ONLYOFFICE Docs
Self-hostable online office suite for viewing and collaboratively editing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, and forms with strong OOXML compatibility.
ONLYOFFICE Docs is a self-hostable collaborative online office suite that provides web-based viewers and editors for text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, and PDFs. It is designed to be integrated into other platforms and supports real-time co-authoring with high compatibility for Office Open XML formats.
Key Features
- Web-based editors for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDF, and forms
- Real-time collaborative editing with comments and change tracking
- Document conversion service for common office formats
- Plugin and macro support for extending editor capabilities
- Integration options for third-party sync-and-share/DMS platforms via APIs
- Multi-language interface and localization support
Use Cases
- Add in-browser document editing to a file sync/share or DMS platform
- Team collaboration on office documents with review workflows
- Embed document viewers/editors into custom web applications
Limitations and Considerations
- Community Edition licensing is AGPLv3; some advanced capabilities are reserved for commercial editions
- Some security features (such as end-to-end encryption “Private Rooms”) depend on other ONLYOFFICE components rather than Docs alone
ONLYOFFICE Docs fits organizations that need browser-based office editing on their own infrastructure, especially when OOXML compatibility and integrations are key. It can be deployed as a standalone document server or embedded into other products to provide collaborative editing.
