Collabora Online

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Collabora Online
Developer(s)Collabora Productivity Ltd.
Stable release
4.2.8 / 4 September 2020; 3 years ago (2020-09-04)
RepositoryCgit Freedesktop
Written inHTML, JavaScript, C++
Operating system
  • Windows
  • MacOS
  • Linux
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Chrome OS
Available in36 languages
TypeOffice Suite, Collaboration, Document Management
LicenseMozilla Public License 2.0
Websitecollaboraoffice.com

Collabora Online is an open source online office suite developed by Collabora Productivity, a division of Collabora. It is based on LibreOffice Online. The web application allows collaborative editing of text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.[1][2]

History

The former LibreOffice development team from SUSE joined Collabora in September 2013 forming the subsidiary Collabora Productivity.[3] In 2015 Collabora together with IceWarp announced the development of and enterprise-ready version of LibreOffice Online meant to compete with Microsoft 365 and Google Docs.[4] In December 2015, the company's partnership with ownCloud and release of CODE (Collabora Online Development Edition) was announced on Joinup.[5] On 2 June 2016, the company released Collabora Online 1.0 “Engine”, which the company calls the first production grade version of Collabora Online.[6] On 2 November 2016, the company released CODE 2.0 which became a collaborative real-time editor; previously only one person was able to edit, others in the document were only observers.[7] In December 2017, version 3.0 of the Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) has been released.[8]

In October 2020 Collabora announced the move of its work on Collabora Online from The Document Foundation infrastructure to GitHub.[9][2]

Platforms

Collabora Online is delivered as a web application and can be used with any modern browser. For Android and iOS devices, native apps were released in 2020, which also work offline.[10] A version running on Chromebooks and allowing to store documents locally is also available.[11]

Features

Collabora Online allows collaborative real time editing text documents, spreadsheets and presentations in the browser.[12] Unlike Google Docs or Office 365 the software is not offered as a cloud service. Instead, users can install it in their own environment.[13] Since the release of Nextcloud Hub 19, this is also possible from within a chatroom of Nextcloud's built-in video-conferencing tool Nextcloud Talk.[14] It supports the Open Document Format (.odt, .odp, .ods) as well as all newer Microsoft formats (.doc, docx, .ppt, .pptx, .xls, xlsx).[15]

Technology

The core of Collabora Online is written in C++ just like the core of LibreOffice. It uses the LibreOfficeKit, a programming interface that allows the reuse of most of the existing LibreOffice code and the saving, loading and rendering of documents.[16] The basic principle of Collabora Online is that documents never leave the server. The parties working on the documents see tile-rendered images of the document and send their changes back to the server. The visible user interface of Collabora Online is written in JavaScript. For file access and authentication with a file hosting services, Collabora Online uses the WOPI protocol developed by Microsoft. This means that Collabora Online can - in theory - be used with any instance allowing a Microsoft 365 integration.[17]

Reviews

Collabora Online was discussed in various online and print publications. In December 2016 the tech website Softpedia mentioned the availability of collaborative editing in version 2.0 and the integration with Owncloud, Nextcloud and other FSS solutions.[18] The technology website ZDNet reported in June 2020 that Collabora Online from version 19 of Nextcloud will be delivered as a standard office package and that within the native video conferencing software Talk direct editing of documents is now possible.[19] The technology blog OMG! Ubuntu! covered the release of the Android & iOS apps pointing out the possibility to use them in offline mode.[20] In September 2020 Linux Magazine compared Collabora Online with OnlyOffice, mentioning the flexibility and platform independency of both tools and pointing out large set of features Collabora Online draws from LibreOffice.[21]

In the media

  

