AbiWord

A word processor

Productivity

Slowing down

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About

AbiWord is a free word processing program. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks but remain focused on word processing. AbiWord is meant to remain relatively lightweight and support many file formats.

Changelog

- Fix memory leaks with a collab Telepathy error. - Fix paste of images from Firefox. - Fix memory leaks in styles dialog, Gtk text input. - Fix use after free and memory leak with list numbering. - Fix memory leak with text drag and drop. - Fix memory leak in OpenXML importer/exporter. - Remove babelfish and freetranslation plugins. - Fix appstream for newer flathub requirements. - Properly remember the recent files even if AbiWord crashes. - wordperfect: Use the more recent version of libwpd libwpg and libwps.

Additional information

Project

Developer: AbiWord contributors
License: GPL-2.0-or-later (free software)What this license lets you do
Homepage: www.abisource.com
From the project: Report a bug Source code
Latest release: February 17, 2026 (8 months ago)Slowing down · 1 release in the last year
Release history: Last 4 releases
3.0.8February 17, 2026
3.0.7July 30, 2025
3.0.6November 3, 2024
3.0.5July 3, 2021
Languages: en_US

Install

Size: 17.1 MB
Installs: 103,851 on Flathub347 in the last 7 days
Available via: Flatpak · Arch Linux (3) · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux (2) · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
All 14 packagings
Flathub (Flatpak), AUR (Git build), AUR (Gtk2 build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Void Linux (32bit build), Solus, Gentoo
Flatpak sandbox: Wide access
Runs in a sandbox, but a broad part of it is open — typical for tools that need to manage your files or system. It shows what the app is able to do, not what it does.
What it can access
Reads and changes your whole home folder
Uses the internet

About this data

Sources: 18 independent sources agree
Catalog data as of: October 12, 2026

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How each source lists it (14)

Source	Name	Version	Built by	License	Description
Flathub (Flatpak)	AbiWord	3.0.8	Official build	GPL-2.0-or-later	A word processor
AUR (Git build)	abiword-git	1:3.1.0.20780.2a06be6a1-1	—	GPL-2.0-or-later	Fully-featured word processor from official GNOME GitLab instance
AUR (Gtk2 build)	abiword-gtk2	3.0.6-2	Community build, patched	GPL	Fully-featured word processor, GTk2, No plugins, Lite version
Debian	abiword	3.0.6~dfsg-1	Distribution build	—	efficient, featureful word processor with collaboration
Ubuntu	abiword	3.0.8+ds-2	Distribution build	—	efficient, featureful word processor with collaboration
Fedora	abiword	3.0.8	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later	Word processing program
Arch Linux	abiword	3.0.8-2	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later	Fully-featured word processor
Nixpkgs	abiword	3.0.8	Distribution build	GPL-3.0	Word processing program, similar to Microsoft Word
openSUSE	abiword	3.0.8	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later	A Multiplatform Word Processor
Alpine Linux	abiword	3.0.8-r0	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later	A fully-featured word processor
Void Linux	abiword	3.0.8_1	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later	Free word processing program similar to Microsoft(R) Word
Void Linux (32bit build)	abiword-32bit	3.0.8_1	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later	Free word processing program similar to Microsoft(R) Word (32bit)
Solus	abiword	3.0.5	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later	Free lightweight word processor similar to Microsoft Word
Gentoo	abiword	3.0.7-r3	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-only	Fully featured yet light and fast cross platform word processor