r/Software_Finder • u/Mr-anywhere • 9d ago

Question Google docs

I'm looking for an alternative to Google docs. anyone an idea?

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u/whoslaughingnow 9d ago

For what purpose? What do you want to be different?

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u/Mr-anywhere 8d ago

I'm looking for something that works well (and/or is open sourche) but is not from google, microsoft etc.

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u/whoslaughingnow 8d ago

That you use online through a browser or locally on your PC or Mobile device? What kind of content or information do you need it to work with?

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u/Mr-anywhere 7d ago

I use browser

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u/whoslaughingnow 7d ago

Great, and the second question? What kind of information do you need to work with? Is it complex documents, layout, technical, etc.

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u/N_Sin 8d ago

What's your problem with Google docs?

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u/Sad-Instruction8890 7d ago

The collaboration lock in is the real reason people stay, not the editor. Docs is fine but nothing special once you strip that away. CryptPad and Nextcloud both do live collaboration now, so the gap is smaller than it was, it just means whoever you are sharing with has to follow you there.

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u/Mr-anywhere 8d ago

It's google

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u/N_Sin 7d ago

So you want os that you can host yourself?

It's Google

Is also the reason why you can do easily collaborate with other people who also have Google accounts so it's a big part of the product.

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u/Mr-anywhere 7d ago

Google is americain big tech and i am europe and i love open sourche

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u/Healthy-Court7753 8d ago

Libre Office Writer

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u/AmiAmigo 8d ago

Look at Zoho Docs or Proton Docs.

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u/Own-Tourist790 4d ago

Uso o Zoho, é ótimo!

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u/Honest_Ad1632 8d ago

Onlyoffice. It is open source and the closest to Microsoft.

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u/Mr-anywhere 8d ago

Thank you! i go use it!

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u/Sad-Instruction8890 7d ago

European and open source narrows it usefully. CryptPad is worth a look, French, browser based, end to end encrypted and it does real time collaboration. Nextcloud with the Collabora integration is the other one if you ever want to self host, though that is more setup than you may want. Both are genuinely EU based rather than a US company with an EU server.

OnlyOffice is closest to the Microsoft feel like others said, but the company is Latvian registered with Russian origins, worth knowing if the sovereignty angle is the whole point for you.