computing Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic processes, and development of both hardware and software. Computing has scientific, ...

, an

office suite Productivity software (also called personal productivity software or office productivity software) is application software used for producing information (such as documents, presentations, worksheets, databases, charts, graphs, digital painting ...

is a collection of

productivity software Productivity software (also called personal productivity software or office productivity software) is application software used for producing information (such as documents, presentations, worksheets, databases, charts, graphs, digital paintings ...

usually containing at least a

word processor A word processor (WP) is a device or computer program that provides for input, editing, formatting, and output of text, often with some additional features. Early word processors were stand-alone devices dedicated to the function, but current ...

spreadsheet A spreadsheet is a computer application for computation, organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form. Spreadsheets were developed as computerized analogs of paper accounting worksheets. The program operates on data entered in c ...

and a

presentation program A computing, a presentation program (also called presentation software) is a software package used to display information in the form of a slide show. It has three major functions: * an editor that allows text to be inserted and formatted * a ...

. There are many different brands and types of office suites. Popular office suites include

Microsoft Office Microsoft Office, or simply Office, is the former name of a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX in Las Vegas. Initially a marketi ...

Google Workspace Google Workspace (formerly known as Google Apps and later G Suite) is a collection of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, software and products developed and marketed by Google. It consists of Gmail, Contacts, Calendar, Meet ...

and

LibreOffice LibreOffice () is a free and open-source office productivity software suite, a project of The Document Foundation (TDF). It was forked in 2010 from OpenOffice.org, an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. The LibreOffice suite co ...

Multi-platform desktop office suites

Free and open source suites

Apache OpenOffice Apache OpenOffice (AOO) is an open-source office productivity software suite. It is one of the successor projects of OpenOffice.org and the designated successor of IBM Lotus Symphony. It is a close cousin of LibreOffice, Collabora Online and ...

(descended from OpenOffice.org) *

Calligra Suite Calligra Suite is a graphic art and office suite by KDE. It is available for desktop PCs, tablet computers, and smartphones. It contains applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, databases, vector graphics, and digital paintin ...

– the continuation of

KOffice KOffice is a free and open source office and graphics suite developed by KDE for Unix-like and Windows systems. KOffice contains a word processor ( KWord), a spreadsheet (KSpread), a presentation program ( KPresenter), and a number of other comp ...

under a new name *

Collabora Online Collabora Online is an open source online office suite that can be integrated with any web application, it is developed by Collabora Productivity, a division of Collabora. Collabora Online has LibreOffice at its core and allows for collaborativ ...

for desktops is an enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice *

– independent fork of OpenOffice.org with a number of enhancements * ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors – an open source offline edition

Freeware and proprietary suites

* Hancom Office Suite (formerly ThinkFree Office) - Available for Windows and Mac. * MobiSystems OfficeSuite – available for Windows, Android and iOS. * Polaris Office - Available for Windows, Android, iOS and macOS. *

SoftMaker Office SoftMaker Office is an office suite developed since 1987 by the German company SoftMaker Software GmbH based in Nuremberg. A freeware version is released as well, under the name of SoftMaker FreeOffice. Components SoftMaker Office includ ...

– For a fee; a slightly feature-limited version is free under the name "FreeOffice". Available for Windows, Linux and Mac (2018) *

WPS Office WPS Office (an acronym for Writer, Presentation and Spreadsheets, previously known as Kingsoft Office) is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and HarmonyOS developed by Zhuhai-based Chinese software developer Kin ...

– free and complete office suite, covering a multitude of operating system platforms including Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and Mac. * Yozo Office (formerly EIOffice and Evermore Integrated Office) – Available in Polish, English, Japanese & French for Windows & Linux using Java.

For Microsoft Windows only

Free and open source suites

Freeware and proprietary suites

Ability Office Ability Office is an office suite developed by Ability Plus Software and distributed and marketed by Ability Software International and which consists of a word processor, spreadsheet, database, modules for presentation and photo or image editing ...

