Cronkite: a fast, native office suite for Linux

The apps

Each app installs and runs on its own. Install what you need.

Available now

Bricks

Spreadsheet

Opens gigabyte CSV files in a blink and edits .xlsx workbooks with formulas, multiple sheets, and cell styles. Saves never corrupt your file, and 00123 stays 00123.

Install Bricks ↓

In development

Slate

Word processor

A lightweight, native word processor for Linux.

Not released yet: slate.cronkite.cc

In development

Frame

Presentations

A lightweight, native presentation app for Linux.

Not released yet: frame.cronkite.cc

Install Bricks

One command, for your user only. No sudo, no package manager.

curl -fsSL https://bricks.cronkite.cc/install.sh | sh

Paste it into a terminal. Then start Bricks from your app menu, or run bricks.

What the installer does

Downloads the latest release and checks it against its published sha256. If the checksum doesn't match, nothing is installed.
Puts bricks in ~/.local/bin, and its menu entry and icon in ~/.local/share.
Makes Bricks the default app for CSV and TSV files, so double-clicking one opens it. Other apps' defaults are kept.

Requirements

An x86_64 Linux system with GTK 4.14 or newer. GNOME desktops already have it. Tested on Arch, Ubuntu 24.04, and Fedora, and newer releases of each. If GTK 4 is missing, the installer tells you how to get it:

Distribution	Install GTK 4
Arch, Manjaro, EndeavourOS	`sudo pacman -S gtk4`
Ubuntu 24.04+, Debian 13+	`sudo apt install libgtk-4-1`
Fedora	`sudo dnf install gtk4`
openSUSE	`sudo zypper install libgtk-4-1`

Update

Run the install command again. It replaces the old version and keeps your recent files.

Uninstall

curl -fsSL https://bricks.cronkite.cc/install.sh | sh -s -- --uninstall

Removes the app, its menu entry, and its file defaults.

Prefer a tarball?

The Bricks download page has the latest release as a .tar.gz, with its version, size, and sha256.

Source

Cronkite is open source (MIT or Apache-2.0) and built in the open: github.com/avdrav1/cronkite.