The open source DOCX editor submitted to HN a few weeks ago has been deleted

Score: 93 · Comments: 41 · Posted by gcanyon on 2026-06-27T06:54:59+09:00 · Discuss on HN

The github repo under eigenpal is gone. The web site at docx-editor is 503. No idea what's going on.

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tekacs · 2026-06-27T08:09:30+09:00

The original source (matching the latest published NPM version) is still at https://github.com/mhurhangee/patrick/tree/main/packages and Apache-2.0, so I imagine that someone who'd like a copy can pick it up from there.

[reply] notRobot · 2026-06-27T09:22:43+09:00

@mhurhangee also appears to have a mirror of the missing github repo here: https://github.com/mhurhangee/docx-editor

dijksterhuis · 2026-06-27T10:23:36+09:00

i'd wager a guess that they gave up on their "experiment"

the top comment on the show hn would seem quite apt if so https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46971202

[reply] whateveracct · 2026-06-27T14:07:10+09:00

I am a sad, dumb little AI driver with no real skills.

anenefan · 2026-06-27T07:26:05+09:00

This link should be enough to work out the relevant links. [1]

I would guess that they have lost access to a resource lately ... I've read there's a lot of that going around atm.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=thisisjedr

[reply] refulgentis · 2026-06-27T08:31:40+09:00

I clicked through and browsed the comments and clicked links. It does appear the links are not working as described. Is there something you’re throwing and I’m not catching? :)

nathanstitt · 2026-06-27T08:13:29+09:00

Also not affiliated but my open-source tinycld uses docx as the backend storage for its text package. Supports _most_ of the features (including comments and suggestions) but is still very young. It has a golang backend that reads/writes docx and translates to YJS that the editor reads for multi-user access. Has web/iOS/Android support.

I found docx to be a very well documented format and a surprisingly good fit for this.

https://tinycld.org has a live demo

[reply] coryrc · 2026-06-27T12:47:08+09:00

I went looking around, but I couldn't find why you're making tinycld, and whether I could expect it to keep going as a project in the future.

I expect I could find whether you're using hardened server implementations or reimplementing, but if it's the former, you should advertise that, or if the latter, you shouldn't.

bratao · 2026-06-27T08:05:22+09:00

Not affiliated but I been using https://github.com/superdoc-dev/superdoc and it is very good and compatible with many docx features.

gcanyon · 2026-06-27T06:56:06+09:00

I can't include the links because HN filters dead links.

fsckboy · 2026-06-27T07:48:38+09:00

what was that item from just a day or so ago where an opensource project had said they developed using AI, and a developer said "take it down, you copied it from us"

I thought of it because this project said they used AI

( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085993 )

darkteflon · 2026-06-27T07:34:33+09:00

Oh man, that’s disappointing. We implemented this in a test environment and have been hammering on it. Would love to know what’s going on as it solves a real pain point for us.

[reply] d3Xt3r · 2026-06-27T07:37:34+09:00

There's plenty of open-source docx editors though? What makes eigenpal's editor so special?

[reply] gcanyon · 2026-06-27T09:17:15+09:00

I’m in exactly the same boat. I’ll have to look at some of the suggestions here