#57 in Notes & Knowledge ManagementUpdated 2026-08

LibreOffice

by LibreOffice · Open source office suite with word processor, spreadsheet and presentations

22.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

An open source office suite of six desktop applications: Writer for word processing, Calc for spreadsheets, Impress for presentations, Draw for diagrams and illustrations, Base for databases and Math for formulas. It is downloaded and installed locally, and is developed by The Document Foundation's contributor community under the Mozilla Public License v2.0.

Best for: Individuals and organisations wanting a free, locally installed office suite for everyday documents
Pricing: No prices are shown; the site states the suite is free and open source and available at no cost.
Runs on: macOSWindows

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Free to use, with source code under the Mozilla Public License v2.0
One suite covering documents, spreadsheets, slides and databases
Translated and maintained by a community across many languages
Open development: anyone can study the code and contribute

Trade-offs

Desktop download only; no hosted or web version is described
Support is community-based; professional support is a separate listing
Separate Personal Use and Business Use downloads, with no stated difference

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 10 out of 100
Documentation: 0 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 53 out of 100
Customer sentiment: 81 out of 100
Changelog: 0 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 45 out of 100
Operational trust: 0 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 40 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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