LibreOffice Marks 40th Year With Browser-Based Overhaul

LibreOffice, the open-source office suite that began as StarOffice in 1985, has marked its 40th anniversary with new features that it says could transform how users interact with the software. At the FOSDEM 2025 conference, developers unveiled LibreOffice 25.2, which introduces browser-based functionality and real-time collaboration capabilities through a technology called conflict-free replicated data types.
A key development is ZetaOffice, a version built for the WebAssembly runtime that enabl