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Latest version 0.10.0, released 2026-10-29
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-windows-x64.msi · 9.9 MB
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-macos-universal.dmg · 21.1 MB
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage · 13.2 MB
Windows
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-windows-arm64-portable.zip
SHA-256 0c38d2a419d9c61f2aa8cd4defb993522111412bba2e806b88801e11316d8dd5
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-windows-arm64.msi
SHA-256 8d091b0df9bd0ee1be36edc6431b2e3f0a7ab541b7d16225300be4ae1364770c
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-windows-x64-portable.zip
SHA-256 935772606b8b181d926f77fb466b855610f0933ca2157758d94ed742e9233fd7
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-windows-x86-portable.zip
SHA-256 5357ede7a5485129ddd5d9a412c821616b2567f66144acdc8e3d10ba50f1c9b3
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-windows-x86.msi
SHA-256 69107d6b5f50cda42f94df3f360732d1be74215a14b6a0c71552adb6940fc1fd
Linux
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-aarch64.AppImage
SHA-256 03f41265b68f22cefa7fbb7de2e3c635fd2a15592c846c466af99acce3666cb1
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-aarch64.deb
SHA-256 c37c0feba117fd463c089a1df8d653c73ffcc11bb3b5b9de99312ca789922379
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-aarch64.flatpak
SHA-256 57793f7e71a0b6571c558c9ded5bd832efcb843575c9ce3594f04780c91ef595
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst
SHA-256 041f4000e71670414b040a4e1550904b8bedfb436dd82e40682449a5b42ce314
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-aarch64.rpm
SHA-256 7552b3cdb673a1be899ac9d20ead6c6b7366834419360b9bbcc1a58f871e6644
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-aarch64.tar.gz
SHA-256 09a3084679090f0c72a2f3a9aac23bfe255f2591237508e636fa8d8c2b5a8633
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-riscv64.deb
SHA-256 3684bb3d0221f6b9110584b767bfc30b90489382154487a46c4aaac20137ae12
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-riscv64.rpm
SHA-256 90112de8d7461fbd519ce5c55a8457322f9145636f4f3bf0b9986d38f0070463
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-riscv64.tar.gz
SHA-256 047add2afb17272535d8d120a89251621f45646e0d6252f28f38abc960c87a10
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-x86_64.deb
SHA-256 ff52f7ed06a9e873152f2114e5bd5565cb583637f4ff8a142e253a1b5dce16e3
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak
SHA-256 ff3c2c6d4dfc34a05d50545638708f2c3f7086cc4c02aaf9c0894645c1862aae
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
SHA-256 fc72ccc7d5d3f2874a077743667640ed4d633f12ab28b8b29fc8035069241f0a
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-x86_64.rpm
SHA-256 2e0f540c56e4ba607b2c9ee6568166ce95eaa3c442b8465cbba90ce410a13a64
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
SHA-256 0fe6f6a59e594a9d3f599db41aac79f38013a0bf2943f8fdddf825626c425837
FreeBSD
artcraft-launcher-0.10.0-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz
SHA-256 5cd90b381abe46b325bbf52a90df06f37fa4ca5b5ecae71de57de6643bf83b3f
Web
artcraft-launcher-web-0.10.0.zip
SHA-256 bec7db2d82cd906593b6b261bac63a598119251cf0ec06e529e4b2b52a6c99d9
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How to installAll versions and release notes on GitHubAll checksums (SHA256SUMS.txt)
In one or two sentences, before anything else.
ArtCraft Launcher is a free, open-source app from the ArtCraft team that installs, updates and opens the Craft apps, such as PhotoCraft, WordCraft and SoundCraft, picking the right build for your computer so you don't hunt through a dozen GitHub release pages. It is written in Rust for Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD.
What it can do, one sentence each, and whether we actually tested it.
Picks the right download for your operating system and processor (DMG, MSI, AppImage, .deb, .rpm and more), checks it against the release's SHA-256 checksums and installs it.
Checks each app's GitHub releases, tells you with a notification when something new is out, and updates the apps you have.
Updates use the same package format the app was installed with, and a running app is never replaced.
Opens any Craft app from the launcher window, or from its icon in the menu bar or system tray. The interface is native egui: no Electron and no web view.
On GNOME the tray icon needs the AppIndicator extension.
Installs each app from its official release package where your system normally keeps applications, so an app installed by the launcher is the same as one installed by hand, and the launcher finds apps you installed yourself.
Shows every Craft app as a card with its icon, status, version, release date and an Install or Open button, or as a sortable table of installed and latest versions.
