Somebody Vibe Coded Microsoft Office, and I tried it (so you don't have to)

Summary

The video reviews WordCraft, GridCraft, and DeckCraft, early Microsoft Office-style applications from the ArtCraft team. The host describes them as “clean-room” recreations, built by observing how existing apps behave rather than using their internal code. The projects are written in Rust and were very new at the time of the review.

Installation

• The host directs viewers to the projects’ GitHub releases and demonstrates version 0.3.0.
• Windows users can download an MSI installer, while Mac users can use a universal DMG.
• On Linux, the host clones and builds the projects from source.
• The applications are experimental, and the host cautions that they are still rough and changing quickly.

WordCraft: Word alternative

WordCraft’s interface resembles Microsoft Word and includes document templates, tables, image insertion, equations, and bibliography tools.

Basic document editing worked, but the host encountered frustrating italics behavior and difficulty positioning text around an image. Overall, WordCraft seemed promising but incomplete, with several editing and layout problems.

GridCraft: Excel alternative

GridCraft includes spreadsheets, charts, trend lines, formatting options, and basic data operations.

Charts updated when their underlying data changed, and features such as AutoSum and removing duplicates appeared to work. Some operations produced errors, however, and parts of the chart interface behaved inconsistently. Despite these issues, the host found GridCraft more capable and reliable than WordCraft during the test.

DeckCraft: PowerPoint alternative

DeckCraft offers slide creation, themes, text editing, animations, transitions, and presentation mode.

The host reports that the project claimed coverage of roughly 79% of PowerPoint’s features by volume, 93% of its core features, and about 80% readiness for its first alpha.

Basic slide editing and transitions worked, but presenting could be slow or unreliable. Animations were sluggish and sometimes failed, and text was occasionally truncated.

MCP and Claude Code

The apps are designed to support MCP, which lets AI tools interact with applications through a defined connection.

After some setup—including adding the GridCraft CLI to the system path—the host connected Claude Code to GridCraft. Claude created a spreadsheet with sample data and a chart.

DeckCraft’s MCP setup was less clearly documented, but the host managed to connect Claude and have it add slides and other content. These demos showed the potential of AI-driven editing while also exposing slow performance and application bugs.

Verdict

The host considers all three apps interesting experiments but emphasizes that they are very early and rough. For replacing Microsoft Office today, the recommendation is LibreOffice, described as free, open-source, mature, and community-supported. The host remains interested in revisiting the ArtCraft projects as they develop.

Main speakers and sources

• Main speaker: The FUTC video host, providing the review and demonstrations.
• Other source demonstrated: Claude Code, used to interact with GridCraft and DeckCraft through MCP.
• Projects reviewed: ArtCraft’s WordCraft, GridCraft, and DeckCraft.