Show HN: Clippy, the Office Assistant, on the macOS Desktop

Category: other

Tags: desktop-app, rust, macos, nostalgia, plugin-architecture

Score: 5.0/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 6, Documentation: 5, Utility: 5)

Clippy brings the classic Microsoft Office Assistant to the macOS desktop as a native app, implemented in Rust. It uses a plugin architecture and cross-platform testing, but the novelty is mainly nostalgic rather than technically groundbreaking.

Target audience: macOS users and nostalgic developers

Repository: https://github.com/coignard/clippy · Rust · GPL-3.0 · 1 stars

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