LibreOffice Writer
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Dec 10, 2025first mention
Apr 24, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“open up LibreOffice Writer rather than Microsoft Word”
“I use it all the time.”
Show 1 more
“this is actually very helpful for me”
Caveats and dissent
“So no tables, footnotes, table of content, math formulas, citations”
Threads where it came up
- LibreOffice Writer now supports Markdown 3 mentions
- Using the internet like it's 1999 1 mention
- Ask HN: What are you working on? (Jan 2026) 1 mention
- Ask HN: Good document writing with AI-review 1 mention
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025) 1 mention
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025) 1 mention
Data: libreoffice-writer.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“open up LibreOffice Writer rather than Microsoft Word”
“So no tables, footnotes, table of content, math formulas, citations”
“I use it all the time.”
“this is actually very helpful for me”
“AI extension for LibreOffice Writer”
“I built an extension for LibreOffice Writer”
“AI Copilot for LibreOffice Writer”
“An AI copilot for LibreOffice Writer.”