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Replace Google Docs.

8 open source alternatives, ranked by health. We re-check every project weekly, so you don’t migrate to something abandoned.

Ranked by health

  1. EtherpadReal-time collaborative document editor that runs in the browser.★ 19k Apache-2.0 TypeScript self-host
  2. La Suite DocsDocs is an open-source text editor: web-native, made for real-time collaboration, cleanly structured documents and sub-documents with full ownership of your data. Built to scale with Django and React.★ 17k MIT Python self-host managed
  3. GenOfficeAI office suite with document, spreadsheet, slide, PDF, Markdown and HTML editors and a built-in AI agent.★ 8.3k Apache-2.0 + enterprise ee/ TypeScript self-host
  4. CryptPadCollaborative office suite, end-to-end encrypted and open-source.★ 8.0k AGPL-3.0 JavaScript self-host managed
  5. ONLYOFFICE DocsOnline office suite with collaborative editors for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms and PDFs.★ 7.0k AGPL-3.0 Shell self-host managed
  6. ONLYOFFICE Desktop EditorsOpen-source office suite pack that comprises all the tools you need to work with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, and PDF forms on Windows, Linux, and macOS★ 5.5k AGPL-3.0 self-host managed
  7. Collabora OnlineBrowser-based office suite built on LibreOffice for collaborative documents, spreadsheets and presentations.★ 3.4k MPL-2.0 Shell self-host managed
  8. Univer WorkspaceAn open-source Office workspace where people and AI agents create, collaborate, and review together.★ 2.2k Apache-2.0 TypeScript self-host managed
How the ranking works

Health blends commit recency, release cadence, issue throughput, contributor breadth and star growth. Stars are shown but never ranked on. The full method.