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FOSS alternatives to Google Docs?

What are some of the best alternatives out there to Google Docs and other cloud based productivity software?

I've heard of CognitoForms as alternative to Google Forms, does anyone have any experience with it?

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I personally use LibreOffice as an alternative to docs and sheets. It took me a second to figure everything out, but it works well enough.
I don't really like their slideshow or drawing programs though. They don't work well
Edit: I took a quick look at Cryptpad and they also seem like a good option
I personally use CryptPad, a web-based office suite that's privacy focused and allows for collaborative documents. It's a bit slow and completely unusable on mobile (imo) but it's fine on desktop.
The best ever is Murena Workspace, OpenSource, privacy focused, also self hostable, very complete and EU made. Even offer Murena Phone (FairPhone) with installed /e/OS, Cloud Service with affordable prices (1GB free). by the /e/Foundation.
https://murena.com/workspace/
https://e.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/e-manifesto.pdf
- Taking a closer look, this is just nextcloud+onlyoffice?
  
  Bassically yes
I also like/use CryptPad. FYI, it's self-hostable.
Docs and Cryptpad are the ones I know of but I haven't really used any of them since I don't need it at the moment. I want to try them at some point though.
I use OpenCloud with Collabora
- I still got collabora NOT working with my Nextcloud server. I'm a tech savvy, so I don't understand why it's so hard to setup a dedicated office server and let it work together with Nextcloud.
- I'm still on Nextcloud but gave Opencloud a trial run this week. Seems promising but I'm gonna give it time to mature - the setup was a nightmare, the out of the box compose is a giant mess, trying to use any OIDC that's not keycloak is a pain (why do they use hardcoded client_ids????), and the Android app still feels very limited.
  That being said, the speed difference was wild, and it does feel like it's going to my next go-to once it matures a bit. Nextcloud is an outdated behemoth that I'm looking forward to replacing, but for now it does everything I need and does it pretty well.
  
  All valid points. The compose setup is nasty, and OIDC definitely needs a major overhaul for sure. I'm hoping those are two issues they address in the near future. I can't speak to the Android app as I use iOS, I don't have any complains about that version of their app.
CryptPad will probably be your best bet. Otherwise, do it the old fashioned way, set up Obsidian (local-only), do your work in Markdown, encrypt using something like Picocrypt, and then send that over using a disposable link from Wormhole.
That way, you and your collaborators can own the metadata.
Collabora Office together with Nextcloud/Seafile/OCIS/Pydio.
Easily selfhostable and great.
- I still got collabora NOT working with my Nextcloud server. I'm a tech savvy, so I don't understand why it's so hard to setup a dedicated office server and let it work together with Nextcloud. I tried both the standalone setup which should include the server as well as the manual server setup.
  I'm no more doubting about myself, but the setup/documentation seems broken at best. Sometimes the documents just don't want to open, while I did see the web office interface.
onlyoffice docspace?

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