OnlyOffice 7.1

Usually Mayank Sharma will run everything that'll fit inside a browser, but today he'll try something he's petrified to launch even as a native program.

- Mayank Sharma

IN BRIEF

A free, open-source office suite that runs inside a web browser, and can be installed on a private server. OnlyOffice is cross-platform and can be set up on Windows, Linux and MacOS. It provides all the functionality you’d expect from an office suite, along with the convenience of collaboration.

SPECS

CPU: Dual-core 2GHz

Memory: 2GB

HDD: 40GB

Build: x86-64, ARM

OnlyOffice’s biggest USP is that it’s a web-based editor you can host on your own servers. However, the office suite does have a desktop presence as well. The biggest difference between the web-based and the desktop instance of OnlyOffice is collaboration. While the web-based version can be used to collaborate on documents after installation, the desktop version is designed as a standalone editor. That said, you can connect the desktop version with an online cloud server to add in collaborative editing features.

OnlyOffice includes tools for editing text documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Its developers tout its compatibility with