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Open-Source Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word Replications

Hacker News · securityby mathgenius ()1 min read3 · 1 read
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Brandon Thomas released free open-source Excel, PowerPoint, and Word clones built with Claude.

Brandon Thomas, developer of the ArtCraft suite of free open-source Adobe alternatives, announced clones of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word named GridCraft, DeckCraft, and WordCraft. He said the apps were created with Claude and posted them to the ArtCraft GitHub for free download. The report notes criticism of AI-generated software and Thomas's response that he can code.

Key facts
  • Brandon Thomas released GridCraft, DeckCraft, and WordCraft as free Office clones.
  • The apps were created with Claude and published on the ArtCraft GitHub.
  • Thomas previously built ArtCraft, open-source tools meant to replicate Adobe apps.
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1 min read at tomshardware.com

Brandon Thomas, developer of ArtCraft, a suite of open-source creative tools meant to replicate Adobe applications for free, has now announced apps to replace Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, respectively, named GridCraft, DeckCraft, and WordCraft, that are created with Claude. Thomas has shared his new clones to ArtCraft GitHub, making them free for all to download.

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By mathgenius · tomshardware.com

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