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WordCraft

WordCraft is an open-source word processor for writing and document design, developed by the ArtCraft team in pure Rust as a clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft Word. It uses a ribbon-based interface with styles, tables, track changes, comments, references, mail merge, spelling and grammar tools, and document layout features. It reads and writes DOCX, imports legacy DOC and formats including ODT, RTF, HTML, Markdown, LaTeX and TXT, and exports PDF with selectable text, links and bookmarks.

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Overview

The application uses a shared Rust codebase with native GPU-rendered egui front ends for macOS, Windows, Linux and BSD, plus a WebAssembly browser build. Its command-driven architecture exposes the same document operations through the desktop interface, keyboard shortcuts, a command-line tool, JSON control channel and MCP server; the CLI can convert and inspect documents or run scripted editing commands. WordCraft is in alpha and is dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0.

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  • An open-source Rust word processor, a clean-room rebuild of the classic desktop word processor. Handles .docx/.doc files, PDF export, styles, tables, track changes, comments, mail merge, offline spellcheck, GPU-drawn UI, and runs in browser via WebAssembly.

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