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ONLYOFFICE Docs vs Collabora Online
ONLYOFFICE Docs has 6,910 GitHub stars, 1,308 forks, 1,135 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. Collabora Online has 3,351 stars, 1,019 forks, 874 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ONLYOFFICE Docs leads on adoption by 106% (6,910 vs 3,351 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 | ★ 6.9K | ★ 3.4K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | Shell | Shell |
| Last push | 2026-07-22 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.3K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| 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 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
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 Collabora Online
Collabora Online is an open source document editing suite for secure collaboration, and it sits in the productivity and office suite category. The repository metadata presents it as a suite for documents, office work, and enterprise use, with topics that connect it to LibreOffice, JavaScript, C++, Android, and iOS. Active development and code review happen on a Gerrit instance, while the GitHub repository is kept for issue tracking and release artifacts.
read the full Collabora Online overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is ONLYOFFICE Docs or Collabora Online more popular?
ONLYOFFICE Docs has 6,910 GitHub stars and Collabora Online has 3,351. 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 (6,910 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.