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It’s packed with new features, and has many improvements to compatibility and performance too. So, what has happened in the week since then? Let’s check out some stats…</p> <h2 style="text-align:center">647,961 downloads</h2> <p>These are just stats for our </div> <div class="readMore"><a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/13/libreoffice-25-2-the-first-week-in-statistics/" title="LibreOffice 25.2: The first week, in statistics" rel="bookmark">Read More</a></div> </div> <div class="post excerpt last"> <div class="post-date-ribbon"><div class="corner"></div>05 Feb 2025</div> <header> <h2 class="title"> <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/05/libreoffice-at-the-univention-summit-2025/" title="LibreOffice at the Univention Summit 2025" rel="bookmark">LibreOffice at the Univention Summit 2025</a> </h2> <div class="post-info"> <div class="author_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span>By <a rel="nofollow" href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/author/mikesaunders/" title="Posts by Mike Saunders" rel="author">Mike Saunders</a></div> <div class="cat_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span><a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/category/libreoffice/" rel="nofollow">LibreOffice</a>, <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/category/meetings/" rel="nofollow">Meetings</a></div> <div class="comment_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span> <b>0 Comment</b></div> </div> </header> <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/05/libreoffice-at-the-univention-summit-2025/" title="LibreOffice at the Univention Summit 2025" rel="nofollow" id="featured-thumbnail"> </a> <div class="post-content image-caption-format-1"> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter" src="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Univention_Summit_01.jpg" alt="LibreOffice at the Univention Summit 2025" /> </p> <p>The northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein is <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/">moving 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Windows and Office to Linux and LibreOffice</a>. At the recent <a href="https://www.univention-summit.com/">Univention Summit 2025</a> which took place on January 23 and 24 in Bremen, the LibreOffice project was present and met </div> <div class="readMore"><a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/05/libreoffice-at-the-univention-summit-2025/" title="LibreOffice at the Univention Summit 2025" rel="bookmark">Read More</a></div> </div> <div class="post excerpt "> <div class="post-date-ribbon"><div class="corner"></div>31 Jan 2025</div> <header> <h2 class="title"> <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/31/libreoffice-qa-team-fixing-a-bug-in-three-days/" title="LibreOffice QA Team: Fixing a bug in three days" rel="bookmark">LibreOffice QA Team: Fixing a bug in three days</a> </h2> <div class="post-info"> <div class="author_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span>By <a rel="nofollow" href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/author/mikesaunders/" title="Posts by Mike Saunders" rel="author">Mike Saunders</a></div> <div class="cat_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span><a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/category/development/" rel="nofollow">Development</a>, <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/category/libreoffice/" rel="nofollow">LibreOffice</a>, <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/category/qa/" rel="nofollow">QA</a></div> <div class="comment_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span> <b>0 Comment</b></div> </div> </header> <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/31/libreoffice-qa-team-fixing-a-bug-in-three-days/" title="LibreOffice QA Team: Fixing a bug in three days" rel="nofollow" id="featured-thumbnail"> </a> <div class="post-content image-caption-format-1"> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter" src="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/qa.jpg" width="500" alt="LibreOffice QA Team on Matrix-style code background" /></p> <p>LibreOffice is used by 200 million people around the world. Every major release goes through extensive testing, with Alpha, Beta and Release Candidate versions – and there are regular monthly minor updates to fix issues too. The <a href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA">QA Team</a> analyses bug reports </div> <div class="readMore"><a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/31/libreoffice-qa-team-fixing-a-bug-in-three-days/" title="LibreOffice QA Team: Fixing a bug in three days" rel="bookmark">Read More</a></div> </div> <div class="post excerpt last"> <div class="post-date-ribbon"><div class="corner"></div>29 Jan 2025</div> <header> <h2 class="title"> <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/29/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-january-2025/" title="LibreOffice project and community recap: January 2025" rel="bookmark">LibreOffice project and community recap: January 2025</a> </h2> <div class="post-info"> <div class="author_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span>By <a rel="nofollow" href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/author/mikesaunders/" title="Posts by Mike Saunders" rel="author">Mike Saunders</a></div> <div