The current version of LibreOffice is 24.8.0.
https://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable is stuck at version 24.2.3.
And https://www.libreoffice.org/download/portable-versions/ tells:
No Portable Version (MultilingualStandard) is currently available
and
LibreOffice is packaged for portable use by PortableApps.com with permission and assistance from The Document Foundation. For more information and support please visit this page [https://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable]
Why is there no current portable version of LibreOffice?
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It is in the process of being built.
That linked post is the place to check the status of upcoming releases, and if they are not in the list you can comment to alert us that an update is available.
LibreOffice changed the way versions are number as at February 2024. And in line with that a new 'Release Plan' was constructed.
PortableApps had been packaging 24.2.5 but then LibreOffice released 24.8.0 on 22 August 2024 (in effect the new LibreOffice 'Fresh') so my guess is the 24.2.5 package was abandoned to concentrate on 24.8.0. As things stand 24.2.6 (in effect the latest LibreOffice 'Still') should be released on or around September 05 2024 — so my guess would be that PortableApps have decided to just go with 24.2.6 (Still) when it became available, no point in chasing 24.2.5 when it is to be superseded very soon.
On the other hand maybe PortableApps will hold off and just wait until 24.8 reaches a version that would be considered a 'Still' release and deal with that when it becomes available.
For fairly thorough details of the LibreOffice Release Plan see this: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan
Use Portable Apps on both Flash Drive and HDD/SSD.
And besides what Abraxian said
it's also quite a lot of work by such a big app.
I would wait till the 5th and check than again.
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It is now 2024-09-28.
Version 24.2.3 is available for download on portableapps.com.
Version 24.8.2 (2024-09-27) is available for download on libreoffice.org.
What is the planned version lag on portableapps.com?
I'll be building the updated Fresh 24.8.2 and Still 24.2.6 packages of LibreOffice Portable this weekend and submitting them to The Document Foundation. They should hopefully be released soon after but they can take up to a couple weeks to post them to their mirrors.
I've been dealing with a few personal issues. A few mental health dips including the usual one around Sept 11, some family health issues, a couple physical things including bruised (maybe broken?) ribs, and some financial stuff (ad revenue has now dipped below monthly hosting costs). I'm doing ok but working on some stuff outside of PA.c that has taken my attention. On the positive side, I also did get out for two quick weekend trips to see my Mom and my friend visiting from New Zealand. My apologies for the delays on some apps like LibreOffice and the lack of being more clear with what was up.
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understand.
wish you all the best!
what about asking the hoster for a cooperation, like free hosting for a sponsored by link?
my fav tec blogger did it, by this traffic it should be no problem!
as he is now longer on top 7 tech sites, long no longer needing it.
i hope i could help.
million thanx for the great job!
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John,
I'm not trying to be funny but am sympathetic to the personal situation which you describe. I would very much recommend Larry Crane's Release Technique – Abundance Course (which is the Release Technique Basic Course) to you. It has helped me immensely in dealing with issues of my own, so I speak from personal experience. I would mention that I have no financial incentive to recommending the course and that this post is not spam – it is given in good faith. If you want to delete this post then please feel free to do so, no ill-will on my part well be forthcoming. The Course is expensive as an initial outlay but, practised with persistence, will more than repay itself in many ways.
Hope this helps.
Use Portable Apps on both Flash Drive and HDD/SSD.
see 25 days back in the rss feed!
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well, I see the difficulies to maintain LO with actual versions of it, however, it would be good to read somewhere, when an where updates can be expected, what the obstacles are and esp.if there are reasons on LO-side hindering the updates like missing support from that side and reasons to hold back updates due to problems in code-quality.
So this is nothing offenive, but my work depends very much on LO, by that getting the best available version from you and your team would be highly appreciated.
tanks + rgds
martin
Now we have more than 2 years after the last LibreOffice PortableApps release
I am getting the impression that LibreOffice is unwilling to generate a portable version.
Normally it should be simply an option switch to generate a portable version from code base in IDE and re-compile it.
This way Libreoffice shows its amateur level in comparison to other office suites.
Very disappointing...
we had an update here 5m ago says 'Date Updated'
use rss feed!
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The current LibreOffice Portable was released 5 months ago, not 2 years ago.
I'm the one who packages it, not The Document Foundation. And it's an entirely manual process for each release.
I'm in the middle of building the latest release but have to do some custom coding because the new stable will cut off Windows 7/8 users and Windows 10 32-bit users as it will be 64-bit only and require Windows 10/11. The custom code will be creating a LibreOfficePortablePrevious automatically and then those users will be served by that branch.
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Hmm, when I go to webpage
https://portableapps.com/de/apps/office/libreoffice_portable/
then the last version over there is v25.2.3
And this release contain only *.exe from 08.2023
Where can I download a newer LibreOffice Portable Package?
I don't want to install full PortableApps platform but only download directly a few Portable applications.
This should be possible as in former times
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this version is from april/may 25 so i'm not sure why he finds so old .exe, maybe it has old lng file or did we mixed the setup files by building?
spontan ideas.
UPDATE or does he mean the launcher?
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That is the latest release. Since January 2024 Libreoffice use the year for the first part of the version number, so 25.2.3 was released this year.
Not all components in an app will change from one release to another. It is common for some components to be older.
you need to see release dates and not check files.
its from april and portable in may ergo we are right.
thx
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Ok, thank you all. Now I understand.
I compared the full extracted new dir tree with my existing LibreOffice Portable dirtree. And I found changes in nested files.
However first of all it is quite unsual that *.exe files are not recompiled when new versions are released. Even if they are unchanged.
But what I have never seen in approx 324523 other program packages that the (visible) release version remains unchanged when changes took place. The Link provided by Antichristus Rex to
https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/25.2.3.2/
was the key information: there is a sub sub sub version number. Ahhh!
This is absolutely confusing. In particular that on webpage
https://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable/
only v25.2.3 is mentioned.
Why not appending a tiny ".2" which would explain everything clearly?
Requiring users to always look at the release notes is very user-unfriendly.
I have never seen this before
The 4th dot is generally ignored for LibreOffice when referring to the version for end users as only a single A.B.C version is considered 'released' regardless of the D version. It's the last one.
Note that their official download page lists the current release as 25.8.2. When you download and install, it's actually 25.8.2.2 which was released on Oct 9 2025 (even though it has a build date of Oct 3). That's the version I'm in the process of packaging. You'll see a 25.8.2.1 with a date of Sep 21 2025 in the old link you posted. That version was not released as stable and should not be used. It was released as a release candidate (RC) and bugs were found necessitating another release.
In short, don't look at that old link as it isn't just listing stable releases and is not intended for end users like you. It's listing all the release candidates as well as the eventual stable. We don't package release candidates, just the actual LibreOffice stable releases. For the end user, it's just 25.8.2 as stated on the LibreOffice download page and as we'll state on our download page.
If you don't like this approach, you'd need to take it up with the publisher.
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dont worry, by sec issues we get here quick updates. otherwise it may take time, sometimes other obstacles come to it, like john said above.
thx for understanding
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Any news about the portable version of 25.8.2 ?