WordCraft v0.6.1

WordCraft is a free, open-source word processor designed as an alternative to Microsoft Word. Developed by the ArtCraft team, it is written in Rust and aims to reproduce familiar Word workflows while providing native applications for desktop operating systems and a browser-based version.

The application goes beyond basic text editing. It includes document formatting, styles, tables, page layout, references, comments, tracked changes, mail merge, and PDF export. It can open and save DOCX files, making it a potential option for users who regularly exchange documents with Microsoft Office users.

WordCraft also includes command-line tools and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration, allowing compatible AI agents to create, inspect, edit, and export documents programmatically.

Although its feature set is extensive, WordCraft is still approaching maturity for everyday writing. Users who rely on complex Word documents or specialized publishing workflows should test compatibility before making it their primary word processor.

Features

Document Editing and Formatting

WordCraft provides a familiar ribbon-style interface with formatting controls for fonts, sizes, bold and italic text, underlining, colors, highlighting, superscript, and subscript.

It supports paragraph alignment, indentation, line spacing, tabs, borders, shading, and other layout options. The Format Painter lets users copy formatting between document elements, while built-in styles help maintain consistent formatting across longer documents.

The editor also includes AutoCorrect, smart quotes, automatic list formatting, find and replace with regular expressions, and standard undo and redo functionality.

These features make WordCraft suitable for writing reports, letters, essays, and other everyday documents.

DOCX Compatibility and File Formats

WordCraft supports reading and writing Microsoft Word's DOCX format. It also supports importing and exporting ODT, RTF, HTML, Markdown, and plain-text documents.

PDF export produces selectable text and supports links and bookmarks, making it useful for distributing reports and other finished documents.

The ability to work with common document formats is one of WordCraft's main advantages. However, opening a DOCX file does not guarantee that every element will render identically to Microsoft Word. Complex layouts, embedded objects, and less common formatting features should be checked after import.

Styles, Themes, and Page Layout

WordCraft includes paragraph and character styles, style sets, themes, and a live style gallery. Users can create or modify styles to maintain consistent formatting throughout a document.

Page-layout controls include margins, page size, orientation, columns, section breaks, page breaks, headers, footers, page numbers, watermarks, and page borders.

The application also supports automatic hyphenation, line numbering, drop caps, and text wrapping around pictures and shapes.

These capabilities are useful for creating structured reports, academic papers, business documents, and longer publications.

Tables, Images, and Graphics

WordCraft supports tables with merged and split cells, borders, shading, banded styles, sorting, and formulas. Rows can split across pages, and table headers can repeat on subsequent pages.

Images can be inserted, resized, cropped, rotated, recolored, and adjusted for brightness, contrast, and transparency. Additional features include picture styles, shapes, and text boxes with floating positioning and text wrapping.

The editor also supports converting text into tables and tables into text, helping users restructure information without recreating content manually.

References and Academic Writing

WordCraft provides a collection of tools for structured and academic documents, including:

• Automatic tables of contents.

• Footnotes and endnotes.

• Citations and bibliographies in APA, MLA, Chicago, and IEEE styles.

• Captions and tables of figures.

• Cross-references and indexes.

• Tables of authorities.

These tools make WordCraft particularly interesting for students, researchers, and professionals who work with long documents containing references and supporting material.

Users preparing formal academic submissions should verify that the generated references and formatting comply with their institution's requirements.

Comments, Track Changes, and Proofreading

WordCraft includes comments displayed in document margins or a dedicated pane. Track Changes allows users to review edits and accept or reject individual changes.

Document comparison, spelling and grammar suggestions, a thesaurus, word counting, and an accessibility checker provide additional support for reviewing and refining documents.

The application also includes document inspection and editing restrictions.

These features are valuable for collaborative editing and document review, although teams should test their specific review workflows before replacing established Microsoft Word processes.

Mail Merge

WordCraft supports mail merge using CSV data sources and document fields. Users can insert merge fields, configure address blocks and greeting lines, preview personalized documents, and generate merged output.

Envelope and label tools are also included.

This can help automate repetitive administrative tasks such as generating letters, notices, certificates, and personalized business documents.

AI and Command-Line Automation

WordCraft is designed to support both manual editing and programmatic document manipulation. Its editing engine exposes commands that are shared across the graphical interface, keyboard shortcuts, command search, CLI, JSON control channel, and MCP server.

