LibreOffice forks

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#1

Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo forks?

Thanks,

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
I don't know of one. Also i doubt it'd be fully comprehensive. Part of
the point of OpenSource is that anyone can take and modify the program for
their own private use, or for their company, or whatever. If people keep
it private then we might not ever hear about it.

Forks that i know of are;
* Neo Office - for Macs, costs money but now that LIbreOffice works on
Macs i'm not sure if it's still being developed
* Go-oo - for various distros such as Ubuntu, openSuSE but this got
re-merged into LibreOffice main branch
* Lotus Symphony - by IBM but they gave a huge code donation to Apache
OpenOffice so i'm not sure if it's still being developed as an independent
program

There are tons of other programs and suites that use the same formats
natively or as an option (even not counting the 1 company that seems to
have trouble implementing the format). It'd be easier to get a list of
those programs & office-suites.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

Its been two or three years since I've seen a comprehensive list.
Offhand, the only programs I can think of are:
* NeoOffice;
* AndroOpenOffice;
* EuroOffice;
* LibreOffice;
* Apache Open Office;

Lotus Symphony was rolled into Apache OpenOffice. I don't think it exists as a separate program anymore.
GoOo was rolled into LibreOffice. I don't think it exists as a separate program anymore;

I don't know what the status of RedOffice is.

The other forks I am aware of, have either been abandoned, or rolled back into either LibO, or AOo.

I suspect that there were a number of forks that never got on anybody's radar:
* CD/DVD only distribution as "budget software";
* Vector software for Trojan droppers;
* SoHo support companies that rebranded the software, to preserve their contract/business model;
* Instant download vendors;

jonathon