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- Anne-Sophie Duport
- November 20, 2025
eXo Platform 7.1 is released
New version, new experience! We are excited to announce the release of eXo Platform 7.1.
With eXo 7.1, we are opening a new chapter: a version focused on user experience! After modernizing the technical core and administration capabilities, eXo 7.1 is more intuitive, more powerful, and resolutely people-oriented, for smoother and more efficient collaboration.
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1. Overview
Our previous 7.0 version focused on the technical core and administration capabilities — consolidating the platform’s architecture, no-code administration, and extensibility foundations.
With eXo Platform 7.1, we leverage that base to deliver a new wave of user-centric innovations, making daily collaboration smoother, smarter, and more engaging.
This release focuses on four major areas: Documents, Productivity, Chat, and Engagement.
- Documents. A redesigned document experience introduces thumbnail and tree views, drag-and-drop folder import, mapped drives, and a new offline mode for working seamlessly anywhere. Together, these improvements make document management faster, more intuitive, and connected than ever.
- Productivity – The workspace is now more fluid and personalized, with a revamped unified search offering clearer results and filters, and a redesigned applications hub where users can pin apps, organize by category, or trigger quick actions. Shortcuts and a full-screen favorites view make navigation and multitasking effortless across spaces and tools.
- Chat – eXo 7.1 elevates team communication with a richer, more responsive Matrix-based chat experience. Users can now react with emojis, reply to messages, send voice notes, and enjoy read and typing indicators that make conversations feel natural and real-time. Enhanced with push and sound notifications, mute modes, and full-screen view, chat becomes a true cornerstone of daily collaboration
- Engagement – eXo 7.1 makes collaboration more interactive with forum-style streams and space-level engagement campaigns managed directly by community leaders. A new quests gadget centralizes challenges and progress tracking, empowering teams to participate and stay motivated
2. Documents
The version introduced many new features and improvements in the document management. So what’s new?
2.1. Thumbnails view
Thumbnail view
Documents can now be displayed not only as a list but also as thumbnails, the latter being generated from the document’s first page.
Thumbnails are also used to represent the document when shared, as well as in the information drawer.
Document list
A new document list gadget helps displaying document on any page, as a list or as cards:
A hover on the card or the document lets the user see the document title and type, as well as to access the full information drawer.
2.2. Folders tree navigation
Folders tree navigation
A folders tree view can now be displayed on the left side to facilitate browsing:
Hidden folders
You can now hide some folders from the application display. All technical folders are hidden by default.
Folder import
Previously, a folders structure could be uploaded via a .zip file. In addition to this, we introduced a new capability – you can now import a folder structure directly, through drag and drop from your desktop.
2.3. New actions
Actions – post in the stream
A new item is available at the document level – actions. It will contain actions that can be done with the document. The first available action is to post the document as an attachment to a stream post.
Copy-paste
In addition to the previous duplicate option, it is now possible to copy-past a document.
2.4. Personal drive
It is now possible to browse ALL space drives from your personal drive page, in addition to your personal drive.
Among other benefits, it thus became easier to copy paste or move documents between space drives and create shortcuts.
As the core application now focuses on folders navigation, your personal recent documents and documents shared with you are displayed above.
This default layout can be modified by the administrator.
2.5. Offline & desktop editing
Offline via PWA desktop app
Following several customers’ requests, we introduced an offline capability. The latter leverages our PWA (progressive web application) application – no need to install another client on your desktop or mobile. Users can find and install the app, and enable the offline mode in their settings.
How does it work? All documents that you mark as your favorites will be available offline. When opening the application offline, you will be able to download and edit any of the documents locally.
When coming back online, the application will warn you and you will be able to re-upload documents, if necessary and manage conflicts.
If you decide not to manage the updates right away, the option will be availble in your documents and in your favorites at any time. The notification can of course be swittched off without action.
Open-in desktop
For users using Microsoft office in desktop, we introduce the open-in feature. You can now open your document from the platform locally in you Microsoft office and edit it. All your changes will be saved automatically in eXo.
2.6. Map network drive
It is now possible to map your eXo drives with your local desktop. The mapping is very easy to do via your user settings.
