.3 - that was released in … Open Document Editors Devroom at FOSDEM 17, Brussels 4-5 Feb 2017 Posted on: 2016-11-08 21:11:52+00:00 FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings of Free Software contributors in the world and happens each year in Brussels (Belgium) at the ULB Campus Solbosch. In 2017, it will be held on Saturday, February 4, and Sunday, February 5. As usual, the Open Document Editors DevRoom will be jointly … 'Note from a satisfied user: Congratulations for all efforts of the past!' Posted on: 2016-10-16 21:42:29+00:00 We received the following mail from Mr. Ziegler on the developer mailing list [1] and we want to share it with all of you: Quote start I was encouraged to leave my aoo forum post directly in the dev mailing list so that you all can read what I wanted … Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 Posted on: 2016-10-12 21:46:03+00:00 12 October 2016 - Apache OpenOffice, the leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3, now available in 41 languages on Windows, OS X and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 is a maintenance release incorporating important bug fixes, security fixes, updated dictionaries, and build … More team-mates needed Posted on: 2016-09-22 21:04:50+00:00 At Apache OpenOffice we are looking for further team-mates and here especially for developers: Are you a software developer with C++ skills? Or do you have expertise in building software? Are you additionally experienced as lead technical writer? Do you like to contribute to open source projects? And are you … Stop the lazy season, start changing Posted on: 2016-09-20 19:02:41+00:00 It's time to write about new things that happen here in the Apache OpenOffice project. At first, we want to let you know about new releases. The first will be the bugfix release 4.1.3 that will tie in directly with the current version. It's already in the cooking … Apache OpenOffice Extensions and Templates New Sites Posted on: 2016-03-24 17:46:34+00:00 Since 2012 SourceForge has been distributing Apache OpenOffice downloads and actively maintaining both Apache OpenOffice Extensions and Templates sites. I wrote a couple of short blog posts about the changes that affect end- users. Extensions that have not been updated in a while report the following message: "Warning message This … 'Apache OpenOffice at FOSDEM 2016: Submit your talk now' Posted on: 2015-12-06 00:05:38+00:0…