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Tombert/office365_flake

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A set of Nix Flakes and scripts to get Office 365 working on Linux without virtualization.

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About the project

A set of Nix Flakes and scripts to run Microsoft 365 (Office) on Linux without virtualization, using umu-launcher with GE-Proton or Bottles' ProtoSoda Wine core.

Useful for
  • Install Office 365 on NixOS or another Nix system via nix run .#ms365 -- install
  • Launch Word with a specific document using nix run .#word
  • Switch to the ProtoSoda Wine core and a minimal app set via MS365_RUNNER and MS365_EXCLUDE

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0.7 Steady Magnitude out of 10 — how fast interest is growing, not a quality score.

Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 4, 2026, 20:48 UTC.

The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.

Stars per day

01530September 16, 2026November 2, 2026

Bars show stars per UTC day; the line is a moving average of available history. Gaps mean missing data, not zero growth. Today's bar is incomplete. Red marks spike days.

Why it’s trending

  • The repository is 18 days old and already has 81 stars.
  • Hacker News: “Show HN: Microsoft Office running with Wine on Linux with no virtualization” — 96 points, 16 days ago.

Measured growth: the last 7 completed days

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Daily measurements · UTC
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Largest measured day in the last 30 days: 4 · October 3, 2026. Days with data: 2.

Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: October 4, 2026, 20:48 UTC. Sources and measurement limits →

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Total stars
81
Today
+0 stars on 2026-10-04 (UTC), ≈ 0 by evening
Forks
1
Issues and pull requests
0
Watchers
3
Language
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Created
September 16, 2026
Last push
September 25, 2026

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