The The Document Foundation media kit
The Document Foundation in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by The Document Foundation.
Media kit
LibreOffice Writer is part of the LibreOffice suite, a project of The Document Foundation, a charitable foundation under German law based in Berlin. The software is free and licensed under copyleft licences; the foundation lives on donations and on support from the companies on its Advisory Board.
Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from The Document Foundation’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by The Document Foundation. toolgpa.com
Part 01 · Company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
2010
The year The Document Foundation was founded, in Berlin
In a sentence
LibreOffice Writer is part of the LibreOffice suite, a project of The Document Foundation, a charitable foundation under German law based in Berlin. The software is free and licensed under copyleft licences; the foundation lives on donations and on support from the companies on its Advisory Board.
In a paragraph
The Document Foundation was founded in 2010 and is based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded by Sophie Gautier. The foundation gives no headcount. Its team page names the paid staff and their jobs: developers, QA, release engineering, infrastructure, UX, documentation and marketing.
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Florian Effenberger
Executive Director
Eliane Domingos de Sousa
Chairperson of the Board
Sophie Gautier
Board member and Foundation Coordinator
No careers page. Job openings go in the Tenders section of its blog; the most recent is a full-time remote Marketing and Communication Professional, posted in July 2026.
Part 02 · Funding
Every announced round, who put money in, and what it was last valued at
No investors: as a German charitable foundation it is paid for by donations and by organisations that give financial or other support through its Advisory Board. It publishes annual reports and accounting ledgers on its Financials and Reports page.
LibreOffice Writer, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
Free, open-source word processor for Windows, macOS and Linux
Writing ToolsFree plan
Best for a full word processor for free. LibreOffice Writer is a full word processor that costs nothing: styles, templates, mail merge, tables that do sums, and it opens and saves Word files.
LibreOffice Writer’s grade as a badge for its own site, free: it updates itself and links to the review. Code at toolgpa.com/badges.
Part 04 · News
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
3
Announcements since Aug 26, 2026
Only accounts The Document Foundation’s own site links to. No personal addresses.
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