LibreOffice is a comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite that you can download and install for free, with no fear of copyright infringement. There is a large base of satisfied LibreOffice users worldwide, and it is available in more than 30 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux.

LibreOffice is a feature-packed and mature desktop productivity package with some really great advantages:

• It’s free – no worry about license costs or annual fees.
• No language barriers – it’s available in a large number of languages, with more being added continually.
• Supports large number of file formats, including Microsoft Office binary formats, OOXML, and RTF – both loading and saving.
• LGPL public license – you can use it, customize it, develop it and copy it with free user support and developer support from our active worldwide community and our large and experienced developer team.
• LibreOffice is a free software community-driven project: development is open to new talent and new ideas, and our software is tested and used daily by a large and devoted user community; you, too, can get involved and influence its future development.

The software and hardware prerequisites for installing on a Macintosh computer are as follows:

• MacOSX 10.4 (Tiger) or higher;
• Intel or PowerPC processor;
• (Note: as of LibreOffice v.4.1 support for PowerPC has been dropped);
• 512 Mb RAM;
• Up to 800 Mb available hard disk space;
• 1024×768 graphic device with 256 colors (higher resolution recommended).