LaunchDevelopersOctober 14, 2026

Developer behind free Adobe clones ships open-source Word, Excel, PowerPoint

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Brandon Thomas released WordCraft, GridCraft and DeckCraft — Rust clones built with Anthropic's Claude — covering 88% of Word's ribbon features and 513 of Excel's 523 worksheet functions. He rates them only 50-60% ready for real work; they target Microsoft 365's $99.99/year single-user price.

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