{ "schema": "tesign-radar/item/1", "generated_at": "2026-09-17T01:56:13.055Z", "lang": "en", "slug": "genoffice", "url": "https://tesign.com/en/item/genoffice/", "alternates": { "ko": { "html": "https://tesign.com/item/genoffice/", "json": "https://tesign.com/item/genoffice/index.json", "markdown": "https://tesign.com/item/genoffice/index.md" }, "en": { "html": "https://tesign.com/en/item/genoffice/", "json": "https://tesign.com/en/item/genoffice/index.json", "markdown": "https://tesign.com/en/item/genoffice/index.md" } }, "name": "GenOffice", "use_label": "AI office suite, MS Office alternative", "one_liner": "Free desktop office suite for real .docx/.xlsx/.pptx and PDF, with an AI on your own key.", "text": { "why": "Office alternatives are plenty, but 'open, save, formatting breaks' is the usual failure; GenOffice avoids it by rewriting only the blocks you edited and copying everything else byte-for-byte. An AI panel sits beside every document: edits arrive as tracked changes in Docs and as live formulas (SUMIF, for example) in Sheets, and each AI turn is a snapshot you can roll back. PDF to Word/Excel/PowerPoint conversion and OCR of scans (macOS and Windows) run on-device, and the model is either a Genspark sign-in or your own key for Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek and others, local servers included.", "take": "More important than the 'AI office' label are the byte-preserving save and the command line; together they give coding agents a way to produce real Office files instead of Markdown approximations.", "build": [ "With the bundled `genoffice` command line and agent skill, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others can create and check real .docx/.xlsx/.pptx files without opening a window — monthly reports, quotes, slide drafts. The HTML app proposes a design brief first, then builds a single-file landing page you can export to Word or PDF." ], "who": [ { "role": "Individuals and small teams handling .docx/.xlsx/.pptx without Microsoft Office", "situation": "open, edit and save with the original formatting intact" }, { "role": "People who want AI to do document work but review it", "situation": "tracked changes, diffs, rollback, answers with cell citations" }, { "role": "Developers automating documents with coding agents", "situation": "create, convert and check files headless via the `genoffice` CLI and skill" } ], "start": [ { "command": false, "text": "1. Download from https://github.com/genspark-ai/genoffice/releases/latest — macOS 11+ (.dmg, arm64/x64), Windows 10+ x64 · Windows 11 on Arm ARM64 (.exe), Linux glibc 2.34+ (.deb/.rpm/.AppImage)" }, { "command": false, "text": "2. Linux (Debian/Ubuntu): sudo apt install ./genoffice__amd64.deb" }, { "command": false, "text": "3. Check the CLI: genoffice --version" }, { "command": false, "text": "4. Skill for coding agents: npx skills add genspark-ai/genoffice" } ], "caveat": [ "Apache-2.0 licence (the ee/ directory is under a separate enterprise licence; the GenOffice and Genspark names and logos are Mainfunc trademarks, not covered). The apps are free with no paid tier, but AI features need a network connection and either a Genspark sign-in (the homepage says Genspark credits) or your own API key; model costs are yours.", "macOS 11+, Windows 10+ x64 · Windows 11 on Arm ARM64, Linux x86_64 with glibc 2.34+; macOS and Windows installers are signed.", "Official packaged builds send limited usage analytics by default (never document content, file names or paths); disable under Settings → General. 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The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours." }, "ranks": { "as_of": "2026-09-16T21:00:00.000Z", "all_time": null, "rising": { "24h": null, "7d": null, "30d": 59 }, "categories": [] }, "activity": { "pushed_at": "2026-09-15T09:38:26.000Z", "owner_type": "Organization", "open_issues": 50, "contributors": 22, "releases_count": 25, "latest_release": { "tag": "v0.10.63", "published_at": "2026-09-13T23:04:09.000Z", "prerelease": false }, "checked_at": "2026-09-15T19:34:48.198Z", "core_checked_at": "2026-09-15T19:34:48.198Z" }, "signals": [ { "kind": "back", "label": "BACK CATALOG", "value": null } ], "images": { "og": "https://tesign.com/img/genoffice-e358abd2b0.webp", "cover": "https://tesign.com/img/genoffice-e358abd2b0.webp", "cover_width": 2400, "cover_height": 1530, "gallery": [ "https://tesign.com/img/genoffice-e358abd2b0.webp" ], "alt": "GenOffice Docs: a company overview with a banner image beside the AI panel, where the AI has tightened the Overview, inserted a new bulleted section, and offers a one-click roll back", "tier": 2 }, "dates": { "first_seen_at": "2026-09-13T09:14:28.249Z", "source_created_at": "2026-07-31T09:40:58.000Z", "discovery_hours": 1055.5584025, "launch_signal_at": "2026-08-07T16:00:00.000Z", "kept_at": "2026-09-14T19:27:43.548Z", "first_published_at": "2026-09-14T19:27:43.743Z", "updated_at": "2026-09-15T04:36:56.871Z", "ingestion_mode": "backfill" }, "notes": [ "This file was produced by the same build, from the same data, as the tesign.com item page. The text is editorial; the numbers are stored observations.", "null in the JSON means not observed — never zero. The Markdown writes [unconfirmed] for it.", "Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours.", "Reconstructed from archive data, not a live discovery.", "A summary, not legal advice." ] }