Basic concepts
ONLYOFFICE Docs is an open-source office suite that includes editors for text documents, spreadsheets, presentations and fillable forms.
This documentation describes:
- How to extend the editors functionality with plugins and customization settings, or limit it to suit your use-case
- How to manage editors via Automation API
- How to use the WOPI protocol to integrate your application with an online office
- How to integrate ONLYOFFICE Docs into a range of frameworks and Document Management Systems (DMSs)
What editors can do
ONLYOFFICE Docs provides the following features:
- creating, editing and viewing text documents, spreadsheets, presentations and fillable forms;
- collaborating on files with other teammates in real time.
ONLYOFFICE Docs API is used to let the developers integrate the ONLYOFFICE Document/Spreadsheet/Presentation/Pdf Editors into their own web sites and setup and manage the editors. ONLYOFFICE Docs can be customized to look and feel like part of your application or webpage by customizing the user interface.
How to get editors
To get ONLYOFFICE Docs and start using its features:
- load it from the ONLYOFFICE Docs Cloud CDN (Content Delivery Network), which will ensure ONLYOFFICE Docs is always using the latest version;
- install the self-hosted solution.