The command-line interface supports document conversion, text extraction, structural inspection, rendering, and scripted editing.

For example, convert a Word document to PDF:

wordcraft-cli convert report.docx report.pdf

Extract its text:

wordcraft-cli text report.docx

Inspect the document structure as JSON:

wordcraft-cli inspect report.docx

These capabilities make WordCraft useful for batch processing, document-generation pipelines, and AI-assisted workflows. Compatible agents can inspect documents and execute editing commands without relying exclusively on screenshots or mouse interaction.

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WordCraft v0.6.1 Release Notes: What's Changed Hyperlinks cover only their own text (#413) by @vangel76 in #449 Groups keep rotated members' orientation; group resize; ink erase after rotation (#441, #442, #443, #445) by @vangel76 in #474 Mail merge: SKIPIF, NEXT, IF in preview, header/footer fields (#427, #428, #429, #430) by @vangel76 in #478 Options: interface size setting (#475) by @vangel76 in #480 Citations: eight more bibliography styles (#383) by @vangel76 in #388 Backstage: the side menu is fixed width, no dead resize handle by @vangel76 in #504 CLI: a closed stdout ends quietly instead of panicking (#508) by @vangel76 in #510 .doc import fixes: piece bold, section kinds, orientation, list overrides, style inheritance, alternate font names (#458–#463) by @vangel76 in #484 Dialogs: switching tabs keeps the window's top edge in place (#507) by @vangel76 in #511 Spelling: common words like "desktop" are recognised (#520) by @vangel76 in #522 Equation fixes: numbering removal, control colour, undo for navigation edits, LaTeX text spaces (#444, #446, #447, #448) by @vangel76 in #487 Import/export fixes: TXT encodings and list labels, RTF Unicode, ODT styles and cell colours, HTML borders and pre spaces, LaTeX alignment groups (#433–#440) by @vangel76 in #482 i18n(es): consistent tú register, fix swapped Page Up/Page Down by @diegozpy in #514 i18n: add Turkish (tr) interface translation by @PbyLoyth in #494 i18n audit: full ribbon sweep, and the table style sample in the interface language (re-lands #313's last three commits) by @dkhlapov in #411 Docs: collapse duplicate rows left by parallel merges by @vangel76 in #372 Add Word's common keyboard shortcuts by @vangel76 in #338 Field codes: show, edit, update, unlink, lock and step through fields like Word by @vangel76 in #349 Move paragraphs up/down, promote/demote headings, Go Back (Shift+F5) and Alt+X Unicode toggle by @vangel76 in #351 ci: refactor workflows to use storytold/craft-common-actions by @dylanmtaylor in #639 i18n: add Russian (ru) interface translation by @dkhlapov in #300 Customize Keyboard dialog (#368) by @vangel76 in #378 Customize Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar (#379) by @vangel76 in #384 Tight and Through text wrapping follow the object's outline by @vangel76 in #360 Choose which side of an object text wraps on by @vangel76 in #364 Phonetic Guide: ruby text (furigana, pinyin) over base text by @vangel76 in #296 Enclose Characters: put a character in a circle, square, triangle or diamond by @vangel76 in #301 Insert › Icons: a library of original icons, a searchable picker and Icon Color by @vangel76 in #318 Mail merge: use Excel and OpenDocument spreadsheets as recipient lists by @vangel76 in #341 Balance newspaper columns before a continuous section break by @vangel76 in #353 Drawing Canvas: insert a canvas and draw shapes, pictures and text boxes inside it by @vangel76 in #356 Documents keep their own footnote separators and continuation notice by @vangel76 in #361 Right-to-left tables and sections by @vangel76 in #365 Shape Format › Text: direction, alignment and linked text boxes (#369) by @vangel76 in #380 Footnote and Endnote options per section (#385) by @vangel76 in #390 Track Changes: moves (w:moveFrom/w:moveTo) (#400) by @vangel76 in #404 Document grid: lines per page and characters per line (#391) by @vangel76 in #401 Draw: Lasso Select, Add Pen, Ink to Shape and Ink Replay (#395) by @vangel76 in #408 References dialogs: Caption, Index, Table of Contents, Create Source (#402) by @vangel76 in #410 Accessibility: Alt Text pane for every object, Mark as decorative, deeper checker (#386) by @vangel76 in #396 Dialogs: Line Numbers, Hyphenation, Language, Envelopes and Labels (#407) by @vangel76 in #414 Insert › Chart: create and edit column, bar, line, pie, area, scatter and doughnut charts (#409) by @vangel76 