Seven apps. One craft.

getartcraft.com · 2026-10-05 · by Long Nguyen ·generic
Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.

Seven apps. One craft.

01/Crafting Apps

Seven apps · Open source · Pure Rust

Seven apps. One craft.

Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout. Native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.

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02/The lineup

Pick a craft to explore

01Image editorPhotoCraft editing The Great Wave off Kanagawa with a Curves adjustment and type layers in the Layers panelPhotoCraftThe open-source image editor you already know how to use.Early alphaInstallers readymacOSWindowsLinuxWebExplore PhotoCraft02Vector illustrationVectorCraft editing a synthwave poster titled Neon Drive with an outer glow in the Appearance panelVectorCraftFast, open-source vector illustration, reimagined in pure Rust.In developmentmacOSWindowsLinuxWebExplore VectorCraft03Video editorFilmCraft with video scopes, the program monitor showing Charade (1963), and a multi-track timelineFilmCraftProfessional, open-source video editing, rebuilt from scratch in Rust.In developmentmacOSWindowsLinuxExplore FilmCraft04Photo library & raw developerLightCraft developing Ansel Adams' The Tetons and the Snake River with light and effects slidersLightCraftAn open-source photo library and raw developer that runs on your machine.In developmentmacOSWindowsLinuxWebExplore LightCraft05PDF workbenchPrintCraft showing a showcase PDF cover with the tools sidebar and threaded commentsPrintCraftThe open-source PDF workbench: read, organize, combine, split and secure.Early alphamacOSWindowsLinuxWebExplore PrintCraft06Motion graphics & VFXEffectCraft's composition panel showing an animated EFFECTCRAFT title, with the project panel, a timeline of text, shape and solid layers, and the properties panelEffectCraftOpen-source motion graphics and visual effects, built in pure Rust.In developmentmacOSWindowsLinuxWebExplore EffectCraft07Page layout & publishingDesignCraft showing a magazine spread: a threaded three-column story with its thread line, a wrapped pull quote, and the Properties panel's text frame optionsDesignCraftOpen-source page layout and publishing, rebuilt in pure Rust.In developmentmacOSWindowsLinuxWebExplore DesignCraft

Next up

More crafts on the way.

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03/Principles

Shared by every craft

Built the hard way.

Every Crafting App is written from scratch in Rust and held to the same rules.

1. 01

Open source

Every line is on GitHub under permissive licenses. Read it, fork it, build on it. 2. 02

Native, not wrapped

Pure Rust compiled to real desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux. No Electron, no web views. 3. 03

Familiar from day one

Layouts, tools and shortcuts that working professionals already know, so there's nothing to relearn. 4. 04

Your files, your machine

Everything runs locally on your own files. No cloud round-trips between you and your work. 5. 05

Agent-ready

Drive every app from a CLI, a JSON control channel or an MCP server, built for automation and AI agents. 6. 06

Also in your browser

PhotoCraft, VectorCraft, LightCraft, PrintCraft, EffectCraft, and DesignCraft also compile to WebAssembly and run in a browser tab.

Open source · Free

Build it with us.

Early builds, roadmaps and the people making the Crafting Apps all live in the ArtCraft Discord.

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