* Breadbox Office – DOS software, but has been successfully tested with Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98/98 SE/ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and the 32-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista and 7. *

EasyOffice EasyOffice was an office suite for Microsoft Windows developed by E-Press corporation that came in two versions: * EasyOffice Freeware, free for non-commercial personal use. It was featured in ''Maximum PC'' magazine as the second best alternative ...

* Framework – historical but also still supported for Windows by the present developer, Selection & Functions Inc. *

Gobe Productive Gobe Software, Inc was a software company founded in 1997 by members of the ClarisWorks development team that developed and published an integrated desktop software suite for BeOS. In later years, it was the distributor of BeOS itself. History ...

– Originally written for BeOS by developers of the original

ClarisWorks AppleWorks was an integrated office suite containing a word processor, database, and spreadsheet. It was developed by Rupert Lissner for Apple Computer, originally for the Apple II platform and launched in 1984, and was later reworked for the ...

, GoBe Productive is a lightweight integrated Works-like office suite with a generous "Hassle-Free License." *

Hancom Office Hancom Office, formerly ThinkFree Office, is a proprietary office suite that includes a word processor, spreadsheet software, presentation software, and a PDF editor as well as their online versions accessible via an internet browser. ThinkFre ...

* Ichitaro JUST Suite 2008 – a full Japanese-language suite from

JustSystems is a Japanese software development house. The company's main products were a word processor, Ichitaro ("JohnnyOne"), a Japanese input method, ATOK. In 2010s, they focus on correspondence education and enterprise software. Description JustSyste ...

, the most direct competitor to Microsoft Office in Japan. For Windows only. *

– Note that the Windows version has a slightly different feature set than the Mac version, which is named "Microsoft Office for Mac" (see Office suites for Mac OS X only section below). * WordPerfect Office

For DOS

Proprietary suites

* Breadbox Office – a word processor, spreadsheet, address book and drawing program. It is part of a broader software package called Breadbox Ensemble which also includes programs such as email, web-browser and HTML editor. Breadbox Ensemble runs under the

GEOS (16-bit operating system) GEOS (later renamed GeoWorks Ensemble, NewDeal Office, and Breadbox Ensemble) is a computer operating environment, graphical user interface (GUI), and suite of application software. Originally released as PC/GEOS, it runs on DOS-based, IBM PC ...

and effectively requires a version of DOS to be installed on the host system. * Corel WordPerfect for DOS – a word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation software from Corel (containing WordPerfect 6.2, Quattro Pro 5.6, Presentations 2.1, and Shell 4.0c)

For macOS only

Open source suites

NeoOffice NeoOffice is an office suite for the macOS operating system developed by Planamesa Inc. It is a commercial fork of the free and open source OpenOffice.org that implements most of the features of OpenOffice.org, including a word processor, spreads ...

– a Mac-specific open-source software development project dedicated to integrating LibreOffice with native features of

macOS macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac computers. Within the market of desktop and lapt ...

, in addition to an aesthetic and design language suited to said operating system. While the source code is available for free, developers charge for the binary version of this application.

Proprietary suites

iWork iWork is an office suite of applications created by Apple Inc. for its macOS and iOS operating systems, and also available cross-platform through the iCloud website. It includes the presentation application Keynote, the word processing and ...

–

Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company ...

's Mac-only office suite. Includes

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for word-processing,

Numbers A number is a mathematical object used to count, measure, and label. The original examples are the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and so forth. Numbers can be represented in language with number words. More universally, individual numbers can ...

for spreadsheets, and Keynote for presentations. iWork replaces the now-discontinued

AppleWorks AppleWorks was an integrated office suite containing a word processor, database, and spreadsheet. It was developed by Rupert Lissner for Apple Computer, originally for the Apple II platform and launched in 1984, and was later reworked for the Ma ...

suite. * Microsoft Office for Mac – Microsoft's office suite for

. Since

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 is a version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite for macOS. It is the successor to Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and is comparable to Office 2010 for Windows. Office 2011 was followed by Microsoft Office 20 ...

, the suite requires an Intel-based Mac. Prior editions ran on both PowerPC systems and Intel based systems using

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For Unix/Unix-like operating systems only

Free software suites

* AUIS – an office suite developed by Carnegie Mellon University and named after

Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans i ...

