What are the best free MS Word-compatible word-processors?

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Dec 23, 2018

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The Best 1 of 10 OptionsWhy?

Best free MS Word-compatible word-processors	Price	Platforms	Word processing
92 LibreOffice	-	Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD	Yes
-- WPS Writer	-	Windows; Linux; Android; IOS	-
-- ONLYOFFICE	Free for personal use	Web-based, Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Android	Yes
-- AbiWord	-	-	-
-- Texmaker	-	-	-

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9 Other Options Considered

ONLYOFFICE

Top Pro

Nice clean modern ui

David Aslan French's Experience

It's basically like Libre office but with a nicer ui. You can also self host it on a server and use it like Google docs. Nextcloud 13 just came out with integration for the cloud version so if you own or use a personal cloud it's highly recommended See More

Specs

Platforms:Web-based, Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Android

Top Pro

Free and open source

ONLYOFFICE is distributed under AGPL v.3 license with the source code available on GitHub. See More

Top Pro

Integration with Nextcloud

Easy integration with Nextcloud for collaborative work. See More

Top Pro

Has a portable version

ONLYOFFICE portable works on almost every Linux distribution. See More

Top Pro

Collaboration capabilities

Top Pro

Can be used as a web app

ONLYOFFICE offers a web-based office suite that can be deployed on your own server using various deployment options, including Docker script and virtual machines with the software pre-installed. See More

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AbiWord

Top Con

Drab and uninspiring interface

Texmaker

Top Pro

User-friendly

SSuite WordGraph Editor

Top Pro

It's menu structure is no more than 3 levels deep

Making it very easy to find whatever functions you need a breeze. See More

ReverentRaijin's Experience

It has plenty of functions and features to make creating a document easy. Fully compatible with MS Word by using completely free and open document formats e.g. Rich Text Format, Plain Text, and Word97-2003 *.doc format. etc. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows; Portable

Top Pro

Quick to run and has all the necessary functions to complete a document quickly without any fuss

Runs very stable and has features not found in other word editors, like emoticons or online access to cloud storage. See More

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AbleWord

Imports:.doc; .docx; .pdf; .rtf; .txt; .htm; .html; .tif; .wmf; .png; .jpg; .gif; .emf

Exports:.doc; .docx; .pdf; .rtf; .txt; .htm; .html

OCR:No

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