class="cat_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span><a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/category/community/" rel="nofollow">Community</a>, <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/category/libreoffice/" rel="nofollow">LibreOffice</a></div> <div class="comment_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span> <b>0 Comment</b></div> </div> </header> <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/29/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-january-2025/" title="LibreOffice project and community recap: January 2025" rel="nofollow" id="featured-thumbnail"> </a> <div class="post-content image-caption-format-1"> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter" src="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LibreOffice_monthly_recap.png" width="500" alt="LibreOffice project and community recap banner" /></p> <p>LibreOffice 25.2 – our next major release – is due to arrive next week! But while you’re waiting, here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more…</p> <ul> <li>We started 2025 </div> <div class="readMore"><a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/29/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-january-2025/" title="LibreOffice project and community recap: January 2025" rel="bookmark">Read More</a></div> </div> <div class="post excerpt "> <div class="post-date-ribbon"><div class="corner"></div>21 Jan 2025</div> <header> <h2 class="title"> <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/21/meet-the-libreoffice-community-at-fosdem-2025-in-brussels/" title="Meet the LibreOffice community at FOSDEM 2025 in Brussels!" rel="bookmark">Meet the LibreOffice community at FOSDEM 2025 in Brussels!</a> </h2> <div class="post-info"> <div class="author_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span>By <a rel="nofollow" href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/author/mikesaunders/" title="Posts by Mike Saunders" rel="author">Mike Saunders</a></div> <div class="cat_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span><a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/category/community/" rel="nofollow">Community</a>, <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/category/libreoffice/" rel="nofollow">LibreOffice</a>, <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/category/meetings/" rel="nofollow">Meetings</a></div> <div class="comment_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span> <b>0 Comment</b></div> </div> </header> <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/21/meet-the-libreoffice-community-at-fosdem-2025-in-brussels/" title="Meet the LibreOffice community at FOSDEM 2025 in Brussels!" rel="nofollow" id="featured-thumbnail"> </a> <div class="post-content image-caption-format-1"> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter" src="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screenshot-2022-01-04-at-11.26.35.png" width="600" alt="FOSDEM logo" /></p> <p>FOSDEM is one of the largest meetups for free and open source software projects, and it takes place every year in Brussels at the ULB Solbosch campus. This year it’ll be on 1 and 2 February – and, of course, LibreOffice and The Document Foundation will be there! </div> <div class="readMore"><a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/21/meet-the-libreoffice-community-at-fosdem-2025-in-brussels/" title="Meet the LibreOffice community at FOSDEM 2025 in Brussels!" rel="bookmark">Read More</a></div> </div> <div class="post excerpt last"> <div class="post-date-ribbon"><div class="corner"></div>16 Jan 2025</div> <header> <h2 class="title"> <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/16/localwriter-a-libreoffice-writer-extension-for-local-generative-ai/" title="localwriter: An optional LibreOffice Writer extension for local generative AI" rel="bookmark">localwriter: An optional LibreOffice Writer extension for local generative AI</a> </h2> <div class="post-info"> <div class="author_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span>By <a rel="nofollow" href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/author/mikesaunders/" title="Posts by Mike Saunders" rel="author">Mike Saunders</a></div> <div class="cat_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span><a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/category/development/" rel="nofollow">Development</a>, <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/category/extensions/" rel="nofollow">Extensions</a>, <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/category/libreoffice/" rel="nofollow">LibreOffice</a></div> <div class="comment_mt hp_meta"><span class="mt_icon"> </span> <b>0 Comment</b></div> </div> </header> <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/16/localwriter-a-libreoffice-writer-extension-for-local-generative-ai/" title="localwriter: An optional LibreOffice Writer extension for local generative AI" rel="nofollow" id="featured-thumbnail"> </a> <div class="post-content image-caption-format-1"> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter" src="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/localwriter_image.png" width="600" alt="localwriter screenshot" /></p> <p><strong>LibreOffice is a privacy-oriented office suite that runs on your own computer and doesn’t include AI features out-of-the-box. But we know that many users are interested in combining AI tools with the suite, so we talked to John Balis who is working on a (fully optional!) 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