* Siag Office – a free office suite for Unix systems. Primarily written by programmer Ulric Erikkson, with contributions from other authors. Includes a word processor, a spreadsheet, and an animation program.

Proprietary suites

Interleaf Interleaf, Inc., was a company that created computer software products for the technical publishing creation and distribution process. Founded in 1981, its initial product was the first commercial document processor that integrated text and graph ...

* Aster*x

Mobile and tablet suites

Office suites for Android,

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ChromeOS ChromeOS, sometimes stylized as chromeOS and formerly styled as Chrome OS, is a Linux-based operating system designed by Google. It is derived from the open-source ChromiumOS and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interfa ...

iOS iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware. It is the operating system that powers many of the company's mobile devices, including the iPhone; the term also include ...

iPadOS iPadOS is a mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc. for its iPad line of tablet computers. It is a rebranded variant of iOS, the operating system used by Apple's iPhones, renamed to reflect the diverging features of the two product ...

, Symbian,

Windows Mobile Windows Mobile is a discontinued family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones and personal digital assistants. Its origin dated back to Windows CE in 1996, though Windows Mobile itself first appeared in 2000 as Pock ...

Windows Phone Windows Phone (WP) is a discontinued family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones as the replacement successor to Windows Mobile and Zune. Windows Phone featured a new user interface derived from the Metro design l ...

, and others. Used in

smartphone A smartphone is a portable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, whic ...

s, tablets and other mobile devices.

Open source suites

* AndrOpen Office – a non-official port of

for Android *

for mobile (Android, iOS, iPadOS and ChromeOS) is an enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice

Proprietary suites

* Documents To Go (Android and others) *

(iOS) *

Microsoft Office Mobile Microsoft Office, or simply Office, is the former name of a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX in Las Vegas. Initially a market ...

(Android, iOS and Windows Mobile/Phone) * MobiSystems OfficeSuite (Android, iOS and Windows) * Picsel Smart Office * Polaris Office *

QuickOffice Quickoffice is a discontinued freeware proprietary productivity suite for mobile devices which allows viewing, creating and editing documents, presentations and spreadsheets. It consists of ''Quickword'' (a word processor), ''Quicksheet'' (a spre ...

(Android, iOS and others) *

* ThinkFree Office Mobile (Android) *

, Free and complete office suite, includes writer, spreadsheet, presentations, enjoys the features of small-size, easy-to-use and compatible, covering multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and Mac

Online (web-based) suites

Open source suites

- enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice, it will also integrate with NextCloud and others. Native apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and ChromeOS, access files locally or connect to online storage servers. * Feng Office (formerly OpenGoo) – open source, fully featured online office suite. The application can be downloaded and installed on a server. * ONLYOFFICE Community Server – open source online office suite that can be downloaded and deployed on a server * Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware – full-featured web application, which includes a spreadsheet and webmail

Freeware suites

Development Edition (CODE) – a free development edition of the corporate solution based on

Technology *

Google Docs Editors Google Docs Editors is a web-based productivity office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service. The suite includes Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Drawings, Google Forms, Google Sites, and Google Keep. It used to ...

– Google Docs,

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, and Slides – an

AJAX Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Gree ...

-based online office suite from

Google Google LLC () is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company focusing on Search Engine, search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, software, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, ar ...

. The suite includes a word processor, a spreadsheet program, and a presentation editor. Available free and as the enterprise service

. * ONLYOFFICE Personal – online office suite; combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors *

Office Online Microsoft Office, or simply Office, is the former name of a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX in Las Vegas. Initially a marketin ...

– online office suite from

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washin ...

which is based on

OneDrive Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) is a file hosting service operated by Microsoft. First launched in August 2007, it enables registered users to share and synchronize their files. OneDrive also works as the storage backend of the web vers ...

. It includes a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation application and a notetaking program. Allow users to create, edit, save and share documents. *

Zoho Office Suite Zoho Office Suite is an Indian web-based online office suite containing word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, web conferencing, customer relationship management (CRM), project management, invoicing and othe ...

