Frequently asked questions

WordCraft is a free, open-source word processor made by the ArtCraft team. It is modelled on Microsoft Word, with a ribbon, styles, tables, track changes, references and mail merge, and it reads and writes .docx files. It is written in Rust and runs natively on Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD.

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.

The ArtCraft team, together with open-source contributors on GitHub. WordCraft is one of ArtCraft’s Crafting Apps, a set of free creative tools written in Rust.

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.

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.

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.

Both are free and open source. LibreOffice is an established office suite with its own interface, spreadsheets and presentations, in 120 languages. WordCraft is a new word processor in alpha that copies Word’s ribbon and shortcuts and uses .docx as its main format. Read the comparison.

Yes. Its command-line tool, wordcraft-cli, includes an MCP server, so Claude and other agents can create, edit and save documents, with or without a window. You can keep the agent to the folders you choose. How to set it up.

Windows (x64, ARM64 and 32-bit), macOS (one universal app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs), Linux (x86_64, ARM64 and RISC-V) and FreeBSD (x86_64). There is also a web build for people who want to host it on their own server.

No. As of version 0.7.0, WordCraft is published for desktop operating systems and as a web build only.

Yes. WordCraft is a desktop app, and its spelling and grammar checks run on your computer too.

As of version 0.7.0, the interface is available in 18 languages, including Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French, German and Russian, and follows your system language by default. You can type with an input method (IME). Spelling and grammar checks cover English, plus Polish, Portuguese, Italian and Croatian when the system has their dictionaries. Chinese text isn’t checked.

No. Google’s Wordcraft is an AI-assisted story-writing tool from Google’s PAIR research team. WordCraft the word processor comes from ArtCraft. The two projects are unrelated.

Download it only from the official GitHub releases, which is where every link on this site points. The Windows installers are code-signed by Learning Machines Inc, and the macOS app is signed by Learning Machines LLC and notarized by Apple. Each release also publishes SHA-256 checksums so you can verify a file; the download page shows how. Is WordCraft safe? covers the signatures we checked, what the app does with your files and what alpha means for your documents.

The installer (.msi) installs WordCraft like any other Windows program. The portable version (.zip) runs from whatever folder you unzip it into, without installing anything. That’s handy on a USB drive or on a computer where you can’t install software.

Download the newest version from the download page and install it. On Linux, AppImage builds can also update themselves with AppImageUpdate. ArtCraft’s official launcher can install and update the Crafting Apps for you. The releases page shows what changed in each version.

On Windows, start-up problems are usually related to graphics drivers. The Windows download page lists the fixes the WordCraft team recommends. If that doesn’t help, report the problem on GitHub and attach the log file. On Windows it is in %APPDATA%\WordCraft\logs\, on macOS in ~/Library/Application Support/WordCraft/logs/, and on Linux in ~/.config/wordcraft/logs/.