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WordCraft: an open-source, clean-room word processor in pure Rust

5 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 1 story, 4 comments · first 2026-10-10 · latest 2026-10-12

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    An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft Word in pure Rust
    story by espeed · 2026-10-12 · 119 comments
  2. LOL already happening https://github.com/storytold/wordcraft
    comment by Xirdus · 2026-10-12 · in Satya Nadella says we should assume all AI models are 'compromised'
  3. https://github.com/storytold/wordcraft https://github.com/storytold/gridcraft
    comment by NookDavoos · 2026-10-11 · in Open-source Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word replications
  4. Try wordcraft: https://github.com/storytold/wordcraft On macOS: brew install wordcraft
    comment by amichail · 2026-10-10 · in Ask HN: Why did Microsoft invest in AI that could rewrite its apps from scratch?
  5. …we do everything 100% clean room: https://github.com/storytold/photocraft (inspired by Photoshop) https://github.com/storytold/wordcraft (inspired by Word) https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft (one of the more mature apps)…
    comment by echelon · 2026-10-10 · in REA Reverse – Engineer Anything