Graphite at a glance
Checked 15 Oct 2026Graphite is a procedural 2D graphics editor that combines layers with a node graph, written in Rust. It is in alpha and today ships as a lightweight offline web app; desktop apps for Windows, Mac and Linux are at release-candidate stage. Features are mainly procedural vector editing; photo editing, motion graphics and desktop publishing are on the roadmap. MIT or Apache-2.0. Hardware needs are not documented.
RepoQuarry. “Graphite.” Checked 15 Oct 2026. https://repoquarry.dev/projects/graphiteHow much of Adobe Creative Cloud does it replace?
1 of 7 jobs. Alpha; procedural vector editing with a node graph, not a like-for-like Illustrator workflow.
For photo editing (Photoshop), raw photo editing and library (Lightroom), video editing (Premiere Pro), motion graphics and compositing (After Effects), page layout (InDesign), PDF editing (Acrobat), see other Adobe Creative Cloud alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.
Facts, with sources
Every answer links to where we found it. We read the documentation; we did not install it.
Presently, Graphite is a lightweight offline web app with features primarily oriented around procedural vector graphics editing.graphite.art ↗ 1d ago
Graphite's source code is dual-licensed under your choice of either the MIT license or the Apache License 2.0github.com · Graphite#license ↗ 1d ago
desktop apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux are now in a release candidate stage.graphite.art ↗ 1d ago
Graphite is a free, open source vector and raster graphics engine, available now in alpha.github.com · Graphite#readme ↗ 1d ago