in #415 Content controls: keep, show and edit w:sdt (#381) by @vangel76 in #392 WordArt text effects and transforms, and shape connectors (#416) by @vangel76 in #481 Compare, Restrict Editing and AutoCorrect Options dialogs (#412) by @vangel76 in #476 Editing fixes: Center range, undo grouping, Change Case runs and offsets, Bold undo at caret (#418, #419, #420, #421, #424) by @vangel76 in #477 Layout fixes: mirrored margins, tall headers/footers push the body, endnote continuation, footnote caret on continuation pages (#452, #453, #454, #456, #457) by @vangel76 in #490 Chinese interface: keep a system CJK fallback after the bundled face; find PingFang on macOS 12 (#486) by @vangel76 in #495 Fixes: tracked paste marks, plain paste blank lines, paragraph marks in Replace All, Delete/Split columns and cells, Font dialog (#417, #422, #423, #431, #432, #466) by @vangel76 in #479 Fixes: footnotes in table cells, NUMPAGES, bookmark link pages, bookmark around final table, INCLUDEPICTURE results by @vangel76 in #483 Accessibility: the document canvas exposes its text to screen readers (#488) by @vangel76 in #489 Font list: installed Chinese fonts are listed, by their Chinese names in a Chinese interface (#505) by @vangel76 in #506 Paragraph dialog: mirror indents, same-style spacing, suppress line numbers, don't hyphenate (#512) by @vangel76 in #519 Right-click on a picture or shape: Wrap Text submenu (#513) by @vangel76 in #521 File › Options: Word's panes with working settings (#485) by @vangel76 in #492 Templates and Add-ins: attached template, update styles, Organizer (#377) by @vangel76 in #382 Vertical text for sections (w:textDirection) (#491) by @vangel76 in #496 Outline view: Outlining tab, levels, collapse/expand, Show Level (#493) by @vangel76 in #499 Insert › SmartArt: create and edit list, process, cycle, hierarchy, pyramid, radial, matrix and venn graphics (#497) by @vangel76 in #503 CI: FreeBSD and Windows ARM64 nightly and on release, not per PR by @echelon in #530 README: which AUR package to install (#509) by @dkhlapov in #616 Windows: DX12 starts without shipped DXC DLLs (#603) by @vangel76 in #609 docx: fix clippy large_enum_variant on main by @echelon in #779 Styles: Update to Match Selection takes the selection's formatting (#555) by @vangel76 in #562 AutoFormat: +---+ tables, arrow bullets, smileys inside words, border-line undo (#546) by @vangel76 in #547 Find and Replace: special characters (^p, ^t, …) and wildcards (#543) by @vangel76 in #553 Mini toolbar: every button fits, flush font box, proper dropdown arrows, dark-mode font list (#535) by @vangel76 in #540 Fonts: system fallback reads each font file once (#605) by @vangel76 in #610 Numbering: Chinese, Japanese and Korean number formats (一、二、三 …) (#534) by @vangel76 in #561 Font dialog: separate Asian and Latin text fonts (#505) by @vangel76 in #536 Chinese documents: character-unit indents, .doc indents and line spacing, floating tables, blank pages (#534) by @vangel76 in #550 DOCX: theme colours and theme fonts take precedence over the fixed values, as in Word by @LloydNicholson in #626 Open and save Word XML Document (Flat OPC); open Word 2003 XML (#548) by @vangel76 in #560 Find: each Find Next in the dialog moves one match (#468) by @alexanderalber in #556 Contributors: add my own entry (alexanderalber) by @alexanderalber in #566 IME composition text uses document fallback fonts instead of boxes (#565) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #578 Layout › Page Setup: the group launcher opens the Page Setup dialog (#471) by @alexanderalber in #563 Web: a CSV picked as recipients no longer turns the next TXT drop into recipients (#472) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #579 Zotero: a pending citation no longer edits a replacement document (#470) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #580 Zotero: a note with a picture stays when its citation moves to body text (#469) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #581 Pictures in headers/footers can be moved, resized and rotated by @DevCoderMax in #591 Paragraph dialog: OK keeps Exactly and At Least line spacing (#467) by @alexanderalber in #564 rustdoc: no links to private items in the UI crate (#665) by @dkhlapov in #683 Brand licence: name WordCraft, not DesignCraft (#664) by @dkhlapov in #682 Fonts: Palatino Linotype / Book Antiqua prefer Palatino look-alikes (#670) by @vangel76 in #677 fix(docx): preserve omitted paragraph defaults by @OPUZZLES in #647 Drag after a double/triple-click