ArtCraft Builds Open-Source Answer To Adobe With Crafting Apps Suite
ArtCraft is pitching Crafting Apps on the two things Adobe's suite ties to a paid subscription and a live connection, and it is listing seven apps as released or in progress rather than one replacement tool.
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ArtCraft is developing Crafting Apps, a set of open-source creative tools written from scratch in Rust with an operation system modeled on Adobe's suite. Seven apps are listed as of October 2026. PhotoCraft and PrintCraft are marked early alpha; VectorCraft, FilmCraft, LightCraft, EffectCraft, and DesignCraft are in development. ArtCraft says the project targets a creative environment without subscriptions or a constant cloud connection.
Crafting Apps copies Adobe's operation system app by app, but each program is written from scratch in Rust. PhotoCraft reads and writes PSD and PSB formats while preserving layers, and ArtCraft says 134 of 135 collected test files kept their contents unchanged when loaded and saved. VectorCraft imports and exports SVG and PDF. FilmCraft implements its own H.264, HEVC, ProRes, VP9, AAC, and Opus codecs rather than depending on FFmpeg. ArtCraft's stated goal is a creative environment that needs neither a subscription nor an always-on cloud connection.
- PhotoCraft: Photoshop-like editor with layers, masks, adjustment layers, PSD and PSB support; early alpha
- VectorCraft: Illustrator-like vector editing with pen tool and image trace; in development
- FilmCraft: Premiere-like nonlinear editor with about 55 effects and its own codecs; in development
- LightCraft: in development
- EffectCraft: in development
- DesignCraft: in development
- PrintCraft: early alpha
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