{
 "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
 "source": "https://opensourceeverything.org/g/documents/",
 "group": "Documents",
 "job": "Writing and editing documents, alone or with others",
 "category": "Office & productivity",
 "replaces": [
  "Google Docs",
  "Microsoft Word",
  "Apple Pages"
 ],
 "alternatives": [
  {
   "name": "LibreOffice Writer",
   "fit": "full",
   "note": "Desktop; no live co-editing",
   "summary": "LibreOffice Writer is a desktop word processor for writing and editing documents on your own computer. It is for people who want an office suite that runs locally and works with common document formats.",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "licenseClass": "open",
   "kind": "app",
   "code": "https://git.libreoffice.org/core",
   "website": "https://www.libreoffice.org",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/libreoffice-writer/"
  },
  {
   "name": "OnlyOffice Docs",
   "fit": "full",
   "note": "Server, or free desktop app; ask for hosting",
   "summary": "ONLYOFFICE Docs is an office suite for documents, spreadsheets, presentations and forms that several people can edit together, and it opens Microsoft Office files well. You run it on your own server, or use ONLYOFFICE's separate free desktop app.",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0",
   "licenseClass": "open",
   "kind": "self_hosted",
   "code": "github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer",
   "website": "https://www.onlyoffice.com/see-it-in-action",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/onlyoffice-docs/"
  },
  {
   "name": "Collabora Online",
   "fit": "full",
   "note": "Needs your own server",
   "summary": "Collabora Online is office software you run on your own server so people can write and edit documents together in a web browser. It is for groups and organizations that want shared document editing on their own server.",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "licenseClass": "open",
   "kind": "self_hosted",
   "code": "github.com/CollaboraOnline/online",
   "website": "https://collaboraonline.com",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/collabora-online/"
  },
  {
   "name": "CryptPad",
   "fit": "partial",
   "note": "Encrypted; simpler formatting than Word",
   "summary": "CryptPad is a web-based document suite where files are encrypted in your browser before they are stored or shared, so the server cannot read them. It is for people who want to write, edit and share documents, sheets and presentations together with privacy.",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0",
   "licenseClass": "open",
   "kind": "self_hosted",
   "code": "github.com/cryptpad/cryptpad",
   "website": "https://cryptpad.org",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/cryptpad/"
  },
  {
   "name": "Etherpad",
   "fit": "partial",
   "note": "Plain shared text; no page layout",
   "summary": "Etherpad is a real-time shared text editor where several people can write in the same document at once, and every change is recorded with its author. It is aimed at organisations, schools and self-hosters who want to run their own server.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "licenseClass": "open",
   "kind": "self_hosted",
   "code": "github.com/ether/etherpad",
   "website": "https://etherpad.org",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/etherpad/"
  }
 ]
}