PhotoCraft at a glance
Checked 15 Oct 2026PhotoCraft is a Photoshop-style image editor from the ArtCraft team, written in Rust and started on 30 September 2026 (v0.9.0, 14 Oct 2026). Its README calls it early alpha and says it is not yet a Photoshop replacement for daily professional work; gaps include AI/generative features, 15 tools and plug-in compatibility. Installers for Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and the web; MIT or Apache-2.0. Not affiliated with Adobe. Commits show heavy AI-agent assistance.
RepoQuarry. “PhotoCraft.” Checked 15 Oct 2026. https://repoquarry.dev/projects/photocraftHow much of Adobe Creative Cloud does it replace?
1 of 7 jobs. Early alpha; the README says it is not yet a Photoshop replacement for daily professional work.
For vector design (Illustrator), 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.
in a native app written entirely in Rust. Open source, offline, and yours.github.com · photocraft#readme ↗ 1d ago
PhotoCraft is dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0, at your option.github.com · photocraft#license-and-credits ↗ 1d ago
Forks and modified versions must remove them.github.com · photocraft#license-and-credits ↗ 1d ago
photocraft-0.9.0-windows-x64.msigithub.com · v0.9.0 ↗ 1d ago
Installers and executables are code-signed.github.com · photocraft#downloads ↗ 1d ago