@vintcessun: VibeOfficing is bound to take off. OfficeDex lets you generate native .docx/.pptx/.xlsx files directly from natural language — no need to go through HTML first or tweak formatting manually. Its design isn't a single-prompt file generator; instead, multiple agents divide the work — one defines the outline, one writes the content, one handles layout, and it remembers your past style. Plus, with built-in preview, you don't need Office installed — great for teams that produce weekly reports.

VibeOfficing is a direction that is bound to take off. OfficeDex lets you directly generate native .docx/.pptx/.xlsx files using natural language — no need to go through HTML conversion, no manual formatting adjustments. Its design doesn’t rely on a single prompt to produce a file; instead, multiple Agents divide the work — one outlines, one writes content, one handles formatting, and it remembers your past style. Plus, with built-in preview that doesn’t require Office installation, it’s very friendly for teams that need to produce reports weekly. — # officecli/officedex Source: https://github.com/officecli/officedex ### The First AI-Native VibeOfficing Platform VibeCoding writes code. VibeOfficing writes documents. Powered by OfficeDex. — ## 💡 VibeOfficing Developers already VibeCode — describe intent, AI writes the program. VibeOfficing is the same paradigm for documents. > Say what you need → OfficeDex produces native .docx / .pptx / .xlsx directly. - Understands OOXML formats, templates, and layout conventions — the same way coding AI understands languages, frameworks, and design patterns - No intermediate HTML. No copy-paste. No manual formatting. - The output is the final file. VibeCoding = VibeOfficing | Coding World | Office World | What AI Learns | | ———————————— | –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– | ——————— | | Languages (Python / Go / TS) | Formats (OOXML: .docx / .pptx / .xlsx) | Syntax | | Frameworks (React / Django / Spring) | Templates (quarterly reports, pitch decks, competitive analysis) | Structure | | Design patterns (MVC / Observer) | Layout habits (heading hierarchy, color schemes, chart styles) | Style conventions | ### Memory · Format · Agent OfficeDex is not just “one prompt → one file.” It’s a document workspace with memory. - Memory — Remembers your style and design language across sessions. Your 50th report inherits the same polish as your 1st. - Format — Handles OOXML natively. No HTML rendering, no export-and-pray. - Agent — Multiple AI agents collaborate: one plans structure, one writes content, one handles formatting. > OfficeDex remembers how your documents look — not just what they say. Digitize your style into OfficeDex — never start from scratch again. OfficeDex Engine — ## ⚡ OfficeDex in 30 Seconds Input > “Write a Q3 sales analysis report focused on the eastern region, include YoY and QoQ charts, target audience is the CFO.” Output 📄 Q3-East-Sales.docx (12 pages) 📊 4 data charts + 3 trend analyses ⏱ Typical generation: 45–90s 👁 One-click inline preview — no need to open Word 30-second demo ↑ From one sentence to a finished Word doc in under a minute. — ## 📑 Table of Contents - ⚡ 30-Second Overview - 🎯 What is OfficeDex - 💡 VibeOfficing - 🔥 Why OfficeDex - ✨ Core Capabilities - 🚀 Quick Start - 📦 Build & Release - 🧩 Architecture - 🎨 Design Language - 🗺 Roadmap - ❓ FAQ - 📚 Documentation - 🤝 Feedback & Contributing — ## 🎯 What is OfficeDex In one sentence: Tell it what you want — it generates Word / PPT / Excel for you. - 📝 Natural language to documents — Type “write a Q3 sales analysis report” and get structure, sections, illustrations, and charts automatically - 🎨 Slides in one shot — Project kickoffs, product launches, industry briefings: built-in templates plus custom prompts - 📊 Spreadsheets & analysis — Competitive matrices, financial models, survey results — Excel ready out of the box - 🖼️ Image input supported — Paste screenshots or upload reference images; the AI understands visual context - ⚙️ Run locally or hosted — Bring your own LLM (OpenAI / Claude / self-hosted) or use the OfficeCLI hosted runtime Feature matrix — ## 🔥 Why OfficeDex | Dimension | Web AI assistants | CLI tools | OfficeDex | | ———————– | :––––––––: | :————: | :––––––––––––––––––––––: | | 🖥 Native desktop feel | In-browser | Terminal | ✅ Wails native window | | 📂 Local-first files | Manual