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WordCraft — Free Open-Source Alternative to Microsoft Word

Word processing, without the subscription price tag.

WordCraft is a free, open-source word processor built around the ribbon, styles and shortcuts you know from Microsoft Word. It opens and saves .docx files and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Download WordCraft

Free · Windows, macOS and Linux

Other platforms

Downloads come straight from the official GitHub releases.

Price
FreeMIT or Apache-2.0 licence
Runs on
Windows · macOS · Linuxplus FreeBSD
Files
Reads and writes .docxplus .odt, .rtf, Markdown, PDF export
Latest version
v0.7.0October 14, 2026
WordCraft with the Home tab of the ribbon open, the Styles gallery, rulers and the Navigation pane, editing a two-page sample document.

A quick tour

It looks like the word processor you already know

The ribbon, the Styles gallery and the Navigation pane are where Word users expect them. These screenshots come from the WordCraft project.

Review: Track changes and margin comments, with accept and reject, and spelling and grammar checks as you type.
Review. Track changes and margin comments, with accept and reject, and spelling and grammar checks as you type.
References: Tables of contents, footnotes, citations in APA, MLA, Chicago or IEEE style, captions and an index.
References. Tables of contents, footnotes, citations in APA, MLA, Chicago or IEEE style, captions and an index.
Design: Themes, style sets, watermarks, page colour and page borders.
Design. Themes, style sets, watermarks, page colour and page borders.
Layout: Drop caps, text wrapping, automatic hyphenation, line numbers and page borders.
Layout. Drop caps, text wrapping, automatic hyphenation, line numbers and page borders.
Dark mode: A dark interface, with formatting marks when you need them.
Dark mode. A dark interface, with formatting marks when you need them.

Screenshots: WordCraft project, MIT/Apache-2.0.

Why try it

What makes WordCraft different

  • Familiar from day one

    Ribbon tabs, the Styles gallery and keyboard shortcuts work the way Word users expect: Ctrl/⌘+B for bold, F4 to repeat, F7 for spelling.

  • Works with .docx

    Opens and saves Word documents, opens old .doc files, handles .odt, .rtf, HTML, Markdown and LaTeX, and exports PDF with selectable text.

  • Native and fast

    Written in Rust and drawn on the GPU, with no Electron or web view. Its developers report that typing in a 188-page document re-lays it out in about 1.4 ms.

  • Works offline

    Everything runs on your computer, including spelling and grammar checks.

  • Free and open source

    Licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0. The code is on GitHub, and you can build it yourself.

  • In your language

    The interface is translated into many languages, including Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, German and Spanish, and follows your system language.

Platforms

Runs on your computer

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Questions

Common questions

Is WordCraft free?

Yes. WordCraft is free to download and use, and its source code is open under your choice of the MIT or Apache-2.0 licence.

Is this the official WordCraft website?

No. GetWordCraft is an independent site and is not affiliated with ArtCraft. The official sources are WordCraft on getartcraft.com and the GitHub repository. Every download link on this site goes to the official GitHub releases.

Can WordCraft open and save Word documents?

Yes. WordCraft opens and saves .docx files and can open older .doc files. It also opens and saves .odt, .rtf, HTML, Markdown, LaTeX and plain text, and exports PDF. It is still in alpha and hasn’t been tested against a large set of real-world documents yet, so keep a copy of anything important before you edit it.

Can WordCraft replace Microsoft Word?

Not completely, yet. As of October 2026 the WordCraft team estimates it is about 60% of the way to replacing Word for real work and about 63% for everyday essentials. It covers most of Word’s ribbon commands, but page layout can differ from Word and some content isn’t fully supported. See how it compares with Word.

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Free and open source, for Windows, macOS and Linux.

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Free · Windows, macOS and Linux