LibreOffice
LibreOffice is a desktop office suite for creating and editing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, and other everyday work files.
What is LibreOffice?
LibreOffice is a native desktop office suite that helps you write documents, work with spreadsheets, build presentations, draw diagrams, and manage other common office tasks on macOS. It is published by The Document Foundation and is used by students, home users, nonprofits, and workplaces that want a full-featured office app without relying on a subscription. The suite includes apps such as Writer for word processing, Calc for spreadsheets, Impress for presentations, and Draw for vector graphics and page layout tasks. LibreOffice can open and save OpenDocument formats and also works with many Microsoft Office file types, which makes it useful when exchanging files with other people. It also supports exporting documents to formats such as PDF and EPUB for sharing and publishing. On a Mac, it is installed as a standard application and is mainly used for local document creation and editing.
Key features
- Create and edit text documents with styles, tables, images, and review tools
- Work with spreadsheets for calculations, charts, data entry, and analysis
- Build slide presentations with layouts, media, and presenter features
- Open and save many Microsoft Office document formats
- Export files to PDF and EPUB for sharing or publishing
- Draw diagrams, vector graphics, and simple page layouts
- Use templates, extensions, and optional macros to customize workflows
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
LibreOffice is a well-known open-source productivity suite and its normal behavior is consistent with document editing. The main practical risk comes from opening untrusted documents that contain macros, embedded content, or links, because office files can carry harmful scripts or misleading content. The bundle ID listed here, org.libreoffice.script, is associated with LibreOffice script components rather than the main app bundle, so if you are checking a specific installed item, confirm whether it belongs to the full LibreOffice application or to a scripting-related component inside the app package. Grant file access only when needed, and treat downloaded office documents with the same caution you would use in any office suite.
Recommendation: Keep LibreOffice if you use it for documents, spreadsheets, or presentations, or if you need compatibility with OpenDocument and many Microsoft Office files. If you no longer use it, removing the app will mainly affect your ability to open or edit files with LibreOffice-specific settings, templates, or extensions. If the item you found is a script-related component instead of the main app, inspect its location inside the LibreOffice app package before deciding to remove it separately.
Common paths
/Applications/LibreOffice.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/LibreOffice
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/LibreOffice
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/org.libreoffice.script.plist~/Library/Preferences/org.libreoffice.script.savedState
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