OpenOffice.org
Sign in to saveOpenOffice.org is an open-source office productivity software suite. It originated from the proprietary StarOffice, developed by Star Division, which was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 1999. Sun open-sourced the software in July 2000 as a free alternative to Microsoft Office, and released OpenOffice.org version 1.0 on 1 May 2002.
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OpenOffice.org is a free office productivity software suite that includes tools for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and other document tasks, created by Sun Microsystems when they open-sourced proprietary software in 2000. It matters because it provides a no-cost alternative to Microsoft Office, making essential productivity tools accessible to users who cannot afford or prefer not to purchase commercial software.
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- The Start Center from OpenOffice.org v3.2.1
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- Star Division (1985–1999)
- Software.developer
- Sun Microsystems (1999–2009)Oracle Corporation (2010–2011)
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- C++ and Java
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- Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Solaris
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- IA-32, x86-64, Previously supported: PowerPC, SPARC
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33 sectionsContents
- History
- Governance
- Naming
- Features
- Components
- Supported operating systems
- Fonts
- Extensions
- OpenOffice Basic
- Connectivity
- File formats
- Development
- Native desktop integration
- Use of Java
- Security
- Version history
- OpenOffice.org 1
- OpenOffice.org 2
- OpenOffice.org 3
- Market share
- Notable users
- Retail
- Forks and derivative software
- Active
- Apache OpenOffice
- LibreOffice
- Discontinued
- NeoOffice
- Go-oo
- IBM Lotus Symphony
- StarOffice
- References
- External links
OpenOffice.org is an open-source office productivity software suite. It originated from the proprietary StarOffice, developed by Star Division, which was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 1999. Sun open-sourced the software in July 2000 as a free alternative to Microsoft Office, and released OpenOffice.org version 1.0 on 1 May 2002.
Following Sun's acquisition by Oracle Corporation, development of OpenOffice.org slowed and eventually ended. In 2011, Oracle donated the project to the Apache Software Foundation, which continues it as Apache OpenOffice,, with the most-recent version being 4.1.16, released on November 10, 2025. A fork of OpenOffice, LibreOffice, was created in 2010 by members of the OpenOffice.org community.