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Developer Builds Free Open-Source Clones of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Brandon Thomas releases free open-source Office and AutoCAD clones using Rust and AI.
In brief
Brandon Thomas releases free open-source Office and AutoCAD clones using Rust and AI. Brandon Thomas created free open-source alternatives to Microsoft Office and AutoCAD that read Microsoft's file formats without subscriptions. Originally reported by Startup Fortune.
ArtCraft launches free open-source Office clones
ArtCraft released free, MIT-or-Apache-licensed rebuilds of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
WordCraft and GridCraft cover 87% and 89% of Microsoft features
WordCraft covers 87% of Word's ribbon commands while GridCraft covers 89% of Excel's ribbon commands.
WordCraft at 62% feature parity with Microsoft Word
WordCraft sits around 62% complete despite covering 87% of Word's ribbon commands.
Brandon Thomas built the open-source apps
Brandon Thomas, a 15-year software engineering veteran, created ArtCraft and its open-source Office clones.
Thomas used AI to build seven Adobe clones
Thomas previously released seven open-source Adobe Creative Cloud clones using AI.
Thomas aims for 100% parity in a month
Thomas claimed the Adobe suite would hit 100% parity within a month but walked back to months.
ArtCraft also released CADCraft
ArtCraft published CADCraft, a clean-room rebuild of AutoCAD for open-source use.
Microsoft and Autodesk face competition
Microsoft and Autodesk's software moats are now threatened by open-source clones.
The main idea
Brandon Thomas created free open-source alternatives to Microsoft Office and AutoCAD that read Microsoft's file formats without subscriptions.
