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There's just no comparison in development and speed of response to bug fixing. If you compare the releases since 2015 it appears OpenOffice is still on version 4.1 and has released just 3 bugfix releases in 3 years whilst LibreOffice has released 2 additional major version increments and dozens of bugfix releases for each version: This is particularly important if you need interoperability with MS Office file formats. (See this article if you want more background info about the split.) LibreOffice has a flourishing community, yearly conferences, professional support options, development and migration certification, and a robust commercial ecosystem.

IMO LibreOffice may be a better good choice than OpenOffice because development of OpenOffice has slowed, almost halted, since LibreOffice was forked and most developers jumped ship. In 2019, LibreOffice had over 15,000 code commits, while OpenOffice had only 595. For example, this shows LibreOffice 6.0.2:

For example, even though set as the default for documents, this is what shows up:īy comparison, LibreOffice has been compatible with Windows 10 since version 5. Here’s why to choose LibreOffice, not OpenOffice By Jean Weber in Tips and Tricks Bruce Byfield summarizes the main reasons to choose, or switch to, LibreOffice instead of OpenOffice, in his article OpenOffice: A Project in Search of an Exit Strategy. It looks like OpenOffice 4.1.5 doesn't really understand Windows 10.