Encrypted open source office suite in your browserOpen source alternatives to WPS Office
2 open source tools do the job of WPS Office. The most starred is CryptPad, with 8k stars. Verified on GitHub. About WPS Office
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Questions about alternatives to WPS Office
What is the best open source alternative to WPS Office?
By GitHub stars it is CryptPad, with 8,076 stars and a commit on 12 Nov. Choose CryptPad when you want documents, sheets and slides edited together in the browser, end-to-end encrypted, on a server you run. Next come LibreOffice (4,634 stars).
Is there a free alternative to WPS Office?
Yes. The code of all 2 is public under AGPL 3.0 or MPL 2.0, so you can use them with no licence fee. Running one yourself costs the server and your time to look after it, and some makers also sell a hosted plan.
How do I choose between them?
Start from the job you use WPS Office for. Choose LibreOffice when you want a free desktop office suite with no account or subscription, run by a non-profit foundation.
Which WPS Office alternatives can I host on my own server?
All 2: CryptPad and LibreOffice. Each tool's page says what it needs to run.
Which ones are still being worked on?
All 2 we track had a commit in the last 30 days, among them CryptPad and LibreOffice. A recent commit shows the project is kept up, not that it will stay that way.
What licences do they use?
AGPL 3.0 (1), MPL 2.0 (1). GPL and AGPL ask you to share your changes under the same licence when you give the software to others, and AGPL also counts letting people use it over a network.
What do I lose by leaving WPS Office?
The hosting. WPS Office's maker runs the servers for you; with an open source tool the updates, backups, security fixes and support are yours, unless you take the maker's hosted plan. Features differ too, so check what each one imports and exports before you move your data.