LibreOffice Writer

Word processor part of the LibreOffice productivity suite

Tested: works in Breadstick

Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra · Android 16 · Debian 13 · September 25, 2026Opened in its own window on Samsung DeX and took typed text.

LibreOffice Writer in Breadstick

Breadstick note

On devices that do not let apps read /proc/version (reported on Android 14), Breadstick starts LibreOffice without its splash launcher, which would otherwise stop with a "/proc not mounted" error. Everywhere else LibreOffice starts as usual.

Breadstick runs Debian's own libreoffice-writer package for ARM64, the build a Debian 13 computer with an ARM processor installs, and a test on a device, above, saw it run. On Samsung DeX, Floating mode opens it as its own window beside your Android apps, and Desktop mode runs it on a full Linux desktop.

With Device files granted, a document saved in your Linux Documents or Downloads folder is in Android's folder too, where Android apps can open it. More about office apps in Breadstick.

About LibreOffice Writer

From the project's description

Writer is the word processor inside LibreOffice productivity suite. Use it for everything, from dashing off a quick letter to producing an entire book with tables of contents, embedded illustrations, bibliographies and diagrams. The while-you-type auto-completion, auto-formatting and automatic spell-checking make difficult tasks easy (but are easy to disable if you prefer). Writer is powerful enough to tackle desktop publishing tasks such as creating multi-column newsletters and brochures. The only limit is your imagination.
Based on the what-you-see-is-what-you-get principle, Writer allows you to apply various styles and formatting effects to your document and view the results immediately.
LibreOffice supports opening and saving into a wide variety of formats, so you can easily share documents with users of other popular office suites without worrying about compatibility.

From the project's AppStream metadata in Debian's libreoffice-writer package, under CC0-1.0.

Developer: The Document Foundation
Keywords: CV, Document, Fax, Letter, Lotus WordPro, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, OpenDocument Text, OpenOffice Writer, Text, doc, docx, odt, rtf
Menu categories: Word processors, Office

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Sources and licenses

Name, summary and description: the project's AppStream metadata in Debian's libreoffice-writer package, under CC0-1.0.
Icon: the project's own, from Debian's AppStream icon cache for the libreoffice-writer package; the project's license is MPL-2.0.
Versions and sizes: Debian's archive for ARM64, as on packages.debian.org.
Popularity: Debian Popularity Contest counts.