– free online office suite from Zoho Corporation. Includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, and collaboration groupware. *

iWork for iCloud iCloud is a cloud service from Apple Inc. launched on October 12, 2011 as a successor to MobileMe. , the service had an estimated 850 million users, up from 782 million users in 2016. iCloud enables users to sync their data to the cloud, incl ...

– a free-to-use but somewhat feature-limited online version of Apple's iWorks office suite, accessible using both Mac and PC web browsers.

Proprietary suites

* ONLYOFFICE – online office suite integrated with document and project management toolset and CRM system. It includes a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation program written in HTML5 using Canvas. * Simdesk – online office suite from Simdesk Technologies, Inc. This suite offers partial compatibility with the Microsoft Office file formats (Word, Excel, and Powerpoint). With a monthly subscription to Simdesk Services (costing $3.50 – $20 per month), one is allowed to install the application anywhere. (no longer available) * ThinkFree Office – office suite written in Java, from ThinkFree, Inc. It includes a word processor (Write), a spreadsheet (Calc), and a presentation program (Show). For Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

Discontinued office suites

was released for the Apple II in 1984, then rewritten as ClarisWorks for the

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(1988) and

Macintosh The Mac (known as Macintosh until 1999) is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Macs are known for their ease of use and minimalist designs, and are popular among students, creative professionals, and software en ...

(1991). ClarisWorks continued as AppleWorks after being bought by Apple, and

GoBe Productive Gobe Software, Inc was a software company founded in 1997 by members of the ClarisWorks development team that developed and published an integrated desktop software suite for BeOS. In later years, it was the distributor of BeOS itself. History ...

was developed using ideas from the original. Apple discontinued this suite after the release of

'08 in August 2007. *

- the first office suite for BeOS, later ported to Microsoft Windows and

Linux Linux ( or ) is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution, w ...

. * IBM

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– for OS/2, Windows 9x, NT, 2000 and XP. *

IBM Lotus Symphony IBM Lotus Symphony is a discontinued suite of applications for creating, editing, and sharing text, spreadsheet, presentations, and other documents and browsing the World Wide Web. It was first distributed as commercial proprietary software, t ...

– freeware; based on OpenOffice.org * IBM Works – an office suite for the IBM OS/2

operating system An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also i ...

. It included

word processing A word is a basic element of language that carries an objective or practical meaning, can be used on its own, and is uninterruptible. Despite the fact that language speakers often have an intuitive grasp of what a word is, there is no conse ...

database In computing, a database is an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically. Small databases can be stored on a file system, while large databases are hosted on computer clusters or cloud storage. The design of databases s ...

and PIM applications. * Jambo OpenOffice, an abandoned project to translate the OpenOffice.org project into Swahili. * Lotus Jazz – Mac sister product to Lotus Symphony * Lotus Symphony – Following the popularity of office suites made by competitors, the makers of the wildly popular Lotus 123, tried their hand at a suite for DOS. (The name Lotus was subsequently resurrected by IBM in September 2007 as

before that too was discontinued) * Microsoft Works – discontinued in 2009 and replaced by Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition. 4.0 is the last version for Mac. * Open Access – integrated software by Software Products International (SPI) * Q&A – featured a

flat file database A flat-file database is a database stored in a file called a flat file. Records follow a uniform format, and there are no structures for indexing or recognizing relationships between records. The file is simple. A flat file can be a plain ...

whose "intelligent assistant" could answer natural language questions, and integrated word processor *

StarOffice StarOffice is a discontinued proprietary office suite, intended to compete with the marketing-leading Microsoft Office. It served as the basis for open-source suites OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice. StarOffice supported the OpenOffice.org XML f ...

– discontinued except as part of paid Solaris licenses; continued as open source suite

OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org (OOo), commonly known as OpenOffice, is a discontinued open-source office suite. Active successor projects include LibreOffice (the most actively developed), Apache OpenOffice, Collabora Online (enterprise ready LibreOffice) a ...

, which subsequent versions of StarOffice were based on

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