Overview
ONLYOFFICE Document Server is a free collaborative online office suite comprising viewers and editors for texts, spreadsheets and presentations, fully compatible with Office Open XML formats: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and enabling collaborative editing in real time.
Components
ONLYOFFICE Document Server contains the following components:
server - the backend server software layer which is the base for all other components of ONLYOFFICE Document Server.
core - server core components of ONLYOFFICE Document Server which enable the conversion between the most popular office document formats (DOC, DOCX, ODT, RTF, TXT, PDF, HTML, EPUB, XPS, DjVu, XLS, XLSX, ODS, CSV, PPT, PPTX, ODP).
sdkjs - JavaScript SDK for the ONLYOFFICE Document Server which contains API for all the included components client-side interaction.
web-apps - the frontend for ONLYOFFICE Document Server which builds the program interface and allows the user create, edit, save and export text, spreadsheet and presentation documents using the common interface of a document editor.
dictionaries - the dictionaries of various languages used for spellchecking in ONLYOFFICE Document Server.
sdkjs-plugins - the add-ons for ONLYOFFICE Document Server used for the developers to add specific functions to the editors which are not directly related to the OOXML format.
Functionality
ONLYOFFICE Document Server includes the following editors:
ONLYOFFICE Document Editor
ONLYOFFICE Spreadsheet Editor
ONLYOFFICE Presentation Editor
The editors allow you to create, edit, save and export text, spreadsheet and presentation documents and additionally have the features:
Collaborative editing
Hieroglyph support
Reviewing
Spell-checking
ONLYOFFICE Document Server editions
ONLYOFFICE offers different versions of its online document editors that can be deployed on your own servers.
ONLYOFFICE Document Server:
Community Edition (onlyoffice-documentserver package)
Integration Edition (onlyoffice-documentserver-ie package)
Developer Edition (onlyoffice-documentserver-de package)
The table below will help you to make the right choice.
Pricing and licensing
Community Edition
Integration Edition
Developer Edition
Simultaneous connections
up to 20 maximum
As in chosen pricing plan
As in chosen pricing plan
Number of users
up to 20 recommended
As in chosen pricing plan
As in chosen pricing plan
License
GNU AGPL v.3
Proprietary
Proprietary
Support
Community Edition
Integration Edition
Developer Edition
Standard support
GitHub or paid
One year support included
One year support included
Services
Community Edition
Integration Edition
Developer Edition
Conversion Service
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Document Builder Service
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Interface
Community Edition
Integration Edition
Developer Edition
Tabbed interface
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White Label
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Integrated test example (node.js)*
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Mobile web editors
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Plugins & Macros
Community Edition
Integration Edition
Developer Edition
Plugins
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Macros
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Collaborative capabilities
Community Edition
Integration Edition
Developer Edition
Two co-editing modes
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Comments
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Built-in chat
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Review and tracking changes
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Display modes of tracking changes
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Version history
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Document Editor features
Community Edition
Integration Edition
Developer Edition
Font and paragraph formatting
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Object insertion
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Adding Content control
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Editing Content control
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Layout tools
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Table of contents
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Navigation panel
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Mail Merge
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Comparing Documents
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Spreadsheet Editor features
Community Edition
Integration Edition
Developer Edition
Font and paragraph formatting
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Object insertion
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Functions, formulas, equations
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Table templates
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Pivot tables
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Presentation Editor features
Community Edition
Integration Edition
Developer Edition
Font and paragraph formatting
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Object insertion
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Animations
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Presenter mode
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Notes
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* Note that by default DocumentServer Community Edition does not contain any document management system.
Integration Edition and Developer Edition versions include integrated test examples (simplest DMS to test the editors).
For Community version, please use the ONLYOFFICE Community Server or check out integration with 3rd party platforms, e.g. ownCloud/Nextcloud
** Changing style and deleting (Full support coming soon)
Project Information
ONLYOFFICE One Click Installation
ONLYOFFICE Document Server is a part of ONLYOFFICE Community Edition that comprises also Community Server and Mail Server. To get ONLYOFFICE Free Edition in one click, make use of ONLYOFFICE One Click Installation.
Documentation
The easiest way to install ONLYOFFICE Document Server is to use the Docker image. You can also install it from the repository or compiling the source code. The following documentation is available to the community depending on the way you choose:
User Feedback and Support
If you have any problems with or questions about ONLYOFFICE Document Server, please visit our official forum to find answers to your questions: dev.onlyoffice.org or you can ask and answer ONLYOFFICE development questions on Stack Overflow.