An app for Libreoffice Online integration exists already, but it looks like it didin’t get much further than version 0.1: https://apps.owncloud.com/content/show.php/LibreOffice+Online?content=174455 and https://github.com/COMU/libreonline-owncloud
There is also the Richdocuments app for Owncloud, but build instructions are only available for Suse: https://github.com/owncloud/richdocuments
Yes. It’s pretty clunky though. I was trying it for a while. Using Libreoffice’s webdav integration meant setting up a masterpassword for LO, using an old, ugly file browser in LO instead of the standard one, having file browsing be slow as I went through folders and occasionally hitting problems when the connection was broken. I ended up just using the ownCloud sync client to sync documents to a local folder and working with those instead.
Still, it’s good to have as an option, if you don’t want cloud files saved on the local machine though, I guess.
Well, as always, you must have a good connection. But that’s the same for all client<=>server links. No problems at all here, i have optical fiber… and i use it everyday for all my Libreoffice docs/works…
(i really prefer working directly in Libreoffice rather than going through any clumsy web interface, but your mileage may vary…)
Total agreement, there. I use LibreOffice directly as well, just with local files synced by the desktop OC client. That said, I’d still like the freedom, for myself and the people I collaborate on documents with, to be able to work on any computer with a web browser as well, rather than just machines that have LibreOffice installed.
Thats exact what i meant - a online Office with a kind of a word a n d very important also a kind of an rich featured excel - in best case with the ability collaborate usage.
I realise that the WebODF app hasn’t received much love lately. But having something that doesn’t require running a whole additional VM for LibreOffice, would be great IMHO.
I do like the simplicity and minimal dependencies of the WebODF approach. The big drawback, is that the underlying engine of webODF, unlike LibreOffice, only supports odt at a level beyond viewing being a technical preview at this stage, so we’re not likely to see the ability to use spreadsheets or presentations anytime soon if we go that route.
Adding these is comparatively (note: *comparatively ) simple by comparison with the LibreOffice based approach.
I would agree that adding an app that interfaces with LOO would be a good solution. Such an app could be configurable to use the local Linux client as well.
I concur with most of this post, collaboration and online editing should be an integral part of the core of NextCloud. Looking forward to test this new environment and hopefully it will be a smooth transition from OC to NC.
Just tried COOL V1.0 and it works pretty well for text documents. It feels like you’re using a slow computer, but it doesn’t really matter if you’re making corrections or adding comments.
It’s unusable for presentations, you’ll quickly open the laptop and download the file instead of trying to do anything online.
COOL? What’s COOL? I haven’t heard of it, unless it was by another name…
Sorry, I thought it was mentioned in this thread, but that was in another one:
So when are we going to get this???
I intend to upgrade my owncloud instance at the first sign of a new owncloud/nextcloud stable version which includes LibreOffice Online in an easily installable form.
well you do make COOL sound bad. I hope they can increase performance… When I played with CODE it seemed quite OK, performant enough. I hope there’s room for optimization 
The good thing is that anybody can ask to play with the demo and make up their own mind :).
I tried to look at it from the perspective of someone who would want to use it on the road, not a geek
Is COOL even open source? Would it be possible to have a plugin that uses a snapshot of CODE that is somewhat stable? Running another VM that is barely stable isn’t all that great…
Good question, I don’t think it is. They’re probably using a dual license like ownCloud does and one reason they work well together.
Actually as far as I know COOL is fully open source. They don’t do Open Core, which is why they work well together with Nextcloud 
Note that you can’t mix AGPL and proprietary code so you can’t install an open source app in an closed version of something… Well, you can, as long as you don’t give anyone else access.
Would be good if someone could try to compile CODE tagged COOL_1.0 and see if it works. If that’s the case then their communication is quite opaque since they don’t release packages for COOL.
They’re using the Mozilla Public License v2.0