extends the selection by words/paragraphs (#549) by @dkhlapov in #649 Open playlists and other text files (.m3u, .m3u8, .log, .ini, …) (#569) by @dkhlapov in #648 Table: a vertical merge lays out and hit-tests as one cell (#640) by @vangel76 in #669 DOCX diagrams: theme-styled shapes and connectors, arrowheads, canvases, VML lines (#611) by @dkhlapov in #671 Complex scripts: shape Myanmar, Khmer and Indic text; caret and line breaks respect syllables (#604) by @dkhlapov in #652 More Colors… and a Colors dialog for custom colours (#606) by @dkhlapov in #666 Print: preview, page range, copies and collate on File > Print (#641) by @vangel76 in #674 Print Markup: comments in PDF, print, images and text copies (#589) by @dkhlapov in #667 Design tab: style set gallery gets its own box, no overlap with Colors and Fonts (#638) by @vangel76 in #673 Security: pictures travel in the reply, exported links keep only safe targets (#678, #679) by @petycomp in #681 docs: fix coordination error in ROADMAP.md by @lunar-me in #715 Release workflow: pass the Azure signing secrets by @echelon in #752 layout: make Myanmar fallback tests deterministic by @echelon in #807 View: Hide White Space between pages in Print Layout (#645) by @vangel76 in #684 Add fonts at run time: Add Font…, drop a font file, font.add (#582) by @dkhlapov in #668 References › Table of Authorities: labelled Insert, plus Update Table (#661) by @dkhlapov in #693 Input field borders reach 3:1 contrast in both themes (#657) by @dkhlapov in #696 Pictures: WMF drawings fill their frame like Word plays them by @naxvog in #739 Ink: draw the live pen stroke in the dark-page colour while drawing, not only after lifting the pen (#730) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #746 Backspace still erases while Shift is held (#707) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #747 Dark theme: readable text on the accent (#655) by @dkhlapov in #704 Let dialogs be dragged by their title bar instead of pinning them to the screen centre (#732) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #748 Layout: multiple line spacing adds its leading below the text, like Word by @naxvog in #719 Web: add wordcraft.ico as favicon via Trunk by @GhostMitra in #717 Track Changes: deletions in balloons (Show revisions in balloons now work) by @Matty-PW in #734 Layout: a page total in the footer no longer lays the body out twice (#771) by @dkhlapov in #773 speech: launch Windows PowerShell by full path for Read Aloud by @SteamSmith in #792 Save As: a bare filename typed in the dialog now saves correctly (#689) by @notdezzi in #757 Selection: dragging past the viewport edge auto-scrolls (#688) by @notdezzi in #758 #755: Line Numbers and Hyphenation measure in the Options unit by @edurbs in #795 M8.1: Bibliography DOCX round-trip: support extended fields (#410) and upstream sync (#532) by @yefan911 in #790 Ruler: the horizontal scale mirrors for right-to-left paragraphs (#692) by @notdezzi in #756 Ribbon and context-menu Paste insert the system clipboard's text (#584) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #593 MacOS window close by @nusenyaw66 in #539 fix: protect original files during native saves by @OPUZZLES in #621 Caret: glide and fade like Word for Windows; File › Options › Advanced › Animation turns it off by @arcanii in #570 Linux: open/save works without a portal file dialog (#576) by @vangel76 in #583 Accessibility Options: Animation effects setting that follows the system by @JeremyYao in #791 fix(docx): preserve custom XML stores through saves by @OPUZZLES in #612 Tables: resize by dragging column borders, row borders and the corner handle (#217) by @rabis7575 in #600 fix(docx): preserve unstyled TOC result ranges by @OPUZZLES in #617 .doc import: inline pictures, floating pictures and basic shapes (#551) by @vangel76 in #558 i18n: add Italian interface (it) by @fabiodalez-dev in #598 Add German (de) interface language by @arekown in #574 M15: Polish interface, and Polish spelling, grammar and hyphenation by @witkowski01 in #346 i18n: add Czech (cs) interface translation by @DanielKnourek in #387 Linux: the display theme asks the desktop, not winit by @gyurix in #298 Fix CJK fallback mixing serif/sans faces within one run by @jeleesky in #567 Open Word documents with WordCraft by default (file associations + Options button) by @vangel76 in #304 Tests: linear-time checks measure CPU time, robust under load by @echelon in #850 Linux: default to XWayland for file drag-and-drop on Wayland