The developer who cloned Photoshop using AI has now created Word, Excel, and PowerPoint replicas with Claude

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First look: Though vibe-coded apps are often slammed as "AI slop" by users and developers alike, generative AI can now produce complex productivity apps that rival market leaders. After building free, open-source alternatives to Adobe's Creative Cloud apps using Claude AI, developer Brandon Thomas is now turning to replicas of Microsoft Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Called WordCraft, GridCraft, and DeckCraft, respectively, the open-source applications are written in Rust with Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5, as the Adobe replicas were, and are available for download under MIT or Apache 2.0 licenses. They are, however, still at a relatively early stage of development and need a lot more work before they can be considered viable alternatives to Microsoft Office.

According to its GitHub page, WordCraftis an "open-source, clean-room...

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