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The ChatGPT desktop app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice
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this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2026
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... But why?
Surely there are openxml packages for their platform that dont need a full office installation/redistrubution. Like how with c# there is the openxml package. Hell, worst case you have it do word tasks on the server via api. Api already can do it for the online chatgpt...
Well, pulling in unnecessary dependencies is something ai-written code tends to do, so...
Tbh, not only ai written code. Many people do too.
I know. It would just be funny if the claude desktop app was made by claude.