New branding & styling options
It is now possible to apply a background to a section/page or all pages of your platform; introduce a background image, add transparency effects, etc.
The user is asked to confirm their access via a code
It is possible to map all drives, but also selectively – your personal drive or space by space.
The user then follows a simple step by step procedure.
Once the mapping is done, the user is able to browse all eXo drives in his desktop system.
2.7. Categories
Categories introduced for spaces in 7.0, have been applied to Documents. You can now classify your documents in one or several categories.
The platform offers two document display components :
- a document management typically displayed full screen to manage documents in a space, including all document management options
- A new Document list component displaying a list of documents typically to show some documents in any page
Both components now offer the option to filter documents by category. The document management component also has the option to browse by category, which displays a categories tree on top of the app.
2.8. OnlyOffice upgrade
eXo Platform 7.1 ships with OnlyOffice 9.1, bringing major enhancements:
- PDF editing – real-time collaboration on fillable forms, easy page reordering and duplication.
- Extended format support – native handling of Markdown, Visio (.vsdx), OpenDocument Graphics (.odg) and Excel Binary (.xlsb).
- Modernized UI/UX – refreshed light/dark themes, redesigned start screen and improved toolbar navigation.
- AI assistance – integrated agent for rewriting, summarizing and generating content.
- Stability and performance – numerous fixes plus bundled Photo Editor, OCR and LanguageTool plugins.
3. Productivity
3.1. Unified search
Look & Feel
We have changed the way in which research results are presented, to improve the user experience.
Documents are now displayed as a short text, document typing identified through an icon. The same principle applies to other written content such as news articles.
On the contrary, people and spaces are displayed in the form of cards.
Search by space & multi-space
You can now narrow your search to a space or several spaces, to improve results quality.
If the unified search is accessed from a space, the filter is set to this space by default.
Date sorting
You can sort results by latest modification date.
3.2. Applications hub
Pin app & personalized toolbar
From now on, you can pin any application to your toolbar, personalizing your interface:
If a connector has been built, the button will display a first level information and action drawer.
If no particular connector exists, the button will open the app in a separate tab (without authentication if an SSO has been configured).
Thus you can keep your most used applications in direct access, some others in the launcher. The rest is available in your application center.
The framework applies to internal applications as well as third party connectors. For instance, you can now pin your timeline application to see your upcoming events:
Applications launcher make-over
Your personal launcher now includes a recent section, on top of your favourite apps, listing the latest applications that you used.
If you extend the drawer, all available applications are displayed full screen. As previously, you can put a star on your favourite applications, that will be displayed in the drawer for quicker access.
You can also pin or unpin apps from the launcher (full screen or panel).
Categories
It is now possible to organize applications by category, to help users navigate their applications center.
Users can then browse their center by category to find the right app.
Administration
The administration panel has been revamped with several new options added. Among other things, the administrator can choose whether the application opens in another tab, if it is available on mobile, apply categories etc
3.3. Shortcuts & referencing
Quick actions gadgets
We have created several gadgets for most performed actions, such as creating a task. This gadget will launch a task creation from any page to save time.
Gadgets are available in the application center, can be pinned to your toolbar.
It is possible and easy to create new gadgets through our embedded code editor and display them for users through the applications manager (see blog 7.0)
Shortcuts
It is now possible to create a keyboard shortcut to call an app. Shortcuts can be configured by the administrator in the administration panel.
Users can see all available shortcuts in their user settings :
Object referencing
It is now possible to quickly reference any object in a message or an article.
All text editors include an insertion option, but it is also possible to use the “/” shortcut. Simply press “/” and choose what you want to insert.
3.4. Favourites
You can now display your favourites in full screen, by extending the favourites drawer. Objects are classified by type, to facilitate access.
In addition, each item now displays its author, its creation date and its space of origin.
From the top corner, it is easy to see which documents are available in offline mode.
Favourites are now sorted by last access rather than by creation date.
Of course, the application can be pinned or unpinned from the topbar.
Finally, the notion of favorite has been introduced in the Documents List component. Thus, it is easy to introduce a favorite documents gadget in users dashboards, etc.
4. Chat
With the last version, we introduced our new chat, based on matrix protocol, and a new UX/UI inspired from mobile chat apps.
