Hot Take This New Open Source Project Wants to Be the AI-First Alternative to Microsoft Office

[lokamoka820]

Office suites have changed a lot since the first ones landed on desktops decades ago. What began as basic tools for typing letters and totaling numbers has turned into sprawling software loaded with templates, cloud sync, and now, AI.

It's 2026, and that last part has split the office suite market into two camps.

Microsoft has leaned into pushing AI everywhere, with Copilot showing up across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint whether you want it there or not. Others have gone the calmer route, building AI in as something you can turn on, not something forced.

GenOffice is a new offering from MainFunc.ai that strongly focuses on AI, putting it in the first camp, featuring a range of editors that one might expect from a modern office suite.

This New Open Source Project Wants to Be the AI-First Alternative to Microsoft Office

Built by a single engineer using open source components, GenOffice bundles editors like Docs, Sheets, Slides, and PDF.

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[Marko :)]

This New Open Source Project Wants to Be the AI-First Alternative to Microsoft Office

Built by a single engineer using open source components, GenOffice bundles editors like Docs, Sheets, Slides, and PDF.

itsfoss.com

So... just another ONLYOFFICE fork...

 

[Parkinsond]

So... just another ONLYOFFICE fork...

The second fork after Euro-Office.

 

[lokamoka820]

So... just another ONLYOFFICE fork...

The GitHub page does not mention that the project is forked from another.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

The GitHub page does not mention that the project is forked from another.

It seems it was closed source and they recently open sourced it. So I believe you're right. It is not a fork.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Hermes Office is forked from Genoffice.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

So... just another ONLYOFFICE fork...

Genoffice is developed by Genspark. It is not a a fork of OnlyOffice. It was initially close source and they recently open sourced it.

Genspark Open Sources GenOffice: A Free, Ad-Free AI Office Suite for macOS and Windows with Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDF

Genspark open sources GenOffice under Apache-2.0: an AI-native Docs, Sheets, Slides and PDF suite for macOS, Windows

www.marktechpost.com

 

[Parkinsond]

Genoffice is developed by Genspark. It is not a a fork of OnlyOffice. It was initially close source and they recently open sourced it.

Genspark Open Sources GenOffice: A Free, Ad-Free AI Office Suite for macOS and Windows with Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDF

Genspark open sources GenOffice under Apache-2.0: an AI-native Docs, Sheets, Slides and PDF suite for macOS, Windows

www.marktechpost.com

Never heard about before!
I know OnlyOffice, Libre Office, and WPS Office.
And recently, Euro-Office.

 

[Marko :)]

Genoffice is developed by Genspark. It is not a a fork of OnlyOffice. It was initially close source and they recently open sourced it.

Genspark Open Sources GenOffice: A Free, Ad-Free AI Office Suite for macOS and Windows with Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDF

Genspark open sources GenOffice under Apache-2.0: an AI-native Docs, Sheets, Slides and PDF suite for macOS, Windows

www.marktechpost.com

My bad then. The UI itself reminds very much of ONLYOFFICE and having exactly same apps as ONLYOFFICE suite doesn't help.