Collabora Ltd is a global

private company A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equi ...

headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, with offices in Cambridge and

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

. It provides

open-source Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use and view the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open source model is a decentrali ...

consultancy, training and products to companies. Collabora's initial focus was

instant messaging Instant messaging (IM) technology is a type of synchronous computer-mediated communication involving the immediate ( real-time) transmission of messages between two or more parties over the Internet or another computer network. Originally involv ...

(IM),

Voice over IP Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also known as IP telephony, is a set of technologies used primarily for voice communication sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. VoIP enables voice calls to be transmitted as ...

(VoIP) and

videoconferencing Videotelephony (also known as videoconferencing or video calling) is the use of audio signal, audio and video for simultaneous two-way communication. Today, videotelephony is widespread. There are many terms to refer to videotelephony. ''Vide ...

technologies, but the company has since expanded its offering to include general multimedia, mobile web technologies, collaboration infrastructure,

extended reality Extended reality (XR) is both an umbrella term to refer to and interpolate between augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and virtual reality (VR), as well as to extrapolate (extend) beyond these, e.g. allowing us to see sound waves, rad ...

, automotive infotainment platforms, graphics optimization, multimedia interoperability &

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 painting ...

. Collabora's department Collabora Productivity is the main developer of

LibreOffice LibreOffice () is a free and open-source office productivity software suite developed by The Document Foundation (TDF). It was created in 2010 as a fork of OpenOffice.org, itself a successor to StarOffice. The suite includes applications ...

. In 2015, the

Crown Commercial Service The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is an executive agency and trading fund of the Cabinet Office of the UK Government. The CCS is responsible for managing the procurement of common goods and services, increasing savings for the taxpayer by cen ...

announced the introduction of Collabora GovOffice and Collabora CloudSuite in all non-profit making government organisations.

Projects sponsored or founded by Collabora

: Collabora Productivity sells support and development services on the office suite. The former LibreOffice development team of SUSE joined Collabora in September 2013. :The company announced a collaboration with

IceWarp IceWarp, Inc. is a software company located in Prague, Czech Republic. It develops IceWarp Mail Server, an email, messaging and collaboration service for small, medium and enterprise level businesses. IceWarp has offices in the United States, Ge ...

to work on LibreOffice Online. :On 15 December 2015, the company announced partnership with

ownCloud ownCloud is a Free Software Foundation, free and open-source software project for content collaboration, File sharing, file-sharing, and file-syncing. It's usable in distributed and Federation (information technology), federated enterprise scena ...

and release of ''CODE'' (Collabora Online Development Edition), a distribution of LibreOffice Online and ownCloud Server. :On 2 June 2016, the company released

Collabora Online Collabora Online is an open source online office suite based on LibreOffice, enabling web-based collaborative real-time editing of word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and vector graphics. Optional apps are available for deskto ...

1.0 "Engine", which the company calls the first production grade version of Collabora Online. :On 2 November 2016, the company released CODE 2.0 which includes "the latest and most requested feature from customers: collaborative editing." :Branded versions of LibreOffice include LibreOffice-From-Collabora, Collabora Office,

and Collabora GovOffice. :Collabora Online is shipped with

NextCloud Nextcloud is a suite of Client–server model, client-server software for creating and using file hosting services. It can integrate with the Collabora Online and OnlyOffice office suites. It can be hosted in the Cloud computing, cloud or On-pre ...

Server. *

GStreamer GStreamer is a Pipeline (computing), pipeline-based multimedia framework that links together a wide variety of media processing systems to complete complex workflows. For instance, GStreamer can be used to build a system that reads files in one f ...

, a multimedia framework. * Apertis, a

Debian Debian () is a free and open-source software, free and open source Linux distribution, developed by the Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock in August 1993. Debian is one of the oldest operating systems based on the Linux kerne ...

based infrastructure designed to power electronic devices, with a history within the automotive industry. *

D-Bus D-Bus (short for "Desktop Bus") is a message-oriented middleware mechanism that allows communication between multiple Process (computing), processes running concurrently on the same machine. D-Bus was developed as part of the freedesktop.org pro ...

, a free and open-source inter-process communication (IPC) system. *

PulseAudio PulseAudio is a network-capable sound server program distributed via the freedesktop.org project. It runs mainly on Linux, including Windows Subsystem for Linux on Microsoft Windows and Termux on Android; various BSD distributions such as ...

, a sound system for POSIX OSes used as the default audio server on most

Linux Linux ( ) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an kernel (operating system), operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically package manager, pac ...

open source distributions. *

PipeWire PipeWire is a low-level server and multimedia framework for handling audio and video streams on Linux. Created by Wim Taymans at Red Hat, it aims to unify audio and video processing by providing low-latency capture and playback functionality. Pi ...

, a server for handling audio, video streams, and hardware on Linux. * WirePlumber, the extensible session manager for

that enforces various policies on the use of audio and video devices * Wayland and Weston (display server protocols) *

Linux kernel The Linux kernel is a Free and open-source software, free and open source Unix-like kernel (operating system), kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds in 1991 and was soon adopted as the k ...

