Rust upstart reveals 'reimplementation' of Microsoft Office – with Claude on coding duty

ArtCraft has added alternatives to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to its growing collection of Rust applications, which it describes as "clean-room reimplementations" of proprietary software. The projects lean heavily on Claude for development and remain unfinished, but our first look at its Word alternative, WordCraft, suggests they are worth watching. The company's GitHub repositories also include projects modeled on Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro.