Processing
On-device
How product activity is processed.
INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE
LibreOffice
A free open-source desktop office suite for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, formulas, and databases.
- Desktop
- On-device
- Open source
- No account required
- Pricing
- Donation
- Category
- PDF and documents
Privacy at a glance
A quick view of the dimensions most useful for comparing this product. Unconfirmed facts stay explicitly unconfirmed.
Identity
No account
Whether an account is needed to use it.
Tracking
Optional telemetry
Reported analytics and tracking posture.
Ownership & source
Open source
Availability of the product source code.
Offline support
Yes
Whether core use can continue offline.
Self-hosting
No
Whether you can run it on your own infrastructure.
What to know
Why it stands out
- Documents can be created and edited entirely offline without an account or provider cloud.
- The application is open source, provides document encryption options, and has been subject to externally commissioned security review work.
Trade-offs
- Files are not encrypted by default; users must choose password protection or secure storage when confidentiality at rest is required.
- LibreOffice does not provide a built-in hosted real-time collaboration service equivalent to cloud office suites.
Best for
Users and organizations wanting a mature offline open-source office suite with local file control.
Consider another option when
Teams needing turnkey browser-based real-time coauthoring and managed cloud sharing.
Technical details
Complete privacy-profile dimensions, grouped for easier review. Each value is retained from the catalogue record.
4 groups · 18 dimensions
- Processing
- On-device
- Storage
- User-selected
- Offline support
- Yes
- Self-hosting
- No
- Data export
- Yes
- Data deletion
- Yes
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Evidence
6 public sources collected
- LibreOfficelibreoffice.org · Product page · desktop office-suite capabilities and open-source availability
- LibreOffice for End User Privacyblog.documentfoundation.org · Documentation · offline operation, telemetry defaults, encryption, metadata, and privacy controls
- Security in LibreOfficebsi.bund.de · Security audit · externally commissioned security review
Review status: ListedLast reviewed: Not yet reviewedCatalogue updated: 20 Jul 2026
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