Open source Office rival Collabora releases web-based CODE 22.05
(2022/07/01)
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Collabora has released CODE 22.05, the new Developer Edition of its web-based corporate version of LibreOffice.
[1]CODE is the Collabora Online Development Edition of Collabora Office, which [2]we took a quick look at recently . The new [3]version 22.05 offers a number of fresh features and performance improvements.
The suite now supports external grammar checkers, which you can check out using [4]LanguageTool . This not only detects spelling errors but grammatically incorrect sentences as well as everything from errant apostrophes to duplicated words and faulty punctuation.
[5]
Spreadsheet handling got a major uplift with capability to support 16,384 columns, and the app can now generate [6]sparklines – tiny, scaleless line graphs, inline with written text, which are an easy-to-understand way to visualize trends in data.
[7]Open source 'Office' options keep Microsoft running faster than ever
[8]'It's where the industry is heading': LibreOffice team working on WebAssembly port
[9]LibreOffice 7.1 beta boasts impressive range of features let down by a lack of polish and poor mobile efforts
[10]LibreOffice community protests at promotion of paid-for editions, board says: 'LibreOffice will always be free software'
The suite also now supports WebP format images, and to improve forms creation, the Writer module can now handle content controls such as checkboxes and drop-down lists.
Collabora offers various demo versions, either as directly-installable packages, Docker containers (for both x86-64 and Arm Linux, plus Microsoft Windows), as both free and paid online demos. Beware, though, CODE isn't a standalone product: if you install it on its own, it won't do anything. This is a purely web-based app suite which only runs inside a web browser. In order for it to have something to edit, it needs some kind of file-sharing or other web-based collaboration tool underneath – for example, something analagos to Dropbox or Google Drive.
[11]
Collabora supports many of these. The main two FOSS alternatives are [12]ownCloud , and the rival service started by ownCloud founder Frank Karlitschek after he left, [13]nextCloud . The company also supports a whole shopping list of other private-cloud type products, including [14]Pydio , [15]Seafile , [16]EGroupware , Microfocus' [17]Filr , Ionos' [18]HiDrive and [19]Alfresco . It can also plug into other online services such as [20]Moodle and [21]Mattermost .
There's more information about the changes in this version in the company's [22]press release , which also mentions some of the sources of funding and sponsorship.
[23]
These include the EU [24]Horizon 2020 program, and blockchain outfit CasperLabs' DEVxDAO. Given the [25]recent and ongoing cryptocurrency collapse , we doubt much more funding will come from that source, but we're pleasantly surprised to see something useful come out of web3 for a change. ®
Get our [26]Tech Resources
[1] https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/13/open_source_office_suites/
[3] https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code-22-05-release-notes/
[4] https://languagetool.org/
[5] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/applications&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2Yr8aHrE3tiytmAzUFLsfbAAAAJY&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[6] https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001OR
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/13/open_source_office_suites/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/16/libreoffice_team_working_on_port/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/03/libreoffice_71_beta/
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/07/libreoffice_community_protests_at_introduction/
[11] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/applications&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Yr8aHrE3tiytmAzUFLsfbAAAAJY&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[12] https://owncloud.com/
[13] https://nextcloud.com/
[14] https://pydio.com/
[15] https://www.seafile.com/en/home/
[16] https://www.egroupware.org/en
[17] https://www.microfocus.com/en-us/products/filr/overview
[18] https://www.ionos.com/office-solutions/hidrive-cloud-storage
[19] https://www.alfresco.com/
[20] https://moodle.org/
[21] https://mattermost.com/
[22] https://www.collaboraoffice.com/press-releases/code-22-05-released-with-powerful-new-features-like-grammar-checks-sparklines-and-jumbo-spreadsheets/
[23] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/applications&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Yr8aHrE3tiytmAzUFLsfbAAAAJY&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[24] https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-2020_en
[25] https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/28/execs_of_chinesestate_sponsored_blockchain/
[26] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
[1]CODE is the Collabora Online Development Edition of Collabora Office, which [2]we took a quick look at recently . The new [3]version 22.05 offers a number of fresh features and performance improvements.
The suite now supports external grammar checkers, which you can check out using [4]LanguageTool . This not only detects spelling errors but grammatically incorrect sentences as well as everything from errant apostrophes to duplicated words and faulty punctuation.
[5]
Spreadsheet handling got a major uplift with capability to support 16,384 columns, and the app can now generate [6]sparklines – tiny, scaleless line graphs, inline with written text, which are an easy-to-understand way to visualize trends in data.
[7]Open source 'Office' options keep Microsoft running faster than ever
[8]'It's where the industry is heading': LibreOffice team working on WebAssembly port
[9]LibreOffice 7.1 beta boasts impressive range of features let down by a lack of polish and poor mobile efforts
[10]LibreOffice community protests at promotion of paid-for editions, board says: 'LibreOffice will always be free software'
The suite also now supports WebP format images, and to improve forms creation, the Writer module can now handle content controls such as checkboxes and drop-down lists.
Collabora offers various demo versions, either as directly-installable packages, Docker containers (for both x86-64 and Arm Linux, plus Microsoft Windows), as both free and paid online demos. Beware, though, CODE isn't a standalone product: if you install it on its own, it won't do anything. This is a purely web-based app suite which only runs inside a web browser. In order for it to have something to edit, it needs some kind of file-sharing or other web-based collaboration tool underneath – for example, something analagos to Dropbox or Google Drive.
[11]
Collabora supports many of these. The main two FOSS alternatives are [12]ownCloud , and the rival service started by ownCloud founder Frank Karlitschek after he left, [13]nextCloud . The company also supports a whole shopping list of other private-cloud type products, including [14]Pydio , [15]Seafile , [16]EGroupware , Microfocus' [17]Filr , Ionos' [18]HiDrive and [19]Alfresco . It can also plug into other online services such as [20]Moodle and [21]Mattermost .
There's more information about the changes in this version in the company's [22]press release , which also mentions some of the sources of funding and sponsorship.
[23]
These include the EU [24]Horizon 2020 program, and blockchain outfit CasperLabs' DEVxDAO. Given the [25]recent and ongoing cryptocurrency collapse , we doubt much more funding will come from that source, but we're pleasantly surprised to see something useful come out of web3 for a change. ®
Get our [26]Tech Resources
[1] https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/13/open_source_office_suites/
[3] https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code-22-05-release-notes/
[4] https://languagetool.org/
[5] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/applications&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2Yr8aHrE3tiytmAzUFLsfbAAAAJY&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[6] https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001OR
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/13/open_source_office_suites/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/16/libreoffice_team_working_on_port/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/03/libreoffice_71_beta/
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/07/libreoffice_community_protests_at_introduction/
[11] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/applications&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Yr8aHrE3tiytmAzUFLsfbAAAAJY&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[12] https://owncloud.com/
[13] https://nextcloud.com/
[14] https://pydio.com/
[15] https://www.seafile.com/en/home/
[16] https://www.egroupware.org/en
[17] https://www.microfocus.com/en-us/products/filr/overview
[18] https://www.ionos.com/office-solutions/hidrive-cloud-storage
[19] https://www.alfresco.com/
[20] https://moodle.org/
[21] https://mattermost.com/
[22] https://www.collaboraoffice.com/press-releases/code-22-05-released-with-powerful-new-features-like-grammar-checks-sparklines-and-jumbo-spreadsheets/
[23] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/applications&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Yr8aHrE3tiytmAzUFLsfbAAAAJY&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[24] https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-2020_en
[25] https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/28/execs_of_chinesestate_sponsored_blockchain/
[26] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/