Euro-Office, Europe's open-source alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs, launches June 9

Euro-Office provides a Europe-based alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs, aimed at reducing reliance on US-dominated SaaS. Demand is driven by digital sovereignty initiatives in countries and companies that want more trustworthy, transparent software control. The 1.0 release, available June 9, includes ready-to-use web editors for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations with real-time collaboration. The suite is intended for public authorities, education systems, and regulated industries, while keeping a familiar Microsoft Office-style workflow for end users. Development involves multiple European cloud and collaboration vendors, combining European corporate control with open licensing to address sovereignty and transparency concerns.

"Euro-Office provides a Europe-based alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs. Countries outside of the US are sick and tired of paying for what they see as untrustworthy American-dominated software-as-a-service (SaaS). As a result, many countries and companies -- especially in Europe -- are investing in digital sovereignty initiatives. The latest SaaS to address this need is Euro-Office."

"Euro-Office's 1.0 release, available June 9 for anyone to download from the project's public GitHub repositories, will come with ready‑to‑use web editors for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations that support real‑time collaboration. The suite is designed to help public authorities, education systems, and regulated industries move away from US‑based productivity clouds while retaining a familiar, Microsoft Office-style workflow for end users."

"The program is being developed by a who's-who of European cloud and collaboration vendors, including Ionos, Nextcloud, EuroStack, XWiki, OpenProject, Soverin, Abilian, BTactic, Open‑Xchange, and Office.eu. The developers argue that this combination of European corporate control and open licensing addresses sovereignty and transparency concerns in a way that neither purely proprietary US suites nor small, isolated open‑source projects can."

"As Achim Weiss, Ionos CEO, explained, "With the geo-political developments we have seen in the last year, there is a clear need for a reliable, fully Microsoft-compatible and easy to use sovereign office solution in Europe. Our joint initiative delivers a s""

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