Project and task management

Microsoft 365 Personal alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

cryptpad/cryptpad7,827AGPL-3.0Collaborative, end-to-end encrypted web office suite with real-time editors and file storage.Open on GitHub ONLYOFFICE/CommunityServer3,153Apache-2.0Self-hosted office platform with document management, project tools, CRM, and mail aggregation.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Microsoft’s proprietary Copilot models and tight integration across Microsoft apps
Global-scale infrastructure, SLAs, and enterprise-grade uptime
Deep desktop app integrations and native Office features
Continuous feature updates, security patches, and compliance guarantees

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Microsoft 365 Personal, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.