desktops by @dylanmtaylor in #220 Preserve independent complex-script formatting during DOCX round trips by @shirizhaki in #366 Numeral display modes: Arabic, Hindi, Context and System digits (view.numeral) by @abdo4312 in #501 Fix bulleted list toolbar button active state by @Cyberverse-cent0 in #651 web: use File System Access API showSaveFilePicker with download fallback by @GhostMitra in #728 Backstage: add Save As page and close on successful save by @GhostMitra in #727 Fix sentence-capitalization suggestions after ellipses by @ripdog in #742 Fix paragraph alignment focus by @Osaym in #690 ui-egui: fix Windows clippy in desktop_theme by @echelon in #872 Interface colours come from the theme (#656) by @dkhlapov in #705 Dark theme: gallery previews no longer bright white (#663) by @dkhlapov in #706 Skip non-English runs in proofing instead of flagging them (#100) by @regalf in #741 Added some fixes to the spanish "Info" Page on Wordcraft by @SammyL-eo in #695 One drop-down marker on every ribbon button (#659) by @dkhlapov in #697 Menu buttons grey out while their command is disabled (#658) by @dkhlapov in #698 Ribbon: large-button labels end above the group titles (#653) by @dkhlapov in #699 Layout › Paragraph: fields fit above the title and line up (#654) by @dkhlapov in #703 KeyTips: Quick Access Toolbar badges, saved option and native Alt fix (#620) by @m1ssha in #709 Add paginated Reading Mode with smooth column navigation by @ripdog in #740 i18n: add French (fr) interface by @pechnikov2026-star in #729 i18n(hu): complete the Hungarian catalog again by @Skaywalker in #842 Bidi: auto-detect RTL paragraph direction when typing Kurdish, Arabic and Hebrew by @Hevarh1 in #713 Layout: an inline picture wider than the text keeps its size, like Word by @naxvog in #745 Fix Navigation pane expanding for long headings by @ripdog in #759 i18n: complete Turkish interface catalog with 2,170 entries and full … by @yeniufuklar-com in #774 MCP: confine file access with --automation-read-root and --automation-write-root (#769) by @isaac-levine in #798 Persist the custom dictionary across sessions (#40) by @regalf in #796 DOCX: preserve native Word ink on save by @OPUZZLES in #592 AutoCorrect: TWo INitial CApitals, cAPS LOCK and table-cell capitals (#544) by @vangel76 in #545 Affix engine: FLAG UTF-8, 128 flag bits, continuation classes, FORBIDDENWORD (#100) by @edurbs in #782 Portuguese proofing: pt-BR spelling, suggestions, grammar and hyphenation (#100) by @edurbs in #797 Hyphenation: Bulgarian text follows the Bulgarian syllable rules by @bulgariamitko in #826 i18n: add Bulgarian (bg) interface translation by @bulgariamitko in #825 ODT import reads page size, orientation and margins from styles.xml (#810) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #829 Paste keeps other programs' formatting; clipboard pictures on Wayland (#687, #833) by @dkhlapov in #847 New documents follow the system region: A4, centimetres and decimal comma outside the US (#838) by @dkhlapov in #857 Ctrl/⌘+F focuses the Find box, so typing searches (#772) by @Yasas-Sri in #823 Comment cards show the time as well as the date (#812) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #828 fix(ui): equation gallery tiles follow the dark theme (#817) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #827 Accept and Reject at the caret cover a tracked change split by a comment (#809) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #830 Keep the font table and embedded fonts when saving a .docx (#770) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #831 Zoom after One Page keeps one page per row (#768) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #832 Tables: row borders stay apart around a vertical merge (#640) by @rabis7575 in #841 PDF export: internal links in linear time by @echelon in #937 fix(windows): start 32-bit builds on OpenGL so launch no longer exits by @odedigo in #839 Ribbon keytip letters like Word for Windows by @echelon in #922 fix(ui): draw non-Latin file names in the window caption by @odedigo in #840 Table of contents entries drawn plain, as in Word by @echelon in #930 Ribbon groups fit above their labels (View › Show, Developer › Controls, Layout › Paragraph) by @manucarcor in #910 Alt+Q moves to "Tell me" command search (#819) by @dkhlapov in #849 Spaces and tabs don't make a line taller by @echelon in #931 .doc: tab stops and section breaks read correctly by @echelon in #925 Word 365 cover pages: freeforms in groups, text-box margins and Resize to fit (#743) by @dkhlapov in #843 Heading numbers from a style's list level (6.4.5, not 6.15) by @echelon in #926 A list label raises its line, but doesn't deepen it by @echelon in #928 Sorting and table numbers follow the text's language (#836, #837) by @dkhlapov in #844 Hidden end-of-cell marks (hideMark) by @echelon in #939 ROADMAP: progress log table renders again by @echelon in #947 layout tests: fix clippy in a_hidden_cell_mark_takes_no_room by @echelon in #948 Text frames placed like Word's and kept on save by @echelon in #935 List indents and style indents combine like Word by @echelon in #927 AutoCorrect: the English replacement list applies only to English text (#835) by @dkhlapov in #846 Keep with next splits a paragraph that doesn't fit anyway by @echelon in #933 Start on File › Home when launched with nothing to open (#766) by @dkhlapov in #853 An empty continuous section mark takes no room by @echelon in #940 Undo history list beside the Quick Access Toolbar's Undo (#701) by @dkhlapov in #855 Paragraph-relative floats start above the space before by @echelon in #941 i18n(es): translate the equation gallery and built-in style names by @diegozpy in #854 Text after a column break uses the new column's width by @echelon in #934 Space before at the top of a page like Word by @echelon in #932 Tables: select, insert and move with the mouse; double-click a border to AutoFit by @rabis7575 in #637 Kerning and automatic paragraph spacing like Word by @echelon in #923 No automatic spacing between list items by @echelon in #924 Shift+F10 opens the context menu at the caret (#821) by @echelon in #920 Tables: the right-click menu offers the table's commands by @rabis7575 in #694 Tables: drags and Shift+arrows over cells select whole cells by @rabis7575 in #722 Rulers: table column and row markers; indents in a cell measured from it by @rabis7575 in #710 Alt+Q opens Search like Word (#819) by @echelon in #919 Tables: Ctrl, Alt, left-edge and selected-cells border drags by @rabis7575 in #720 Ctrl+F searches in the Navigation pane; one Find and Replace dialog (#712) by @echelon in #921 Fonts: documents use the craft-fonts Simplified Chinese face (fixes FreeBSD CI after #567) by @dkhlapov in #888 Smooth scrolling through a very large table (#811) by @dkhlapov in #891 Save Changes prompt answers from the keyboard (#861) by @dkhlapov in #870 Section breaks no longer delete the selected text (#852) by @dkhlapov in #875 Click in the left margin selects lines (selection bar) (#856) by @dkhlapov in #879 New Contributors @diegozpy made their first contribution in #514 @PbyLoyth made their first contribution in #494 @dylanmtaylor made their first contribution in #639 @alexanderalber made their first contribution in #556 @DevCoderMax made their first contribution in #591 @OPUZZLES made their first contribution in #647 @petycomp made their first contribution in #681 @lunar-me made their first contribution in #715 @GhostMitra made their first contribution in #717 @Matty-PW made their first contribution in #734 @SteamSmith made their first contribution in #792 @notdezzi made their first contribution in #757 @yefan911 made their first contribution in #790 @nusenyaw66 made their first contribution in #539 @arcanii made their first contribution in #570 @JeremyYao made their first contribution in #791 @rabis7575 made their first contribution in #600 @fabiodalez-dev made their first contribution in #598 @arekown made their first contribution in #574 @DanielKnourek made their first contribution in #387 @gyurix made their first contribution in #298 @jeleesky made their first contribution in #567 @shirizhaki made their first contribution in #366 @abdo4312 made their first contribution in #501 @Cyberverse-cent0 made their first contribution in #651 @ripdog made their first contribution in #742 @Osaym made their first contribution in #690 @regalf made their first contribution in #741 @SammyL-eo made their first contribution in #695 @m1ssha made their first contribution in #709 @pechnikov2026-star made their first contribution in #729 @Skaywalker made their first contribution in #842 @Hevarh1 made their first contribution in #713 @yeniufuklar-com made their first contribution in #774 @isaac-levine made their first contribution in #798 @bulgariamitko made their first contribution in #826 @Yasas-Sri made their first contribution in #823 @odedigo made their first contribution in #839 @manucarcor made their first contribution in #910 Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.6.1

