genoffice
An AI-native office suite for macOS and Windows: word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, and PDF.
The Lens
By Erik Loyd, SaaS CEO and former COO/CFO of an AWS Premier Partner.
Updated Oct 2026
GenOffice is a free desktop office suite from Genspark: Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDF, Markdown and HTML editors with an AI agent inside each. It saves real .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files, rewriting only what you changed so they still work in Microsoft Office. Apache 2.0, no paid tier.
Nothing to host. Signed installers cover macOS and Windows, with deb, rpm and AppImage for Linux. Editing, PDF-to-Word conversion and file search run on your machine, and AI edits land as tracked changes you can roll back. A genoffice CLI and MCP server let Claude Code or Cursor build Office files too.
Money enters with the AI. Sign in with Genspark and calls burn Genspark credits, priced behind a login. Or bring your own key for Claude, OpenAI, Gemini or a local model and pay your provider directly. Solo and small teams: free, with your own key. Larger orgs: it's a 0.x release, so pilot it beside OnlyOffice or LibreOffice before dropping Microsoft 365.
The catch: this is Genspark's on-ramp. Genspark sign-in is the default, official builds send usage analytics until you opt out, and an ee/ folder sits under a license barring production use without a contract. It's empty today.
Free vs Self-Hosted vs Paid
fully freeFree: All six apps (Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDF, Markdown, HTML) on macOS, Windows and Linux, with no license fees, ads or watermarks. Local editing, byte-preserving .docx/.xlsx/.pptx saves, on-device PDF to Word/Excel/PowerPoint conversion, local full-text file search, the genoffice CLI, agent skill and MCP server. Official builds send usage analytics by default (Settings > General to disable).
Self-hosted: Nothing to host: it's a desktop app, installed from signed macOS/Windows installers or deb, rpm and AppImage builds, or built from source. AI can run against your own keys (Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, OpenRouter and more) or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including a local model server, so AI can stay off Genspark entirely.
Paid: No paid tier for the apps. AI costs money one of two ways: Genspark credits if you sign in with Genspark (the app tells you to top up at genspark.ai/pricing when they run out; plan prices are behind a login and we could not verify them), or your own provider's API bill with BYOK. Optional add-ons bill separately: TypeSafe Jev search reranking and paid web-search keys. An ee/ directory is reserved for future enterprise modules under the GenOffice Enterprise License (development and testing only without an agreement); it holds no modules today.
The suite is free with no paid tier. AI either burns Genspark credits or runs on your own API key, and BYOK is the cheaper, more predictable path.
What to do by team size
- Solo
- free; bring your own model key or use Genspark credits
- Small team
- free; BYOK keeps the AI on your own provider bill
- Medium team
- free apps, but pilot alongside Microsoft 365 before switching; a 0.x release changing almost daily
- Large team
- pilot only; enterprise terms are reserved in ee/ but nothing is offered yet
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