References

  1. ↑ Meeks, Michael (November 3, 2016). "Stuff Michael Meeks is doing". gnome.org. Retrieved September 9, 2020. The most obvious improvement in 2.0 is collaborative editing, which has a lot of UX elements to enable users to see other users' cursors, selections, with name popups when they are active, or mouse-overed, and more thanks to Henry Castro
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Collabora Online moves out of The Document Foundation". LWN.net. October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  3. ↑ "SUSE Partners with Collabora to Deliver Commercial LibreOffice Support". suse.com.
  4. ↑ "LibreOffice in the browser revealed in 2011 finally close to reality". Arstechnica.
  5. ↑ Hillenius, Gijs (22 December 2015). "New document solution offers openness and accountability". Retrieved 9 September 2020. The two companies announced their partnership last week, making available an initial development release of Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE).
  6. ↑ "Collabora Productivity releases Collabora Online 1.0 "Engine" for Hosters and Clouds" (Press release). Collabora Productivity. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016. Collabora Productivity, the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, has released the first production grade version of Collabora Online, its flagship cloud document suite solution.
  7. ↑ "Collabora Online Development Edition 2.0 released - Collabora Productivity". Collabora Productivity (Press release). 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  8. ↑ Bhartiya, Swapnil (29 December 2017). "LibreOffice Based CODE 3.0 Released". linux-magazine.com. Linux Magazine. Retrieved 9 September 2020. Collabora Productivity, a UK-based company that offers a cloud-based LibreOffice solution, has announced the release of CODE 3.0.
  9. ↑ "[board-discuss] an Online move ..." 1 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  10. ↑ Sneddon, Joey. "Collabora Office Brings LibreOffice to Android, iOS". omgubuntu.co.uk. Collabora Office is a free and open source office suite for Android and iOS [...] The app also works entirely offline. With no cloud or online service features come enabled by default or are required to use any of the included features
  11. ↑ Wallen, Jack. "How to install Collabora Office on your Chromebook". Thanks to Collabora Office Suite, fans of the Chromebook device can enjoy an office suite on their laptops that functions locally, as you've come to expect from such a tool.
  12. ↑ "Collabora Online 2.0 Puts LibreOffice in the Cloud, Adds Collaborative Editing". softpedia.com.
  13. ↑ Bhartiya, Swapnil (19 July 2016). "Can Collabora and Nextcloud crack Office 365 dominance?". cio.com. IDG Communications. Retrieved 9 September 2020. Unlike Google or Microsoft, Collabora Productivity doesn't have the massive infrastructure required to offer CODE as a cloud based service. Instead, it offers the entire code as a product that users can install on their own servers.
  14. ↑ Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. (June 4, 2020). "NextCloud gets bigger and better with Nextcloud Hub 19". zdnet.com. Nextcloud also has its own built-in video-conferencing and group meeting service: Nextcloud Talk. Here, the most interesting new feature is you can now edit office Collabora documents during video calls or from within a chat room.
  15. ↑ Bärwaldt, Eric (September 2020). "Working Together Tools for collaborative office work". Linux Magazine (238/2020). For cross-platform use, the suite not only supports the Open Document Format (ODF) but also all newer Microsoft formats, which makes interaction with other office suites easier. {{cite journal}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ↑ Meeks, Michael (August 3, 2016). "Stuff Michael Meeks is doing". gnome.org. Retrieved September 9, 2020. The LibreOfficeKit API is the foundation of the Android App, GNOME Documents, and the ongoing LibreOffice Online work, and a lot changed in the last year.
  17. ↑ "MS-WOPI: Web Application Open Platform Interface Protocol". microsoft.com. Microsoft. June 18, 2019. Retrieved September 9, 2020. WOPI defines a set of operations that enables a client to access and change files stored by a server. This allows the client to render files and provide file editing functionality for files stored by the server.
  18. ↑ Nestor, Marius (December 7, 2020). "Collabora Online 2.0 Puts LibreOffice in the Cloud, Adds Collaborative Editing". softpedia.com. SoftNews NET SRL. Retrieved September 9, 2020. With features like collaborative editing, Collabora Online 2.0 users will always be in control of their sensitive corporate data. [...] It also appears that Collabora Online fully integrates with both the popular ownCloud and Nextcloud self-hosting cloud server technologies.
  19. ↑ "NextCloud gets bigger and better with Nextcloud Hub 19". zdnet.com.
  20. ↑ Sneddon, Joey (March 4, 2020). "Collabora Office Brings LibreOffice to Android, iOS". omgubuntu.co.uk. OHSO Media. Retrieved September 9, 2020. The app also works entirely offline. With no cloud or online service features come enabled by default or are required to use any of the included features (though naturally there's support for integrations with cloud storage services, including NextCloud, should you want it).
  21. ↑ Bärwaldt, Erik (September 2020). "Working Together: Tools for collaborative office work". Linux Magazine (238/2020). Retrieved September 9, 2020. The differences are in the details. While Collabora draws on LibreOffice's enormous feature set, OnlyOffice focuses more strongly on efficient editing of office documents and therefore offers a number of less common functions. Both packages are very flexible when it comes to platform independence ranging from in-house desktop apps, through cloud-based web applications, to desktop editors and apps for mobile devices. {{cite journal}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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