genoffice vs skill-recorder
genoffice is much bigger: 8.8k stars against 4.2k. Over the days we have tracked them genoffice moved +74.6% and skill-recorder +254.4%, so skill-recorder is growing faster right now.
genoffice leads on privacy and model freedom. skill-recorder does not take any axis by a clear margin.
Stars and commit dates come from our own daily tracking. The six axes are read off each project's documentation by our review pipeline, so they describe what a project says about itself, not what we measured in its code.
Where they stand today
A full open-source, desktop Office suite that embeds document-aware AI agents and byte-preserving .docx editing with fully local PDF→Word/PowerPoint/Excel conversion.
- Stars
- 8.8k
- Tracked growth
- +74.6%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 11h ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Cost to run
- Free app; uses Genspark proxy by default or your API key for model costs.
Converts a single on-screen recording (clicks, window switches, URLs, and optional narration) into a generalized, reusable Skill or scheduled Automation using the GitHub Copilot CLI.
- Stars
- 4.2k
- Tracked growth
- +254.4%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 4d ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Requires GitHub Copilot access
Six axes, head to head
Each axis runs 0 to 5. The label under a score is what that project's own docs claim, not a category average.
| Axis | genoffice | skill-recorder |
|---|---|---|
Context depth How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository. | ●●●●● Document-level | ●●●●● Recording only |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● Snapshots & diffs | ●●●●● Manual review/edit |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Provider & settings | ●●●●● Manual edits only |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Self-hostable (BYOK) | ●●●●● Copilot cloud required |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● Bring-your-own-key | ●●●●● Copilot only |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● Installer + proxy sign-in | ●●●●● One-command install |
Which one to pick
Pick genoffice if…
Privacy-first — edit and convert documents locally with built-in AI while optionally bringing your own model API key or self-hosted endpoint.
- Privacy: Self-hostable (BYOK) (4/5 against 2/5)
- Model freedom: Bring-your-own-key (5/5 against 1/5)
Pick skill-recorder if…
Privacy-aware — captures and processes recordings locally and only uploads event data and images to GitHub Copilot when you explicitly choose Analyze, making it easy to create real-world reusable agent skills from one run.
What people want from each one
genspark-ai/genoffice
- Comprehensive Right-to-Left (RTL) Support for Arabic Across the Entire Office Suite 👍 4
- User-owned AI configuration: custom model endpoint, Tavily search, proxy, agent rules/skills, and a built-in browser 👍 1
- xlsx-gateway: an added sheet's relationship id is pre-allocated before synthesized parts claim it, writing a duplicate rIdN into workbook.xml.rels 👍 0
microsoft/skill-recorder
Questions people ask
Is genoffice better than skill-recorder?
genoffice leads on privacy and model freedom. skill-recorder does not take any axis by a clear margin. genoffice is worth picking when privacy-first — edit and convert documents locally with built-in AI while optionally bringing your own model API key or self-hosted endpoint.
Which of genoffice and skill-recorder keeps my code private?
genoffice: Self-hostable (BYOK) (4/5). skill-recorder: Copilot cloud required (2/5).
What does each one cost to run?
genoffice: Free app; uses Genspark proxy by default or your API key for model costs.. skill-recorder: Requires GitHub Copilot access.
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