Microsoft really doesn't want you to buy Office — here's a great free alternative

Microsoft Office might be trapped behind a subscription, but OnlyOffice and LibreOffice will let you create and edit ...
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Developer Who Cloned Photoshop With AI Just Did the Same to Microsoft Office

Developer Brandon Thomas used Anthropic's Claude to build free, open-source replicas of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
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Free Word, Excel and PowerPoint clones are now on GitHub

Brandon Thomas, the developer behind the free ArtCraft Adobe clones, released open-source versions of Word, Excel and ...
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Someone just built free versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Brandon Thomas, known for creating Adobe software clones, has now launched free, open-source versions of Microsoft Word, ...
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There Are Free, Open-Source Versions of Microsoft Office Apps Thanks to AI

In this case, the ambition is to reverse engineer functionally identical versions of premium, paid software built by people ...
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Developer Launches Free Open-Source Microsoft Office Clone Using AI

SMSDeveloper Brandon Thomas has released WordCraft, GridCraft, and DeckCraft—three free, open-source applications that are ...
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Microsoft Makes Advanced Excel Features Free for All Users

Have you ever hesitated to explore a powerful tool because of a paywall? For years, some of Excel’s most advanced features were locked behind a subscription, leaving countless users wondering what ...

Open Source AI Dev is Going After Microsoft Office, Too

The startup creating free alternatives to the Adobe apps has similar projects underway to replace Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
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Best Free & Open-Source Alternatives to Microsoft Excel

Not everyone needs Excel. Some people just want to track grocery costs. Others need a tool for work or business. Others may also need the Excel tool itself. However, affording the premium version has ...