With this iteration, the chat has been enhanced with many new features and capabilities.
4.1. Reactions
A view indicator is displayed under a chat message to show who read the message. A clic on the indicator displays the list of all users having seen the message in a panel.
🔥React : it is now possible to react to a message with an emoji or to reply to a message. The latter will quote the initial message in a bubble, as part of the reply.
4.2. Voice messaging
It is now possible to send a voice message and listen to voice messages. When several messages are sent in a sequence, in a short time, they replay as one.
4.3. Notifications
We created a new notifications channel for chat push notifications and for mentions. The user can also choose to enable sound notification at the navigator level to be alerted for each new chat message.
Status: you can now configure your status in your menu. When you are “do not disturb” or “invisible”, your chat notifications are suspended
You can also mute a particular chat to stop receiving notifications from that room.
4.4. Indicators & navigation
Writing indicator : an indicator is now displayed when a person is writing a message.
New messages section: your unread messages are displayed under a line to separate old messages from new ones.
Unread indicator: when there are many new messages, an arrow is displayed allowing you to jump to the beginning of the unread messages section. You can also close it without reading.
Latest message: when you scroll up, a button to come back down to the latest message is displayed.
4.5. Full screen view
The chat can be used as a panel or extended in full screen :
5. Engagement features
5.1. Stream as forum
It is now possible to apply categories to activity stream posts and add a “browse by category” capability to a stream.
As a result, you can create theme forums or help users to find information relevant to them.
Space based campaigns
Engagement campaigns are now managed at a space level, directly by the space manager.
When creating a new campaign, it is possible to define a space, an audience and list managers.
Thus any space manager can create and animate their campaign and engage their community. It is also possible to delegate campaign management to a space member.
Overall, engagement can now be driven in a decentralized way.
New campaign and quests gadgets
New gadgets, replacing previous ones, are released to manage and promote your quests and campaigns.
In particular, several display options are now available to fine-tune which quests are to be displayed in priority.
N.B. Note that we changed vocabulary to align with industry standards. Engagement programs are now engagement campaigns. Actions are now quests.
Users can see al other quests in a drawer panel, extendable full screen. From that screen, users can browse and filter all quests, by campaign and other criteria.
6. Technical & administration changes
6.1. Components upgrades
eXo Platform 7.1 includes the following components:
- JDK 21
- Tomcat 10
- Spring 6, Springboot 3.1
- Matrix 1.139.2
- Jitsi 2.0.10431
- Elastic search 8.14.3
- OnlyOffice 9.1
- Mysql 8.4.3
6.2. User management
User management administration has been reviewed :
- Filters – new options, multiple selections now possible
- Memberships – it is now possible to view and manage all users memberships from the users panel
- New users import options – in particular it is now possible to import guest lists en mass
- Export users options, including filtered lists. Once exported, the list can be used for further analysis or for updating user data
- Delegation management options
6.3. Login pages
It is now possible to fully personalize all login and onboarding pages. Editing options are available through the administration center.
All components available for public pages can be used to personalize the layout. In addition, pre-existing elements have been recoded as portlets to ensure upgrades for current pages.
In particular, a new login portlet allows to manage all your login options.
In the same way, a separate portet allows to manage new user registration if needed.
6.4. Other improvements
- From now on, a page can be referenced by its name, without full path. This is useful to avoid links issues and improve referencing with complexe urls.
- It is now possible to edit some space identity options without full access to space settings. The option is now available from the left navigation menu
- It is now possible to instantiate space creation through a button. This is useful when you need to advertise this possibility (open communities) or when you need to limit general space creation to some space templates only.
- A verification step is added when editing user email. The option is now available from user settings only.
- Email connector improvement – the email connector set up has been simplified and is now directly available from user settings.
7. Availability schedule
eXo Platform EE 7.1 is immediately available to all clients and partners. For enterprise clients, your account manager will be in touch shortly to schedule your upgrade when necessary.
The community edition package (eXo Platform CE 7.1) is released simultaneously and can be found here. The main differences between CE and EE packages can be found here as per usual – https://www.exoplatform.com/open-source/.
You can experiment with the 7.1 version in the public trial:
Stay tuned to find out more!
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