{
  "id": 14272277,
  "title": "The developer who cloned Photoshop using AI has now created Word, Excel, and PowerPoint replicas with Claude",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/the-developer-who-cloned-photoshop-using-ai-has-now-created-word",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-13T18:53:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechSpot",
    "slug": "techspot",
    "url": "https://www.techspot.com/news/114179-developer-who-cloned-photoshop-using-ai-has-now.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Developer Brandon Thomas has taken AI-generated apps a step further by creating replicas of Microsoft Office applications. The open-source software, WordCraft, GridCraft, and DeckCraft, are all designed to mimic the functionality of their more popular counterparts. WordCraft, which focuses on Microsoft Word, is currently the most advanced of the three, with 88% of Word's ribbon-based commands implemented. GridCraft, aimed at replicating Microsoft Excel, has already achieved 89% of Excel's ribbon and menu commands, with around 98% of its worksheet functions. DeckCraft, the third application, aims for full feature parity with PowerPoint and currently boasts 79% feature parity across 191 PowerPoint features. The open-source applications are written in Rust and use Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5, allowing them to run natively on multiple platforms without relying on Electron or Tauri. These tools support various file formats and offer offline functionality, including features like spelling and grammar checks, mail merge, and exporting to PDFs. While still in the early stages of development, the projects are available for download under MIT or Apache 2.0 licenses and are currently at the alpha stage.",
  "summary": "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... Read Entire Article",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}