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Definitions

Native: Yes: Application uses ODF as its default format.
Planned: Application will use ODF natively in the future.
No: Application uses a different format by default.
   
Status: 1 star Work has started.
2 stars Has important limitations.
3 stars Generally works, but there are missing features.
4 stars Works well even on complex documents.
5 stars Perfect support.

Test suite

We recommend using the ODF Test Suite. It was developed by Intel in collaboration with the University of Central Florida. It is now hosted at the OpenDocument Fellowship's server.

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Office suites | Office suites (web-based) | Word processors (other than suites) |
Spreadsheets (other than suites) | Conversion softare | Development tools |
OpenDocument readers/viewers | Desktop publishing | Content management systems |
Search utilities | Other

Office suites

Application Native Status Platform
KOffice Yes 4 stars Linux, Unix
OpenOffice.org  Yes 4 stars   Linux, Windows, Mac, FreeBSD, Solaris
Oxygen XML Editor  No 4 stars   Windows, Linux, Mac
StarOffice Yes 4 stars Linux, Windows
NeoOffice Yes   4 stars Mac
Co-Create Office Yes   3 stars Windows, Linux, Solaris
Workplace Yes 3 stars Linux, Windows
Mobile Office Yes 3 stars Symbian
VisorODF Yes 3 stars J2ME
Lotus Notes 8 No 4 stars WinXP Pro, Suse SLED 10 XGL, Red Hat Desktop
EuroOffice 2008   Yes 4 stars Linux, Windows, Solaris
EuroOffice 2007   Yes 4 stars Linux, Windows, Solaris
ONE Special Edition   No 2 stars Windows
EIOffice No 1 star Linux, Windows
Corel WordPerfect Office   No 1 star Windows
Microsoft Office No 1 star Windows

Office suites (web-based)

Application Native Status Platform
Coventi Pages   No 3 stars Web-based (discontinued 1 Feb. 2008)
Google Docs   No 3 stars Web-based
Peepel Yes 3 stars Web-based
Zoho Office Suite No   2 stars Web-based
Ajax13 No   2 stars Web-based - requires Firefox 1.5+

Word processors (other than suites)

Application Native Status Platform
Abiword No 2 stars Linux, Windows, Mac
Atlantis Word Processor No 3 stars Windows
TextMaker No 2 stars Windows, Pocket PC
IchiTaro No 2 stars Windows, Linux, Mac

Spreadsheets (other than suites)

Application Native Status Platform
Gnumeric No 2 stars   Linux
GS-Calc Yes 4 stars   Windows
EditGrid No 2 stars    Any (web-based)

Conversion software

Application Native Status Platform
3BOpenDoc Yes 4 stars   Linux, Windows
DocVert Yes 4 stars   Linux, Windows
JODConverter Yes 4 stars   Linux, Windows, Mac
Xena 3.0 Lite Yes 4 stars   Any (Java)
Fellowship ODF Tools   Yes 3 stars Linux (with reusable XSLTs)
ODF-Converter Yes 3 stars Windows
ODF-UOF Converter Yes 3 stars    Any (Java)
Daisy Multi-Format Converter Yes 3 stars    Windows, Linux (Java)
OpenOffice2UniWakka Export Filter Yes 3 stars    Windows, Linux, Mac
Java/odt2html cmdline converter Yes 3 stars    Any (Java, XSLTS)
odt2daisy: OpenOffice.org export as DAISY Yes 3 stars    Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris (OpenOffice.org Writer extension)
ODFToEPub Yes 4 stars    Windows, Linux, Mac OS (OpenOffice.org Writer extension)

Development tools

See the Development Tools page for an up-to-date list.

OpenDocument readers/viewers

Application Native Status Platform
Fellowship ODF Viewer Yes 3 stars   Linux, Windows, Mac
jodviewer   Yes 3 stars   Linux, Windows, Mac, Any (Java)
Firefox ODF plugin   Yes 3 stars   Linux, Windows, Mac
SlideShare   Yes 3 stars   Linux, Windows, Mac
TextMaker ODF viewer   Yes 3 stars   Windows
Visioo Writer Yes 2 stars   Linux, Windows

Desktop publishing

Application Native Status Platform
Scribus No 1 star   Linux, Windows, Mac, OS/2

Content management systems

Application Native Status Platform
Plone N/A 4 stars   Linux, Windows, Mac
eZ publish N/A 4 stars   Linux, Windows
SiSU N/A 4 stars Linux, BSD, etc.
Aukyla DMS N/A 4 stars   Linux
CPS Project Yes 3 stars Linux, Windows
Apache Lenya   N/A 3 stars Linux, Windows
TYPO3 Yes 2 stars Linux, Windows, Mac
Silva No 1 star Linux, Mac

Search utilities

Application Native Status Platform
Spotlight No 4 stars   Mac
Google Desktop   N/A 4 stars   Windows
OpenIndexer Yes 4 stars   Windows
Xapian's Omega Yes 4 stars   Linux
Beagle Yes 3 stars   Linux
Copernic Yes 3 stars   Windows
Swish-e Yes 1 star Linux, Windows
Mobile Search Yes 1 star 1 star1 star1 star Symbian

Other

Application Native Status Platform
3BClean   Yes 4 stars   Linux, Windows
BatchPurifier   Yes 5 stars   Windows
DROID   N/A 4 stars   Any (Java)
ODF Accessibility Evaluator   Yes 4 stars   Any (Web-based)
eLawOffice ? 3 stars   Any (Java)
eLawManager   ? 3 stars   Any (Java)
Agata   ? 3 stars   Any (Web-based)
GLScube   N/A 2 stars   Linux, BSD, etc.
Metadata agregator  Yes 2 stars   Any (Java)
MetadataTouch   Yes 5 stars   Windows
WriterRecovery  Yes 3 stars   Windows
Biomax BioXM Knowledge Management Environment No 3 stars Any (Java)
Group-Office groupware No 3 stars Any (Web application)


How do I get my application added to this list?

You can add it yourself, but please let us know.

  1. Create an account.
  2. Update the applications page (this page).
    1. Navigate to this page and click edit.
    2. Go to the appropriate category or contact us if we need a new category.
    3. Use the app name as the URL (see how we did the other links).
  3. Create a page for your application.
    1. Go to create content >> page.
    2. Title: Appname.
    3. Topic: Applications >> xyz.
    4. Body: ... (Please use this template for the body of the page).
    5. URL path settings: applications/appname.
  4. Contact us and let us know of the new addition.

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