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Calligra

Calligra is a word processor, available on Linux: word processing, spreadsheets and presentations (slide shows).

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Calligra is a word processor, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing: word processing, spreadsheets and presentations (slide shows).

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “It contains applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation and vector graphics.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “It contains applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation and vector graphics.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “It contains applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation and vector graphics.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Words is an intuitive word processor and desktop publisher application.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Calligra Stage is extensible through a plugin system, so it is easy to add new effects, new content elements or even new ways of managing your presentation.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Calligra is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Calligra is an office and graphics suite. It contains applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation and vector graphics. Words is an intuitive word processor and desktop publisher application. With it, you can create informative and attractive documents with pleasure and ease. Calligra Sheets is a fully-featured calculation and spreadsheet tool. Use it to quickly create and calculate various business-related spreadsheets, such as income and expenditure, employee working hours, etc. Calligra Stage is an easy to use yet still flexible presentation application. You can easily create presentations containing a rich variety of elements, from graphics to text, from charts to images. Calligra Stage is extensible through a plugin system, so it is easy to add new effects, new content elements or even new ways of managing your presentation. Because of the integration with Calligra, all the power and flexibility of the Calligra content elements are available to Stage. Karbon is a vector drawing application with a user interface that is easy to use, highly customizable and extensible. That makes Karbon a great application for users starting to explore the world of vector graphics as well as for artists wanting to create breathtaking vector art.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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