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ONLYOFFICE Docs vs Collabora Online
Pick ONLYOFFICE if you want the AGPL OOXML suite (the published Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Slides stack). Pick Collabora if you want the MPL LibreOffice-based editor Nextcloud Office can wrap.
Facts checked 21 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
ONLYOFFICE Docs in the catalog Collabora Online in the catalog Start on Railway
How they compare
| ONLYOFFICE Docs | Collabora Online | |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0 (catalog) source | MPL as already named on /replace/google-docs; GitHub license field is unset (issue-tracker repo) source |
| Language | Shell (catalog; DocumentServer packaging) | Shell (catalog; GitHub language field) |
| GitHub activity | 7,037 stars in the catalog source | 3,381 stars in the catalog source |
| Self-host | Published as /stacks/onlyoffice-collabora. Document server plus a volume. | Same stack. Nextcloud Office can wrap it. |
| Best for | An OOXML suite you host. | The LibreOffice-based editor Nextcloud already knows. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Both are on /stacks/onlyoffice-collabora. ONLYOFFICE is ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer. Collabora Online's public GitHub repo (CollaboraOnline/online) is an issue tracker; active development is on Gerrit. Nextcloud is the Drive wrap — /replace/google-drive. CryptPad is the encrypted pad — /compare/onlyoffice-vs-cryptpad. Neither has a one-click c17 Railway template.
FAQ
- Word, Excel, or Slides?
- Same published stack — /replace/microsoft-word, /replace/excel, /replace/powerpoint, /replace/google-slides.
- Is this Nextcloud?
- Nextcloud is the Drive suite — /replace/google-drive. This pair is the editor.
- Are these free?
- ONLYOFFICE Docs is AGPL-3.0. Collabora Online is MPL as already named on /replace/google-docs. You pay hosting.
- How do I deploy ONLYOFFICE?
- Open /stacks/onlyoffice-collabora. Persist documents. Open one .docx you actually have.
Related pages
- ONLYOFFICE Docs tool page
- Collabora Online tool page
- ONLYOFFICE / Collabora stack
- Nextcloud / Seafile stack
- Best open-source Office suites
- Replace Microsoft Word
- Replace Microsoft Excel
- Replace PowerPoint
- Replace Google Slides
- ONLYOFFICE Docs vs CryptPad
- CryptPad vs Collabora Online
- All compare pages
- Best open-source roundups
- All replace pages
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