Starling launches AI-built office apps alongside its Linux desktop
The free office software offers an alternative to Microsoft Office, alongside a desktop environment developed with AI assistance. According to Phoronix, the open-source desktop is written in Swift, includes its own Wayland compositor and was built largely using Claude Code; its office suite is also AI-generated.
- Starling also released a terminal and SDK, according to Thurrott.
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