The First AI-Native VibeOfficing Platform

VibeCoding writes code. VibeOfficing writes documents. Powered by OfficeDex.

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💡 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.

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.

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⚡ 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

_{↑ From one sentence to a finished Word doc in under a minute.}

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📑 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

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🎯 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

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🔥 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.

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✨ 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

• 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

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🚀 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

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:

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

# 1. Clone & install
git clone <your-repo-url>
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)

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📦 Build & Release

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.

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🧩 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

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🎨 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.

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🛠 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.

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🗺 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

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❓ 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.

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📚 Documentation

• DESIGN.md — Full design spec
• CLAUDE.md — Project conventions & collaboration guidelines
• docs/README.zh-CN.md — 简体中文版

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🤝 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

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