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ONLYOFFICE Docs vs bento
ONLYOFFICE Docs has 6,910 GitHub stars, 1,308 forks, 1,135 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. bento has 5,129 stars, 356 forks, 38 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ONLYOFFICE Docs leads on adoption by 35% (6,910 vs 5,129 stars). ONLYOFFICE Docs is written in Shell under AGPL-3.0; bento is written in TypeScript under MIT. ONLYOFFICE Docs has attracted 19% as many forks as stars, bento 7%. bento was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (office), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| ONLYOFFICE Docs | bento | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 6.9K | ★ 5.1K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Shell | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-07-22 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.3K | ⑂ 356 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick ONLYOFFICE Docs if
- You weight community size — 6.9K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Shell
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick bento if
- You want the bento feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and bento fits your workflow better
About ONLYOFFICE Docs
ONLYOFFICE Docs is a free collaborative online office suite of viewers and editors for text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, PDFs and diagrams, intended for teams and organisations that need real time document collaboration either inside their own infrastructure or embedded in a third party file sharing platform.
read the full ONLYOFFICE Docs overview →
About bento
Bento is an MIT licensed, local first PowerPoint alternative that ships as a single self contained HTML file, in which the deck carries its own viewer, presenter and editor so that anyone who opens it in a modern browser can edit or present it without installing anything.
read the full bento overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is ONLYOFFICE Docs or bento more popular?
ONLYOFFICE Docs has 6,910 GitHub stars and bento has 5,129. ONLYOFFICE Docs has the larger community by that measure.
Are ONLYOFFICE Docs and bento free?
Both are open source. ONLYOFFICE Docs is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and bento under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between ONLYOFFICE Docs and bento?
ONLYOFFICE Docs is written in Shell and bento in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, ONLYOFFICE Docs or bento?
Choose ONLYOFFICE Docs if you want the larger community (6,910 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose bento if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.