Whoa. @libreoffice unleashes “no AI as a feature” and breaks download records.

[orange_lux@eldritch.cafe]

@markwyner @libreoffice@fosstodon.org I'm yet to see these records.

https://eldritch.cafe/@orange_lux/117236126207979007

[capnthommo@c.im]

@markwyner @libreoffice yes. After a long time of havering, as soon as duckduckgo brought out their 'no AI' version I was on it. If I used an office suite at all I'd be onto libre too.

[sed@hostux.social]

@markwyner @libreoffice https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice/117092254310182368

Heil LibreOffice!

For shit's hell, get a brain people...

[p@hj.9fs.net]

typing words into a box doesn't require an AI. who knew

CC: @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

[jaxvent@lgbtqia.space]

@markwyner @libreoffice

Been using this on my personal devices for some time, and my daughter for her course work. It's fab, and this just makes it fabier

[kleines_z@queer.group]

@p @markwyner @libreoffice
OK well, as far as I can remember, I haven't yet encountered any use of AI that requires AI.

[p@hj.9fs.net]

that sounds pretty cool

CC: @markwyner@mas.to @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

[ptesarik@infosec.exchange]

@p @markwyner
First, @libreoffice is much more than a text editor.
Second, it's not just that we do not need AI in an office suite. We actively do not want a third party to rummage through my private documents.

[atlovato@mastodon.social]

@markwyner @libreoffice

[p@hj.9fs.net]

Yeah!

CC: @markwyner@mas.to @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

[hellpie@raru.re]

@markwyner @libreoffice

- do nothing
- win

and you know what, props to them for pulling it off

[faraiwe@mstdn.social]

@markwyner @libreoffice 1M downloads for MS OfficePay365-24-7 might be a rounding error.... But 1M *new* downloads for an alternative office suite that does NOT spend BILLIONS in advertisement and does NOT have locked dependent entities the size of US Govt is kind of a big deal.

Plus, those 1M new users usually never go back to MS stuff.
#LibreOffice #FOSS

[danish_akhtar7@mastodon.social]

@markwyner @libreoffice

I recently made a document on it. It's really great. Try it.

[kagan@wandering.shop]

@markwyner @libreoffice This makes me happy.

[starkrg@myside-yourside.net]

@markwyner @libreoffice Now they just need to expel all the "AI" generated code they've ingested.

[markwyner@mas.to]

@JaxVent fabier. Nice.

[lhauser@mefi.social]

@markwyner @libreoffice So much nicer on my Mac than MS Office. I'm not a fan of word processing software, but when you need it, you need it, and LibreOffice Writer did what I needed it to do.

[krono@toot.berlin]

@libreoffice @somekindofgarf @markwyner I would love to see a No AI policy altogether.
Just for a datapoint.

[frank@indieweb.social]

@libreoffice @somekindofgarf @markwyner could it be related to this? https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/1/codex-libreoffice/

[owl@bog.fan]

@markwyner @libreoffice
I hope it is extended to "no AI code"