Open Source alternative to Google Docs?

[smartboyathome]

Hi, I'm looking for an Open Source alternative to Google Docs. Reason I want it is because I want to host it on my computer. Google doesn't allow you to do that. Anyone know of any open source alternatives to Google Docs? I would be grateful if there were any.

Also, just to let you know, me wanting an open source alternative doesn't have ANYTHING to do with Google itself, just in case that comes up.

Thanks to anyone who responds!
Smartboy

[vishzilla]

I am not sure if this fits into your criteria. Try out SilverStripe (http://www.silverstripe.com/)

[smartboyathome]

I am not sure if this fits into your criteria. Try out SilverStripe (http://www.silverstripe.com/)

Thanks, but no thanks. Thats for creating and editing sites, I'm looking for an online office suite.

[dyous87]

I am looking for this too. If anyone knows of one i would really appreciate knowing of it :)

[50words]

Try Zimbra. It's more than just docs, but it's pretty awesome.

[karellen]

if the purpose is to store them locally, why not use openoffice?

[Elephantman5]

I don't know exactly what you're looking for, but I can invite you to LUNARR,
then there's Scribd.

These are different, but I thought I'd say something. :)

http://www.scribd.com/
http://lunarr.com/index.jsp

[oremusnix]

You may want to check out OpenGoo: http://www.opengoo.org
Their prupose is a complete Web Office suite. Still in its infancy but already very sleek.

[HermanAB]

Docman or Owl. See Sourceforge.net.

[zmjjmz]

You may want to check out OpenGoo: http://www.opengoo.org
Their prupose is a complete Web Office suite. Still in its infancy but already very sleek.

That looks very good.

[tom66]

OpenGoo looks freaking awesome, I might want to try that out.

[Giant Speck]

Zoho and ThinkFree are pretty good online office suites.

[smartboyathome]

Zoho and ThinkFree are pretty good online office suites.

Zoho and ThinkFree aren't open source though, which is a big thing for me since I want to deploy it myself.

OpenGoo, on the other hand, looks very good. I will check it out. :D

[Rhubarb]

OpenGoo looks really impressive, so much so I may have to install it to play around with it :)

Anyway, another alternative is eyeOS
http://eyeos.org/
It is a virtual desktop written in PHP, you can share / edit documents and spreadsheets, upload / download files and other cool stuff.
It's obviously open source and free :)

[smartboyathome]

Rhubarb: I already know about EyeOS, infact I use it sometimes, but it doesn't have a very good word processor (its more like wordpad on Windows than anything else), so that is why I look.

[Babbage]

There's an OpenOffice extension called O3 Spaces. It's a document management system that allows document collaboration and sharing. Because it's just an extension to OpenOffice there's no learning curve or complex configuration. You just need OpenOffice and the O3 Spaces plugin on your computer to access the shared documents. It's also not hosted online so there's no loss of control or problem if your internet connection is down. I'm not sure if O3 Spaces is strictly open source but there's a community version available free to download: http://www.o3spaces.com/


For full content management and document sharing you could try Alfresco. It's document, web content management and collaboration all in one, and it's open source: http://www.alfresco.com/

[smartboyathome]

There's an OpenOffice extension called O3 Spaces. It's a document management system that allows document collaboration and sharing. Because it's just an extension to OpenOffice there's no learning curve or complex configuration. You just need OpenOffice and the O3 Spaces plugin on your computer to access the shared documents. It's also not hosted online so there's no loss of control or problem if your internet connection is down. I'm not sure if O3 Spaces is strictly open source but there's a community version available free to download: http://www.o3spaces.com/


For full content management and document sharing you could try Alfresco. It's document, web content management and collaboration all in one, and it's open source: http://www.alfresco.com/

O3 Spaces won't do it for me. One of the places I will be using the office suite is in my college, where the computers don't allow ANY exes to run, which means no OpenOffice. :(

I think I will be going with OpenGoo for now. :)

[oremusnix]

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I think I will be going with OpenGoo for now. :)
I was annoyed by the apparent inability to export data with opengoo..It is amazing what you find when you begin to search.. another promising one: http://www.simple-groupware.de

From their site :
an open source enterprise application offering email, calendaring, contacts, tasks, document management, synchronization with Outlook and cell phones, full-text search and many more.

[Dragonbite]

Zoho and ThinkFree aren't open source though, which is a big thing for me since I want to deploy it myself.

OpenGoo, on the other hand, looks very good. I will check it out. :D

Sorry to resurrect a dead thread. I just ran across an article for OpenGoo and searching the forums I found this thread.