download | ✅ Direct save | ✅ Direct save + one-click open | | 👀 Inline preview | Open Office needed | None | ✅ DOCX/PPTX/XLSX rendered inline | | 🔌 Custom LLM | Vendor-locked | ✅ Any | ✅ Any + GUI config | | 🎨 UI & interaction | Generic | Plain text | ✅ Notion design system | | 🔒 Data sovereignty | Cloud-first | ✅ Local | ✅ Local (hosted optional) | | 💬 Mid-task interaction | Single-turn chat | None | ✅ AI asks back in real time, streaming status | > In a phrase: Stop formatting. Start VibeOfficing. — ## ✨ Core Capabilities ### 1. Conversational generation — write docs like chatting - Built-in scenarios (quarterly reports / kickoff slides / competitive analysis) - Free-form prompts: control length, tone, target audience - Continuous context: keep asking — “now add a page on risk assessment” ### 2. Live task stream — watch every step - Streaming events → see what the AI is thinking and doing - Mid-flight interaction: when the AI is unsure, it asks you to decide - Cancel any time, restart any time ### 3. Inline preview — no need to open Office Word document Spreadsheet Powered by docx-preview / pdfjs-dist / xlsx for inline rendering. DOCX / PPTX / XLSX / PDF all preview-able — no Office install required. ### 4. Configurable from Settings — no CLI required Settings page - Custom LLM: OpenAI / Anthropic / Azure / self-hosted vLLM - Custom OfficeCLI binary path (for developers) - One-click runtime check & upgrade; works offline with a local binary — ## 🚀 Quick Start ### Users: download the installer | Platform | Installer | Notes | | –––––––––––––––– | –––––––––––––––––––– | ————————————————————————— | | 🍎 macOS (Apple Silicon / Intel) | OfficeDex-x.y.z-arm64.dmg / -x64.dmg | Double-click .dmg → drag to Applications | | 🪟 Windows 10/11 | OfficeDex-Setup-x.y.z.exe | Double-click to install. First launch auto-downloads the OfficeCLI runtime. | Latest Release: github.com/officecli/officedex/releases/latest (https://github.com/officecli/officedex/releases/latest) > [!IMPORTANT] > > ### 🍎 macOS users — “OfficeDex.app” cannot be opened? > > Because the app is not yet Apple-notarized, Gatekeeper will block the first launch with a “Apple could not verify…” dialog. > > Fix: run the following command once in Terminal to strip the quarantine attribute, then you can double-click to open as usual: > > bash > xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/OfficeDex.app > > > If the app lives elsewhere (e.g. ~/Downloads/OfficeDex.app), substitute the actual path. This is a one-time operation and won’t recur. ### Developers: run from source bash # 1. Clone & install git clone cd officedex npm install # 2. Start dev mode (auto-prefetch OfficeCLI binary) npm run dev # 3. Type-check / unit tests / E2E npm run lint npx vitest run npm run test:e2e In dev mode, OfficeDex resolves the CLI in this order: 1. OFFICECLI_DESKTOP_BINARY env var 2. officecli on your PATH 3. Auto-download from GitHub Releases (default source: officecli/officecli) — ## 📦 Build & Release bash npm run dist:mac # macOS (auto-codesigns bundled officecli) npm run dist:win # Windows Build artifacts land in build/bin/. CI (.github/workflows/release.yml) produces .dmg / .zip / .exe and publishes a GitHub Release on every v* tag. — ## 🧩 Architecture ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ OfficeDex (this repo) │ │ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌────────────────────┐ │ │ │ React 19 + Antd │ ←→ │ Wails Go runtime │ │ │ │ Notion-styled │ │ (main.go/app.go) │ │ │ └──────────────────┘ └─────────┬──────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────┘ │ JSON-RPC stdio ▼ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ officecli agent-bridge│ │ (Go binary, sep. repo)│ └────────────────────────┘ - Frontend: React 19 + Ant Design 6 + custom Notion design tokens - Desktop shell: Wails v2 (Go backend + system WebView frontend) — compact bundle size (build output < 30MB) - Generation engine: decoupled officecli subprocess, communicating via JSON-RPC - Preview: docx-preview / pdfjs-dist / xlsx inline rendering — no Office install required — ## 🎨 Design Language OfficeDex fully adopts the Notion design system: - Primary color Notion Purple #5645d4 - Typography DM Serif Display (headings) + Plus Jakarta Sans (body) - Shape 8px buttons / 12px cards / 9999px pills - Vibe Warm neutrals, deep navy hero bands, pastel feature cards Full