Office Suite · Germany (DE)
LibreOffice
The free office suite trusted by governments across Europe.
The switch
Microsoft Office→LibreOfficealso replaces Google Workspace
About
Full-featured open-source office suite (Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base) developed by The Document Foundation. Deployed by French gendarmerie, Munich, and many EU administrations.
Why we recommend it
- 100% open source (MPL 2.0)
- No telemetry by default
- Native ODF + OOXML support
- Backed by The Document Foundation
EU vs USA
LibreOffice vs Microsoft Office
Side-by-side on jurisdiction, data residency, and the rules that decide who can actually read your data.
Criteria
🇪🇺 LibreOffice
🇺🇸 Microsoft Office
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Redmond, USA
Jurisdiction
Germany (GDPR)
USA
Data location
Local install
Global
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
Yes
No
Ownership
The Document Foundation (non-profit)
Microsoft Corp.
Founded
2010
1990
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