Asas module

Collabora Online for document editing

Alternative to Google Docs and Microsoft 365

Real-time browser editing for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files in Arabic, collaborating simultaneously.

Available on request: We have run it in our lab; it has not run at a client yet.

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System facts

Alternative to
Google Docs, Microsoft 365 Office Online
Built on
Collabora Online (MPL-2.0 license)
Hosting
We host it for you in Egypt: Link Datacenter in Egypt or Huawei Cloud, Cairo region
Language
Interface in Arabic
Sign-in
With your company's single sign-on
Ordering
As part of a bundle
Status
Available on request
Price
We send it to you after a short call

What it does for you

A web-based office suite running in your browser: open Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, or PowerPoint presentations directly from company cloud storage, and edit them collaboratively with team members in real time without installing desktop software. All files remain stored on a server we host for you in Egypt.

We selected this office engine after benchmarking on real Arabic documents featuring mixed numbers, English terms, and tables, choosing the most faithful Arabic text renderer.

It is a module of Asas by FoundationCX.

Alternative to

If you are looking for an alternative to Google Docs and Microsoft Office, this replaces:

  • Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
  • Online Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in Microsoft 365.
  • Emailing file attachments back and forth with conflicting revision versions.

What you get

  • Text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations opened and edited directly in web browsers.
  • Real-time collaborative editing: View colleagues' cursors and edits as they type.
  • Comments and revision change tracking identical to familiar desktop word processors.
  • Native Office file formats: Opens and saves directly to standard DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX, plus ODF files.
  • One-click PDF export.
  • Formulas, functions, and charting inside spreadsheets.
  • Version history restoring previous file revisions directly from cloud storage.
  • Localized editor interface menus in Arabic.

Built on Collabora Online, an open-source office suite based on LibreOffice, integrated seamlessly into Nextcloud.

Arabic and hosting in Egypt

  • Arabic: Native right-to-left layout, correct bidirectional rendering for mixed Arabic text containing numbers and English words, and proper right-to-left table columns.
  • Hosting: We host it for you in Egypt, sizing document editing server compute to your concurrent collaborator volume (infrastructure design).

From ready-made to built for you

  1. 01 As-is The document editor embedded directly within company file storage.
  2. 02 Configured for your workflow Corporate Arabic typography fonts and standardized organizational document templates.
  3. 03 Customized Branded corporate templates for letterheads, commercial proposals, and management reports.
  4. 04 Built for you Generating dynamic documents automatically from internal software, such as sales contracts and quotations.

Customization and building from scratch are part of our software and application development service.

Works with

Part of: Asas business suite , Egyptian office , Egyptian company

  • File storage and sharing

    Nextcloud Files

    Asas module

    Storage for company files, shared department folders, and granular permissions, with data kept in Egypt.

    Alternative to: Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive

    • Demo
    • Full Arabic
    • In Egypt
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  • Asas business suite

    Our product

    One suite in Arabic in Egypt: accounting, inventory, HR, CRM, email, files, documents, and meetings, with single sign-on.

    Alternative to: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Odoo

    • Demo
    • Full Arabic
    • In Egypt
    Details + Add to request

  • Single sign-on

    authentik

    Asas module

    One password and two-factor authentication for all systems; provision a user once across all apps with proper roles.

    Alternative to: Okta, Microsoft Entra ID

    • Demo
    • Full Arabic
    • In Egypt
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  • Team chat

    Nextcloud Talk

    Asas module

    Team chats and channels replacing personal WhatsApp groups, with all messages stored on your company server in Egypt.

    Alternative to: Slack, Microsoft Teams chat, Manual work and spreadsheets

    • On request
    • Partial Arabic
    • In Egypt
    Details + Add to request

  • Video meetings

    Nextcloud Talk

    Asas module

    Video and audio meeting rooms with screen sharing and recording, with no time limits, on your server.

    Alternative to: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet

    • On request
    • Partial Arabic
    • In Egypt
    Details + Add to request

  • Shared calendar and contacts

    Nextcloud Calendar

    Asas module

    A calendar for each employee, shared team calendars, meeting booking, and a contact directory syncing with phones.

    Alternative to: Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar

    • On request
    • Partial Arabic
    • In Egypt
    Details + Add to request

Who it is for

Frequently asked questions

Is it an alternative to Google Docs and Office 365?

Yes. You collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in browser tabs like Google Docs, while files remain in standard Word, Excel, and PowerPoint formats compatible with Microsoft 365, all hosted privately in Egypt.

Does it support right-to-left Arabic text accurately?

Yes, and that was our core benchmark: complex Arabic documents with embedded numbers and English words render accurately without layout corruption.

Does it open existing Word and Excel files from our team?

Yes, it natively opens and saves in standard Microsoft Office formats.

Can multiple team members edit the same file simultaneously?

Yes, with real-time cursor presence, inline comments, and change tracking.

Do I need a commercial Microsoft Office license?

No. The editor is open source; you pay only for underlying server hosting and our professional setup.

Our limits

  • Documents featuring complex VBA macros or proprietary desktop formatting edge cases may exhibit minor rendering differences compared to native desktop Office; we test sample documents with you prior to migration.
  • The software is from its developer (Collabora); our role is hosting, configuration, operation, and support.

Shared document editing: Request it

Request it info@foundationcx.com