Zoho, I think, is open source at the core though it doesn't seem to be open source themselves. Cnet article : Zoho's winning strategy: open source + cloud (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10296094-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20)

OpenGoo looks alright. I want to give it a try when I get the chance.

Has anybody tried or use any of the suggested solutions?

[Jackelope]

Zoho, I think, is open source at the core though it doesn't seem to be open source themselves. Cnet article : Zoho's winning strategy: open source + cloud (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10296094-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20)


I've been using ZoHo for a few months and I've been pretty happy with it. The word processor isn't up to my standards, tho. The OP might also consider Dropbox if accessing local files on the web is what they're after.

[Ubuntiac]

Am I the only one who finds it odd that FengOffice (formerly OpenGoo) doesn't actually let you send an email to your contacts?

Edit: Ah, it looks like they do. It's just not set up on their demo.

[kpholmes]

been looking for something like opengoo for a longtime. thanks

[Trioke]

Great software, but the lack of spreadsheet support and no Doc exporting makes the "Office" side of it more or less useless. Works somewhat well as a Calendar/E-mail client, though...

I've already looked pretty far and wide, but I think it's still worth asking: Does anyone know any other OpenGoo (now called "Feng Office") alternatives?

Wouldn't be too surprised if there weren't any, though :(.

[Babbage]

The free software alternative to Google Docs is ........ OpenOffice on your computer! Problem solved! :D

[Ubuntiac]

The free software alternative to Google Docs is ........ OpenOffice on your computer! Problem solved! :D

That's the problem though. It's *only* on my computer. If I go to any other computer, my apps and data aren't there, nor is there the ability to edit with someone else at the same time...

[Dragonbite]

That's the problem though. It's *only* on my computer. If I go to any other computer, my apps and data aren't there, nor is there the ability to edit with someone else at the same time...

Closest thing you may find outside of ZoHo is OpenOffice.org Portable (http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable), which runs off a USB stick. It works in Windows (2000/XP/Vista) or Linux under Wine. An older version works on Windows 98.

[Trioke]

The biggest problem with using OpenOffice is that you can't collaborate--that's the biggest advantage to Google Doc (no one *really* writes all their stuff in Google Doc, it's just to share & collaborate).

The WIP Feng Office is the closest thing to an "Open Source Google Docs" alternative, but like I mentioned earlier, it's still lacking in my features (although it *LOOKS* very polished from a UI and aesthetics perspective).

[kevin11951]

The biggest problem with using OpenOffice is that you can't collaborate--that's the biggest advantage to Google Doc (no one *really* writes all their stuff in Google Doc, it's just to share & collaborate).

The WIP Feng Office is the closest thing to an "Open Source Google Docs" alternative, but like I mentioned earlier, it's still lacking in my features (although it *LOOKS* very polished from a UI and aesthetics perspective).

Go here: https://abicollab.net/

Abiword can do realtime collaboration even better (much faster) than google docs...

Abiword also support direct connection over tcp, and jabber

[Ubuntiac]

Interesting.

Not really what I need though. While real time, multiple user editing would be great, the main thing I need is a self hosted way to be able to edit my text / spreadsheet documents from any computer without carrying them around on easily lost physical media.

Thanks for the suggestion though. Very cool to see Abiword getting some slick features like this!

[Trioke]

Go here: https://abicollab.net/

Abiword can do realtime collaboration even better (much faster) than google docs...

Abiword also support direct connection over tcp, and jabber Like Ubuntiac said, I'm not interested in installing a software on every computer I use and making my teammates install random softwares that they will most likely never use again after this project.

I want to be able to host my own "server" that will be accessible by anyone I give the URL to, and be able to collaborate on documents, etc. Essentially a self-hosted Google Docs solution (or Zoho, or whatever).

You may be wondering why I'd want to host my own server when there are plenty of free services around? Well, it comes down to privacy. I don't like to trade my data for a couple of penny's worth of free storage space and free spying.

Not really what I need though. While real time, multiple user editing would be great, the main thing I need is a self hosted way to be able to edit my text / spreadsheet documents from any computer without carrying them around on easily lost physical media. I see you've checked out Feng Office, it doesn't do what you need it to do? I suppose the lack of spreadsheet support would be unacceptable for you.

[Ubuntiac]

No, FengOffice is actually what I'm moving forward with although the lack of a spreadsheet is a big drawback. Funny thing is, that FengOffice actually has a kind of "donate X$ for feature Y" page and if I remember correctly, I think they were only asking $1000 to get the spreadsheet coded.

[AldenIsZen]

We're looking at Feng Office with our organisation, but it uses FCKeditor which doesn't allow real time editing. Does the new CKeditor? I can't seem to find any concrete info on this.

Sorry to wake such an old thread, but it is one referenced in other forums and on Google.