How I turned my old Raspberry Pi into a home office suite that's better than Microsoft 365

Why spend your hard-earned money on Microsoft 365 when you can host a local office server on your Raspberry Pi?

Apr 16, 2025 - 21:04
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How I turned my old Raspberry Pi into a home office suite that's better than Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 is undoubtedly one of the best office suites out there, but between the Redmond-based tech giant’s insistence on adding AI to its toolkit and the package’s steep pricing, there are plenty of reasons why you might want to switch to free alternatives. Thankfully, the self-hosted ecosystem is brimming with feature-laden productivity tools, and the majority of these utilities are so lightweight that you can deploy them on weaker, low-power devices – including Raspberry Pi SBCs. So, here’s a quick guide on how you can spare your wallet (and privacy) by running a couple of Microsoft 365 alternatives on your pint-sized tinkering companion.