Collabora employs multiple kernel subsystem maintainers (e.g.

Chromebook Chromebook (sometimes stylized in lowercase as chromebook) is a line of laptops, desktops, tablets and all-in-one computers that run ChromeOS, a proprietary operating system developed by Google. Chromebooks are optimised for web access. They al ...

s, I3C, battery drivers) and actively contributed to every release in the last few years. * libnice, a GLib based implementation of the

ICE Ice is water that is frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 ° C, 32 ° F, or 273.15 K. It occurs naturally on Earth, on other planets, in Oort cloud objects, and as interstellar ice. As a naturally oc ...

protocol. * Farstream and

Telepathy Telepathy () is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person's mind to another's without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction. The term was first coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Frederic ...

, a VoIP and collaboration framework created by Collabora founders. Includes the Empathy chat client. * Pitivi, a video editor * Monado, a free and open source XR platform and OpenXR Runtime for

GPU A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal ...
-related

*Zink, an

OpenGL OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a Language-independent specification, cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D computer graphics, 2D and 3D computer graphics, 3D vector graphics. The API is typic ...

implementation on top of

Vulkan Vulkan is a cross-platform API and open standard for 3D graphics and computing. It was intended to address the shortcomings of OpenGL, and allow developers more control over the GPU. It is designed to support a wide variety of GPUs, CPUs and o ...

via Mesa Gallium * NVK, a new open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in

Mesa A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge, or hill, bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and standing distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks, such as shales, capped by a ...

, written almost entirely from scratch using th
new official headers from NVIDIA
Intended to be the new reference driver for Mesa. * vkmark, an extensible Vulkan benchmarking suite with targeted, configurable scenes * Panfrost for Midgard and Bitfrost Mali GPUs * panthor for G310, G510, G710 Mali GPUs

Participations and memberships

Linux Foundation The Linux Foundation (LF) is a non-profit organization established in 2000 to support Linux development and open-source software projects. Background The Linux Foundation started as Open Source Development Labs in 2000 to standardize and prom ...

- Collabora is a Silver member of the Linux Foundation since 2010. * GENIVI Alliance - Collabora is a member of the GENIVI Alliance since 2011. *

Khronos Group The Khronos Group, Inc. is an open, non-profit, member-driven consortium of 170 organizations developing, publishing and maintaining royalty-free interoperability standards for 3D graphics, virtual reality, augmented reality, parallel computat ...

- Collabora is a Contributor member of the Khronos Group since 2014. * Bluetooth SIG - Collabora is an Adopter member of the Bluetooth SIG since 2014. *

ARM In human anatomy, the arm refers to the upper limb in common usage, although academically the term specifically means the upper arm between the glenohumeral joint (shoulder joint) and the elbow joint. The distal part of the upper limb between ...

Connected - Collabora is a member of the ARM Connected Community since 2014. *

Rockchip Rockchip (Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese fabless semiconductor company based in Fuzhou, Fujian province. It has offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Hong Kong. It designs system on a chip (SoC) products, usi ...

- Collabora has been working with Rockchip since 2015. * Automotive Grade Linux - Collabora is a member of Automotive Grade Linux since 2016. * R-Car Consortium - Collabora is a member of the Renesas R-Car Consortium since 2016. * Renesas Alliance Partner - Collabora is a member of the Renesas Alliance Partners since 2016. * Cambridge Network - Since its founding in 2005, Collabora has been a member of the Cambridge Network. *

- Collabora is a long-time member of the Debian community. * Outreachy - Collabora has been a recurring sponsor of Outreachy for years. *

GNOME A gnome () is a mythological creature and diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and widely adopted by authors, including those of modern fantasy literature. They are typically depict ...

- Collabora is a long-time member of the GNOME community. *

LOT Network The LOT (License on Transfer) Network is a nonprofit organization that was formed to combat patent assertion entities (PAEs), also known as patent trolls, by cross-licensing patents that fall into the hands of PAEs. Background LOT started as ...

- Collabora is a member of LOT Network in support of patent non-aggression. *

Open Invention Network Open Invention Network (OIN) is an intellectual property rights company based in Durham, United States. It operates as an entity specialising in the acquisition of patents, subsequently granting royalty-free licenses to its community members. T ...

- Collabora is an OIN licensee in support of patent non-aggression * SRT Alliance - Collabora is a member of the alliance promoting the SRT Open Source protocol * RIST Forum - Collabora is a member of the alliance promoting the RIST specifications *

STMicroelectronics STMicroelectronics Naamloze vennootschap, NV (commonly referred to as ST or STMicro) is a European multinational corporation, multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is the largest of such companies in Europe. ...

Partner Program - Collabora is a member of the program

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Projects sponsored or founded by Collabora

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Participations and memberships

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GPU A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal ...
-related