# Euro-Office

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Euro-Office and 12 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, open-source web office suite forked from OnlyOffice, recommended as an alternative to Microsoft Office and proprietary formats. Critics question its origin and copyright compliance.

## Why people recommend it

- Open-source fork with established backers (2 comments): "A fork of OnlyOffice with some big names behind it who want to make it easier to build and contribute to, great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556923)) "are used to maintaining Open Source, so I would indeed assume some seriousness here" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47908118))
- Escape from proprietary formats and Microsoft Office (3 comments): "Competitive products like Google Docs, WPS or Euro Office solve proprietary file format problem very nicely." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48976088)) "Which the only sensible decision to make a transition away from MS Office!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48977665)) "a cheaper and just as capable open product suite" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48978043))

## What people warn about

- Seen as rebadged, overpriced OnlyOffice (3 comments): "some janky alternative to a US software and label it as sovereign and pocket the money" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49180038)) "If EU sovereignty means simply being a rip off, you get into trouble my friends." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48492907)) "Hence the "EuroOffice" rebadge, and this unpleasantness." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48060541))
- Doubts about project origin and legitimacy (3 comments): "it's probably a fake project, the wikipedia page is only 2 weeks old" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658622)) "this is an old fork that was recently vibe-coded to hide its origin" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658613)) "this sketchy project hosts itself on GitHub" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658703))
- Ongoing drama around the project (2 comments): "I will never again touch anything this "little" shithole has an affiliation with if I can in any way help it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658616)) "Euro-Office has some drama around it too" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47654547))
- Copyright concerns and missing notices (2 comments): "I don't see any copyright notices for OnlyOffice in EuroOffice. There should be." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47602804)) "Euro-Office violating their copyright" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48977215))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [LibreOffice](https://hackerapproved.com/p/libreoffice.md): 345 recommend
- [Microsoft Office](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-office.md): 256 recommend
- [Microsoft 365](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-365.md): 151 recommend
- [Google Workspace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-workspace.md): 107 recommend
- [OnlyOffice](https://hackerapproved.com/p/onlyoffice.md): 58 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Euro-Office", https://hackerapproved.com/p/euro-office/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).