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genspark-ai/genoffice (142 stars, created July 31, TypeScript, Apache-2.0) is a native macOS and Windows suite with word processor, spreadsheet, presentations and PDF, positioned as AI-native rather than AI bolted onto an existing editor. It lands alongside OfficeCLI (24,614 stars) and ppt-master (42,709 stars), so the thesis that agents need document surfaces built for them rather than automation shims over Microsoft Office now has three independent implementations. Very early. Category signal, not a tool to adopt yet.
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github.com/perplexityai/numbat shipped v0.1.1 on July 29 at 239 stars, Apache 2.0, a single cgo-free Go binary for macOS/Linux/Windows. It observes Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Pi through local hooks, OTLP/HTTP log exporters, and on-disk session artifacts, normalizes into...
open-design is a local-first macOS/Windows/Linux desktop app that turns your existing coding agent into a design engine, producing prototypes, landing pages, dashboards, slides, images, and video with real HTML/PDF/PPTX/MP4 export. It runs on 25 distinct local CLI executables...
genspark-ai/genoffice (created July 31, 2,216 stars, 386 forks, TypeScript, Apache-2.0) covers word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and PDF on macOS and Windows. criptogus/HermesOffice (created August 4, 417 stars) is an explicit Apache-2.0 fork with "native Hermes Age...
makecindy/cindy (created July 22, 147 forks, v0.1.22 on July 30) is an Apache-2.0 desktop/mobile client treating Claude Code and Codex as interchangeable harnesses: models and harnesses mix freely and can switch mid-task while workspace, memory, skills, and tools stay continuo...
The agent-security topic holds 42 repos above 100 stars, four from large companies rather than startups: NVIDIA/SkillSpector (14,498 stars, scanning Claude Code/Codex/MCP skills for prompt injection), Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard (4,467, red-teaming with Many-Shot/PAIR/GOAT/ActorAtt...
iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI is Apache-2.0 C#/.NET giving agents read/write control over .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx with no Microsoft Office install, no external dependencies, and no .NET runtime at execution time (GitHub). Its differentiator over python-docx-style libraries is a native f...
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