Originally published at: 14th birthday of ONLYOFFICE: 14 fast facts in our annual wrap-up | ONLYOFFICE Blog
ONLYOFFICE turned 14. A big thanks to everyone involved — our users, team, partners, and contributors! In this post, we would like to briefly share our news and achievements over the year. Enjoy reading!
Fact 1: 15 years since company launch
And there is no mistake here. In 2009, we founded our company in Riga, Latvia and launched TeamLab for internal use which entered the market a year later.
So, in 2024 we celebrate 15 years of the company launch and 14 years of the ONLYOFFICE project.
Fact 2: Platinum in IT Awards
ONLYOFFICE came first and got Platinum in Cloud Computing Insider Awards 2023, in the category Cloud Content Management. We say our sincerest thanks to everyone involved! It’s a big honor for us!
By the way, we are nominated for IT-Awards for the fourth time in a row. Let’s make it to the winners’ list together!
Fact 3: ONLYOFFICE Docs 8.1 with PDF Editor
In the latest version of ONLYOFFICE Docs, we introduced a full-featured PDF Editor. Along with viewing and annotating, it now also supports text editing, work with pages, inserting of various objects such as shapes, images, hyperlinks, etc. Besides, we completely switched to PDF forms.
Other releases: Docs 7.5 with automatic hyphenation and Screen Readers, Docs 8.0 with RTL and Goal Seek
Fact 4: ONLYOFFICE DocSpace 2.0 with Public rooms
The December release of ONLYOFFICE DocSpace featured the new room type to make work on documents with any third party much easier. In Public rooms, you can invite users via external links to allow them to view files without registration.
Another update: DocSpace 2.5 with user groups and storage management
Fact 5: DocSpace + Zoom
ONLYOFFICE DocSpace app for Zoom allows you to work on any content directly within Zoom Meetings together with other participants. Besides, you can use a DocSpace account to efficiently manage files between meetings.
More integration news for DocSpace: WordPress, Drupal
More integration news for Docs: Odoo Enterprise, Pipedrive, Box, Chamilo, SuiteCRM, Dropbox, Redmine, Confluence, ownCloud, Alfresco, Moodle, Nextcloud
Fact 6: Available on Zapier
You can easily automate your business tasks using Zaps and ready templates for ONLYOFFICE DocSpace and various apps like Slack, Trello, HubSpot, Asana, Discord, etc. Check documentation
Fact 7: Android app with collaborative editing
The game-changing ONLYOFFICE Documents 7.5 for Android brought collaborative document editing to your smartphones and tablets.
Other app updates: v7.5 for iOS with multi-column layout, v8.0 for iOS with text document language change, v8.0 for Android with bidirectional text, v8.1 for iOS with better DocSpace integration, v8.1 for Android with LDAP authentication
Fact 8: Powered by AI
The upgraded ChatGPT plugin for ONLYOFFICE became more powerful allowing you to use the capabilities of GPT-4 to correct spelling and grammar mistakes, make your texts shorter or longer and even rewrite them completely.
Besides, we introduced the ZhiPu Copilot Plugin tailored to work seamlessly with Chinese AI.
Fact 9: ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors on Guará Linux
ONLYOFFICE desktop app became the default office suite for 22.000 employees of the Military Police of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
More distros and stores: Kylin Software Store, Mauna Linux, Regata OS
Fact 10: Certified by openEuler OS
We got a compatibility certificate with the open-source operating system openEuler.
More certifications: openKylin OS, Dameng
Fact 11: Budweiser China
Budweiser, the leading beer brewing company, integrated ONLYOFFICE Docs Enterprise with their self-developed system for internal collaboration.
More customer success stories: FLISoL Bogotá DC, Pflasterstube Kaiserslautern, Donaueschingen schools, Kinderhaus Berlin, Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation
Fact 12: Open source for students
This year, we announced 4 projects at the Open Source Promotion Plan 2024, a major event in China’s open-source community. Stay tuned for the results!
What’s more, we launched the ONLYOFFICE Plugin Development Contest 2024. We invite developers to create plugins tailored for Chinese users. This is your chance to innovate and get between ¥5,500 – ¥10,000, along with a certificate of achievement! Registration is open until July 21st. Participate
Check all opportunities of how to contribute to open source as a student
Fact 13: 45 events attended across the globe
Since our last birthday, we took part in around 45 various events. All past and upcoming events
Fact 14: For the greater good
ONLYOFFICE became a sponsor of the team 0426 taking part in the 4L Trophy, supporting the humanitarian values of the rally. Check ONLYOFFICE for non-profits
