Could also be due to the fact that every codex install includes a copy of libreoffice

Bundling in codex isn’t going to increase the download count on their website. Unless you’re assuming that every codex install downloads a fresh non-cached copy.

	▲	phoghed 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		GH copilot installed it for me when trying to read some docs lol

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ngruhn 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

what? why?

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reustle 3 hours ago | parent [-]

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/1/codex-libreoffice/

To better parse office file formats

	▲	dotancohen 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They have absolutely zero regard for system resources. I understand why, but such things were once considered unfeasible - and very recently were also considered undesirable. I still use a laptop with a 100 GiB hard drive - only 80 of which are allocated to the /home/ directory. This would cut into the useable space significantly on that machine. How about Chromebooks?