From badd07e40c80bcf8252e20b2df87af0f197f3ce1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: yctct Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:44:37 +0200 Subject: First commit, add files --- blog/md/libreoffice-crdt.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 blog/md/libreoffice-crdt.md (limited to 'blog/md/libreoffice-crdt.md') diff --git a/blog/md/libreoffice-crdt.md b/blog/md/libreoffice-crdt.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..08c9b40 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/md/libreoffice-crdt.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# Distributed real-time collaboration for LibreOffice Writer | 27th February 2025 + +During FOSDEM 2025, a conference about freely distributed software, Thorsten +Behrens, a LibreOffice hacker, presented: + +> Distributed real-time collaboration for LibreOffice Writer - a first prototype. + +What's that? + +> This is a mode where multiple people, each with their own local copy of LibreOffice Writer running on their own machine, can all work together simultaneously on the same collaborative document. + +In essence, it's like Google Doc, but you don't need a third-party server; you don't need to work in the browser; you don't need to be online: + +> It's the same sort of functionality that you get from Google Docs. [...] +> The big difference is that such tools [Google Doc] run in a browser, so you need to be online. What makes the CRDT implementation different is that this is a local app, working on a local file, but using a network copy to keep changes in sync. The idea is to free you from keeping your apps and data on someone else's computer, without losing the handy collaborative features that web apps bring. + +Source: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/libreoffice_wasm_zetaoffice/ -- cgit v1.2.3