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Calligra Suite

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A KDE office suite spanning documents, spreadsheets, slides, and vector art.

Calligra Suite is KDE’s collection of desktop applications for office work and visual creation. It includes tools for writing documents, building presentations, working with spreadsheets, drawing vector graphics, creating databases, and planning projects, though some components have separate release schedules.

Why it stands out

  • Combines conventional office apps with vector graphics, database design, and project planning under the KDE umbrella.
  • Karbon gives the suite a built-in vector illustration tool, which many office suites do not include.
  • KEXI stores tables, queries, forms, and reports together, supporting shareable database application designs.
  • Plan supports task dependencies, timing constraints, resources, and scheduling for moderately large projects.
  • Maintained as part of the broader KDE free software ecosystem rather than as a standalone proprietary product.

Good to know

  • Recent Calligra 4.0 notes indicate that some traditional components, including KEXI and Plan, follow independent release schedules rather than shipping in that release bundle.
  • Older Calligra components listed on the site may now be standalone apps or unmaintained.
  • Availability and version freshness may depend on what your Linux distribution packages in its repositories.

Under the radar: If you specifically need Plan or KEXI, verify their separate release/download status instead of assuming they are included in the latest Calligra bundle.

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