Register No. 053
Is LibreOffice European?
Yes. LibreOffice is under verified European control.
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- Controlled by
- The Document Foundation, an independent German charitable foundation
- Control sits in
- Germany
- Seat
Germany- Last checked
About LibreOffice
LibreOffice is an office suite from The Document Foundation, a non-profit based in Germany. It includes Writer for text, Calc for spreadsheets, Impress for presentations, Draw for vector graphics, Base for databases and Math for formulas. Files are stored in the OpenDocument format, and the Microsoft Office formats can be read and written as well.
Evidence 2
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Product
LibreOffice
libreoffice.org ↗Free open source office suite from Germany
The suite is licensed under the copyleft Mozilla Public License 2.0, so nothing is tied to a subscription or an online account. As a European alternative to the American office packages, it suits schools, public bodies, companies and private users alike.
- Instead of
- Microsoft Office
- Pricing
- LibreOffice is free to use.
- Suits
- Anyone who needs a full office suite without licence fees
Free plan
Operations
Who runs the parts of the service we could observe from outside, checked 4 September 2026. A provider's control can differ from where its servers stand.
| Part | Provider | Provider control | What we saw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public website | Hetzner | European | A 65.109.131.19 · AS24940 [1] [2] |
| Incoming email | Heinlein Group | European | MX 10 mx1.heinlein-support.de · 10 mx2.heinlein-support.de · 20 mx3.heinlein-support.de [1] |
| Outgoing email | Direct or undisclosed mail senders | Unknown | SPF v=spf1 -all [1] |
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