OpenOffice.org Solutions

The goal of this page is to list free and commercial solutions that might be important and helpful to companies, organizations and individuals who want to adopt OpenOffice.org.

For each category first those solutions are listed that focus on "vanilla" OpenOffice.org (the OpenOffice.org that can be downloaded from OpenOffice.org) instead of OpenOffice.org-based products like the StarOffice software or Novell's edition of OpenOffice.org. For companion products like the email and calendar servers the actual office suite flavor makes no difference, and thus does not affect the order in this list. The next order criteria is price. Solution free of cost are listed first whereas commercial solutions are listed last. Within the commercial solutions those are listed first where it is known that the vendors/organizations contribute or have contributed to OpenOffice.org.

DISCLAIMER: Since the status of and the information about solutions can change, please check always the solution's website for the latest information.

CD's & Documentation

Product / Solution Name	Short Description	Free of Cost / Commercial	Source / Vendor	Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor	Additional Resources
OpenOffice.org CD/ROM Project	OpenOffice.org CD's	commercial	OpenOffice.org	See: credits page, signed JCA's
StarOffice & StarSuite	Supported OpenOffice.org-based multi-platform office solution including CD's and a manual	commercial	Sun Microsystems	OpenOffice.org hosting costs, OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor	[1]

Language Packs, Dictionaries & localized Versions

Product / Solution Name	Short Description	Free of Cost / Commercial	Source / Vendor	Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor	Additional Resources
OpenOffice.org l10n Project	Official OpenOffice.org localizations	free	OpenOffice.org	See: people responsible for l10n work, credits page, signed JCA's
BharateeyaOO.o	Indian language packs: English, Assamese, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Urdu	free	BharateeyaOO.o Team, CDAC (Formerly NCST)	These language packs
StarOffice & StarSuite	Supported OpenOffice.org-based multi-platform office solution available in: Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Swedish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese	commercial	Sun Microsystems	OpenOffice.org hosting costs, OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor	[2]

Add-on Components & Extensions

Product / Solution Name	Short Description	Free of Cost / Commercial	Source / Vendor	Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor	Additional Resources
OOo.HG	French collection of OpenOffice.org extensions for creating geographical and historical maps, diagrams, etc.	free	OOo.HG

Migration Tools & Services

Product / Solution Name	Short Description	Free of Cost / Commercial	Source / Vendor	Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor	Additional Resources
Enterprise Edition of StarOffice & StarSuite	Supported OpenOffice.org-based multi-platform office solution including migration and mangement tools	commercial	Sun Microsystems	OpenOffice.org hosting costs, OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor	[3]
SCAI Migration Analysis Suite	Migration assesment tool	commercial	SCAI

Support & Training

Product / Solution Name	Short Description	Free of Cost / Commercial	Source / Vendor	Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor	Additional Resources
OpenOffice.org Support Area	Mailing lists, documentation, links to commercial offerings	free & commercial	OpenOffice.org	See: credits page, signed JCA's

Email & Calendar Clients

Product / Solution Name	Short Description	Free of Cost / Commercial	Source / Vendor	Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor	Additional Resources
Evolution	Integrated mail, addressbook and calendaring functionality	free	GNOME		[4]
Mozilla Lightning	Integrated calendar extension for Mozilla Thunderbird email client	free	Mozilla		[5]

Email & Calendar Servers

Product / Solution Name	Short Description	Free of Cost / Commercial	Source / Vendor	Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor	Additional Resources
OpenGroupware.org	Email and calendar server solution	free	OpenGroupware.org
Sun Java Communication Suite	Email and Calendar Server	free	Sun Microsystems	OpenOffice.org hosting costs, OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor	[6]
Novell GroupWise	Email and calendar server solution	commercial	Novell	Code Contributions, OpenOffice.org Conference Sponsorship
Open-Xchange	Email and calendar server solution	commercial	Open-Xchange

Fully-integrated Desktop Stack

Product / Solution Name	Short Description	Free of Cost / Commercial	Source / Vendor	Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor	Additional Resources
Novell Linux Desktop powered by SUSE Linux	Integrated Linux desktop solution	commercial	Novell	Code Contributions, OpenOffice.org Conference Sponsorship	[7]
Red Hat Desktop	Integrated Linux desktop solution	commercial	Red Hat	Code Contributions	[8]
Sun Java Desktop System	Integrated Solaris OS desktop solution	free	Sun Microsystems	OpenOffice.org hosting costs, OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor	[9]
Xandros Desktop Business Edition	Integrated Linux desktop solution	commercial	Xandros

Content & Document Mangement Systems

Product / Solution Name	Short Description	Free of Cost / Commercial	Source / Vendor	Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor	Additional Resources
Typo3	Open Source Content Management Framework	free	TYPO3 Association		[10]
eZ publish	Open Source Enterprise CMS	free	eZ systems		[11]
icoya OpenContent	icoya OpenContent is the web based all-purpose solution for the creation and maintenance of powerful websites or intranets.	commercial	struktur AG	OpenOffice.org Conference Sponsor

Thin Client Solutions

Product / Solution Name	Short Description	Free of Cost / Commercial	Source / Vendor	Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor	Additional Resources
Linux Terminal Server Project	"LTSP is an add-on package for Linux that allows you to connect lots of low-powered thin client terminals to a Linux server."	free	LTSP.org	Booth space at various events
Sun Ray Ultra-thin Clients	Thin clients with support for Linux, Windows and the Solaris OS	commercial	Sun Microsystems	OpenOffice.org hosting costs, OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor

Vertical / Industry Solutions

Product / Solution Name	Short Description	Free of Cost / Commercial	Source / Vendor	Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor	Additional Resources
Elexis	Medical practice software for the Swiss market with OpenOffice.org support	free	Elexis
Propylon Legislative Workbench	Creation, amendment, translation and multi-channel publishing of legislative documents	commercial	Propylon	Code contributions