Tombert/office365_flake

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

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3.0 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

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

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

22 stars so far today, about 26 expected by the end of the day.
The repository is 2 days old and already has 22 stars.
Hacker News: “Show HN: Microsoft Office running with Wine on Linux with no virtualization” — 75 points, 23 h ago.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 22
Stars in a day: 26
Forks: 0
Issues and pull requests: 0
Watchers: 0
Language: C
Created: September 16, 2026
Last push: September 16, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Hacker News discussions

Show HN: Microsoft Office running with Wine on Linux with no virtualization75 points, September 17, 2026

Spotted in

September 18, 2026Spotted on Hacker News

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