spec: DESIGN.md. — ## 🛠 OfficeCLI Runtime Management On first launch, OfficeDex pulls the matching officecli binary from GitHub Releases: - Default source: officecli/officecli (override via OFFICECLI_RELEASE_REPO) - Cache directory: ~/Library/Application Support/OfficeDex/runtime/ (macOS) - Asset naming: officecli-{darwin|win32|linux}-{arm64|x64}{.exe} From Settings → OfficeCLI Runtime you can: check for updates / switch versions / specify a local binary / revert to auto-downloaded. — ## 🗺 Roadmap What’s on the way (in priority order): | Status | Capability | Notes | | :————: | ––––––––––––––––– | ———————————– | | ✅ Shipped | Document / PPT / Excel generation | Three core formats | | ✅ Shipped | Inline preview panel | DOCX / PPTX / XLSX / PDF | | ✅ Shipped | Image input (visual understanding) | Paste or upload reference images | | ✅ Shipped | Notion-style UI | Customizable design tokens | | 🚧 In progress | Multilingual UI (EN / 日本語) | Translation in preparation | | 🚧 In progress | Template marketplace | Community-shared prompts and styles | | 🔜 Planned | Collaborative mode | Multi-user editing on the same task | | 🔜 Planned | Plugin system | Third-party generators | | 🔜 Planned | Official Linux installers | AppImage / deb | | 💭 Exploring | Mobile companion app | iOS / Android: view and trigger | — ## ❓ FAQ How does OfficeDex relate to OfficeCLI? OfficeCLI is the underlying command-line tool (a separate Go repo) that handles actual document generation, LLM calls, and file output. OfficeDex is its desktop GUI shell: a React UI wrapped in Wails, talking to the officecli agent-bridge subprocess via JSON-RPC. They release in lockstep: OfficeDex auto-downloads and manages a matching OfficeCLI binary at startup. Is my data uploaded to the cloud? By default, fully local: - Document generation runs on your machine - LLM calls go directly to the provider you configured (OpenAI / Anthropic / self-hosted) — OfficeDex never proxies them - Generated files are written to a local workspace (default: ~/Library/Application Support/OfficeDex/workspace) If you opt into “Hosted Runtime” (Hosted Runtime = OfficeCLI’s official hosted proxy, so you don’t have to configure your own LLM key), some calls route through the official proxy — the app displays a clear notice in that case. Can I use my own OpenAI / Claude API key? Yes. In Settings → LLM Provider, fill in baseUrl / apiKey / model. Supported: - OpenAI official + compatible protocols (DeepSeek / Moonshot / self-hosted vLLM, etc.) - Anthropic Claude - Azure OpenAI Which operating systems are supported? - ✅ macOS 12+ (Apple Silicon and Intel) - ✅ Windows 10 / 11 (x64) - 🚧 Linux — binaries are built, but no official installer yet; run from source via npm run dev Where are generated files stored? Default workspace: - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/OfficeDex/workspace - Windows: %APPDATA%/OfficeDex/workspace Change it via Settings → Workspace. After each generation, click “Show in Folder” to jump straight there. Which document formats are supported? | Input | Output | Preview | | ––––––––––––––––––––––––– | ———————————— | ———————–– | | Natural-language prompt | .docx / .pptx / .xlsx / .pdf | ✅ All inline-previewable | | Upload .docx / .pdf / .md as source material | Same | ✅ | | Paste / upload images as reference | Same | ✅ | Can I use it offline? The desktop shell and preview panel are fully offline. Document generation needs an LLM, so: - Cloud APIs: requires internet - Local models (Ollama / vLLM / LM Studio): fully offline — point baseUrl at e.g. http://localhost:11434/v1 The OfficeCLI runtime also supports a manually specified local path — no downloads required. How do I report a bug? In the app, click “Report Issue” in the top-right corner. It automatically collects: - App version + platform info - Recent OfficeCLI logs (sanitized) - Current task state snapshot Copy the generated markdown and paste it into a GitHub Issue. — ## 📚 Documentation - DESIGN.md — Full design spec - CLAUDE.md — Project conventions & collaboration guidelines - docs/README.zh-CN.md — 简体中文版 — ## 🤝 Feedback & Contributing - 🐛 Bugs / suggestions: click “Report Issue” in-app — diagnostics are bundled automatically - 💬 Discussion: PRs and issues welcome - ⭐ Like it? A star is the best encouragement for the team Made with 💜 by the OfficeDex team · Runs natively on macOS / Windows ## Star History