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ONLYOFFICE Docs vs Collabora Online
ONLYOFFICE Docs has 7,081 GitHub stars, 1,327 forks, 1,135 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. Collabora Online has 3,389 stars, 1,014 forks, 874 open issues and last shipped 7 days ago. ONLYOFFICE Docs leads on adoption by 109% (7,081 vs 3,389 stars). ONLYOFFICE Docs is written in Shell under AGPL-3.0; Collabora Online is written in Shell under a custom or non-standard licence. ONLYOFFICE Docs has attracted 19% as many forks as stars, Collabora Online 30%. Collabora Online 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 | Collabora Online | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 7.1K | ★ 3.4K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | Shell | Shell |
| Last push | 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-27 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.3K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick ONLYOFFICE Docs if
- You weight community size — 7.1K 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 Collabora Online if
- You want the Collabora Online feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Shell
- You evaluated both and Collabora Online fits your workflow better
About ONLYOFFICE Docs
Welcome to the ONLYOFFICE Docs repo! ONLYOFFICE Docs is a free collaborative online office suite comprising viewers and editors for texts, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, PDFs, and diagrams. It is fully compatible with Office Open XML formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx) and enables collaborative editing in real time. ONLYOFFICE Docs can be used as a part of ONLYOFFICE DocSpace and ONLYOFFICE Workspace, or with third party sync&share solutions (e.g. Odoo, Moodle, ownCloud, Seafile, etc.) to enable collaborative editing within their interface. ONLYOFFICE Docs is available in three tailored editions to suit your…
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About Collabora Online
Collabora Online [!IMPORTANT] About this repository. Active development of Collabora Online has moved to our Gerrit instance at which is where the source code and code review live. This GitHub repository is kept for: Issue tracking — please report bugs and request features here. Release artifacts — the nightly container image, the Helm chart, and build assets are published from here. Source code changes go to Gerrit, not GitHub. Follow CONTRIBUTING.md and push to Gerrit instead. Pull requests here are welcome only for the parts this repository owns — the Helm chart and the docker image build. A read only mirror…
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Frequently asked questions
Is ONLYOFFICE Docs or Collabora Online more popular?
ONLYOFFICE Docs has 7,081 GitHub stars and Collabora Online has 3,389. ONLYOFFICE Docs has the larger community by that measure.
Are ONLYOFFICE Docs and Collabora Online free?
Both are open source. ONLYOFFICE Docs is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and Collabora Online has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between ONLYOFFICE Docs and Collabora Online?
ONLYOFFICE Docs is written in Shell and Collabora Online in Shell. 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 Collabora Online?
Choose ONLYOFFICE Docs if you want the larger community (7,081 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Collabora Online if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.