Performance and Compatibility

WordCraft is written in Rust and uses a modular architecture for document editing, typography, pagination, rendering, and file conversion. Its interface uses the native GPU-oriented egui framework rather than Electron or Tauri.

The project emphasizes responsive editing through cached paragraph layout and on-demand page rendering. Its developers report that typing in a 188-page document triggers layout recalculation in approximately 1.4 milliseconds. This is a project-reported benchmark rather than an independent performance test.

WordCraft supports macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD, and browsers through WebAssembly. It can read and write DOCX files and supports several additional document formats.

The main limitation is compatibility maturity. The project's roadmap identifies real-world DOCX testing, native printing, and signed application builds as remaining work. Charts, SmartArt, the equation editor, and the Draw tab are also listed as future development areas.

Consequently, WordCraft should not yet be assumed to offer complete feature parity with Microsoft Word, particularly for complex business documents and specialized workflows.

System Requirements

• Operating systems: Windows, macOS, Linux, and BSD.

• Browser support: WebAssembly build for compatible browsers.

• Document formats: DOCX, ODT, RTF, HTML, Markdown, and plain text.

• Export: PDF and page images, in addition to supported document formats.

• Build requirements: Rust and the project's documented dependencies.

The project does not provide a comprehensive minimum hardware specification in the information reviewed. Actual performance will depend on document complexity, fonts, embedded images, and system resources.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Free and open-source under the MIT or Apache 2.0 license.

• Familiar ribbon-style interface inspired by Microsoft Word.

• DOCX reading and writing support.

• Extensive formatting, styles, tables, and page-layout tools.

• References, citations, footnotes, indexes, and tables of contents.

• Comments, Track Changes, and proofreading tools.

• Mail merge with CSV data sources.

• PDF export with selectable text, links, and bookmarks.

• Native desktop applications and a browser-based version.

• CLI and MCP support for document automation.

• Offline spelling and grammar features without requiring cloud processing.

Cons

• Still approaching maturity for everyday writing and production use.

• Complex DOCX compatibility needs more real-world validation.

• Native printing and signed application builds remain development priorities.

• Charts, SmartArt, and the equation editor are not yet complete features.

• Does not provide full Microsoft Word feature parity.

• Professional workflows may require additional testing and workarounds.

How to Install

The simplest option is to download a package from the project's GitHub Releases page, if a suitable build is available for your operating system.

To build and run WordCraft from source, install Rust and the required development dependencies, then execute:

git clone https://github.com/storytold/wordcraft
cd wordcraft
cargo run --release -p wordcraft -- --sample

To open an existing document:

cargo run --release -p wordcraft -- report.docx

For browser-based use, navigate to the web application directory and start the development server:

cd apps/wordcraft-web
trunk serve

The development server will provide a local address for opening WordCraft in a browser. Refer to the official repository for detailed build dependencies, release packages, and platform-specific instructions.

Final Verdict

WordCraft is an ambitious open-source word processor that combines familiar document editing with advanced formatting, references, review tools, mail merge, and automation. Its support for DOCX and PDF, together with additional formats and offline functionality, makes it a promising alternative for users who want more control over their document workflow.

Its command-line interface and MCP integration are especially interesting for developers and organizations that generate or process documents programmatically. The extensive feature set also makes it worth exploring for students, writers, and office users.

The biggest concern is maturity. WordCraft covers many of Microsoft Word's ribbon features, but feature coverage is not the same as complete behavioral compatibility. Users who depend on complex documents, advanced diagrams, equations, or established printing workflows should test their files carefully before switching.

For everyday writing and experimentation with open-source office software, WordCraft is worth trying. For mission-critical document production, it is better treated as a developing alternative until its compatibility and printing workflows have been validated against real-world requirements.

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Software Informations:
Developer:
ArtCraft
Operating System:
Windows / macOS / Linux / BSD
Date Added:
2026-10-12T17:37:11.412Z
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