Big new update to #LibreOffice, the free and private office suite.

[libreoffice@fosstodon.org]

Big new update to #LibreOffice, the free and private office suite. Version 26.2 is here, with:

📝 Markdown support
📊 Connectors in Calc
🚀 Spreadsheet speedups

...plus many other new features, improvements and fixes. Learn more and download it: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/04/libreoffice-26-2-is-here/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

[altim@mastodon.nl]

@libreoffice Markdown support! 🙌

[opentechfan@exquisite.social]

@libreoffice markdown support sounds like a feature that would help a lot of people to bridge info between development environments and office environments. Great, I will definitely try this out 👍🏻

[leberschnitzel@existiert.ch]

@libreoffice I hope LibrePilot is finally implemented /s

[tml@mementomori.social]

@libreoffice
Marketing kumbayah BS: "LibreOffice 26.2 shows what happens when software is built around users, not business models"

But: Please check the actual release notes https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.2 for affiliations of developers. Glad that TDF still mentions that.

[nawanp@fe.disroot.org]

@libreoffice@fosstodon.org Finally I can write my blog post with LibreOffice 🙌

[ezahn@mastodon.uno]

@libreoffice Markdown support is a biggie: thanks, keep up the good work! 👍

[remittancegirl@mstdn.social]

@libreoffice @cstross

I really do like using LibreOffice. And yes, I did make a donation!😉

[joelpomales@mastodon.social]

@opentechfan @libreoffice so this will allow us to write in Markdown everywhere in the suite? Not just import / export?

[richh@cupoftea.social]

@opentechfan @libreoffice Yeah, nice. I usually have VSCode open anyway, but if you’re trying to get non/less-technical people to write in .md to run through a SSG, MkDocs, etc, being able to have them do that in a familiar office-type environment is a huge benefit over an IDE or some specialist md editor.

[rickvanrooijen@mastodon.social]

@libreoffice Hurray for Markdown support!

[richlv@mastodon.social]

@libreoffice Ooh, what are those connectors?

[libreoffice@fosstodon.org]

@Remittancegirl @cstross Thanks so much 😊

[libreoffice@fosstodon.org]

@richlv You can see in the Calc section of the linked-to Release Notes: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.2#Calc

[diegopds@bolha.us]

@libreoffice 📝 Markdown support 🥰

[thierry_van_kerm@mastodon.social]

@libreoffice I personally moved to SoftMaker's Office Suite. They also have FreeOffice

[richlv@mastodon.social]

@libreoffice Thanks, skimmed the linked page and didn't figure it out right away :)

[cos@fosstodon.org]

@libreoffice is markdown just import / export or can libreoffice restrict the UI to just markdown supported features?

[kerplunk@mastodon.scot]

@libreoffice

Big new update to #LibreOffice.

Thank you for the info, LO is a great and constantly improving product.

Will update later today.

[rgbes@mastodon.social]

@cos @libreoffice just import/export. A feature request asking for ui support was recently closed as "won't fix" (rightly so, IMO).