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DeckCraft is a free, open-source presentation app for Windows from developer Brandon Thomas, part of an ArtCraft project that also includes WordCraft and GridCraft for documents and spreadsheets. Content tagged deckcraft on WindowsForum.com centers on these Microsoft Office alternatives and the caveats that come with them: the apps are explicitly alpha-stage software, so expectations should stay modest despite the PowerPoint-style pitch. Discussion treats them as early experiments rather than finished replacements for Microsoft 365, with attention to what open-source office tooling can realistically do on Windows today.
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    WordCraft, GridCraft and DeckCraft: Free Open-Source Office Alternatives for Windows—Alpha Caveats

    Free Word, Excel and PowerPoint lookalikes sound like the kind of headline that ends up in a "Microsoft is doomed" thread. The facts are more modest than that. Developer Brandon Thomas has expanded his ArtCraft project beyond Adobe-style tools. He now offers three apps aimed at Microsoft's core...