LibreOffice Board Outlines Web and Mobile Strategy While Maintaining Desktop Focus
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Mike Saunders
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Summary
The Document Foundation (TDF) held meetings in April and May 2024 to discuss the future strategy for LibreOffice across desktop, mobile, and web platforms. While reaffirming that LibreOffice remains primarily a desktop application with continued biannual releases, the team addressed growing requests for web and mobile versions. The meetings covered team roles, new assignments, and the evolving development landscape, noting that since 2020, foundation development has focused almost exclusively on the desktop version (and a limited Android viewer app).
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· 4 pulledLibreOffice is a desktop application, and we will continue making it.
But we have constant requests for web and mobile versions, so here is our updated plan.
Since 2020, the development of LibreOffice within the foundation focused almost uniquely on the desktop version of LibreOffice (and to a lesser extent, the Android viewer app) and that part will continue unchanged.
Therefore the foundation will continue to deliver two major LibreOffice releases per year.
LibreOffice is a desktop application, and we will continue making it. But we have constant requests for web and mobile versions, so here is our updated plan. These are minutes from the TDF Team and Board of Directors meetings on web and mobile strategy fo
