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WordCraft open-source Rust word processor reimplements Word workflows
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On October 12, Hacker News featured WordCraft, an open-source word processor from the ArtCraft team. It is written in pure Rust and reimplements Microsoft Word workflows through a clean-room approach. The report says WordCraft reads and writes .docx files and runs on desktop and in the browser. What has been disclosed covers the open-source implementation, document format support and runtime environments; no release plans were mentioned.
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Oct 12
- Hacker News front pageAn open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft Word in pure Rust
ArtCraft 团队的 WordCraft 是纯 Rust 编写的开源文字处理器，以洁净室方式重实现 Microsoft Word 工作流，支持 .docx 读写及桌面、浏览器运行。
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