When a new launcher version is out, **Update and restart** downloads it, verifies it, puts it where the current copy is installed and reopens it.
The README lists this for the macOS app, the Windows installer or portable folder, the AppImage and the .deb/.rpm builds.
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish. **Auto** follows the system or browser language, and Settings → Language switches at once.
Chinese and Japanese need a CJK font on the system; without one, and in the web version, the interface stays in English.
A browser version shows the same catalog with the latest release and the right download for each app.
In the browser it can't install anything; it only links to the files on GitHub.
The people it helps and the problems it solves, and where it ranks.
Built for
Problems it solves
What the project's documentation says you can do with it.
Case 1
Input
Open ArtCraft Launcher, find PhotoCraft in the grid and click Install.
What the docs say
The README says the launcher picks the build for your OS and CPU, checks it against the release's SHA-256 checksums and installs it where your system keeps apps: /Applications on macOS, C:\Program Files through Windows Installer, or the .deb or .rpm with your password on Linux. Caveat: the launcher is early alpha, so an install can fail; the README asks you to file an issue with the log.
Case 2
Input
Leave the launcher in the tray or menu bar; when a notification says a new release is out, open the launcher and update the app.
What the docs say
The docs say it checks each app's GitHub releases and updates the ones you have, in the same format they were installed with, after checking the SHA-256. Caveat: it never replaces an app while the app is running, so close the app first; the README doesn't say how often it checks.
Case 3
Input
You installed SoundCraft yourself from its .dmg before you had the launcher; now you open ArtCraft Launcher.
What the docs say
The README says an app installed by the launcher is the same as one installed by hand and that the launcher finds apps you installed yourself, so they show up with their versions. Caveat: we have not checked which install methods it recognises in practice.
Case 4
Input
cargo xtask local sync, then cargo xtask local serve, then start a launcher built with the local-mirror feature and ARTCRAFT_LAUNCHER_DOWNLOAD_BASE=http://127.0.0.1:8787/.
What the docs say
The docs say sync pulls, builds and packages every app checked out next to the launcher into a local mirror, serve publishes a release feed, and the launcher then asks only that mirror, never GitHub. Caveat: this is for developers; release builds don't include the local-mirror feature, and only loopback addresses are accepted.
What it does badly, with the evidence, and what we could not settle.
Weak
Early alpha with rough edges.
Evidence: The README says ArtCraft Launcher is new and in early alpha, tells you to expect rough edges, and asks for issues with your OS, the app you were installing and the launcher's log file.
If you need a dependable, hands-off updater on a machine you can't troubleshoot, don't rely on the launcher yet; install the apps from their own downloads.
Evidence: The project itself calls the launcher early alpha and expects rough edges (README, Status).
The web version can't install anything.
Evidence: The web hosting notes say that in the browser the launcher only shows the catalog and links to the files on GitHub, and unauthenticated visitors share GitHub's limit of 60 API requests per hour per IP address.
The Flatpak build of the launcher is limited by its sandbox.
Evidence: The README says the Flatpak launcher can reach the host only as far as its permission allows, and recommends the AppImage, .deb and .rpm builds for Linux.
No tray icon on stock GNOME.
Evidence: The README says the tray icon uses the StatusNotifierItem standard and that GNOME needs the AppIndicator extension.
No Traditional Chinese, and CJK languages need a system font.
Evidence: The README says Traditional Chinese locales don't select Chinese, and where the system has no CJK font, and in the web version, the interface stays in English.
Older systems are not covered.
Evidence: The README lists Windows 10 and 11, macOS 11 Big Sur or later, Linux with glibc 2.35 or newer (Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+, Fedora 36+) and FreeBSD 14 on x86_64.
Uncertain
How reliably it recognises apps you installed yourself.
Why unsure: The README says the launcher finds apps installed by hand, but it doesn't list which install methods count, and nobody has published tests of it.
What it does on immutable Linux systems.
Why unsure: The release notes say the launcher skips .deb and .rpm installs on rpm-ostree systems, but the README doesn't say which format it uses there instead.
How update checks behave when GitHub rate-limits them.
Why unsure: The desktop launcher reads each app's GitHub releases. The README thanks other community launchers for rate-limit handling ideas but doesn't document the launcher's own behaviour under a limit.
The facts, each with its source and the date we checked it.
| Spec | Value | Note and source |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 0 USD | Free and open source Source: github.comchecked |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Dual-licensed, at your option. The ArtCraft name, logo and "A" mark are trademarks and are not covered. Source: github.comchecked |
| Written in | Rust | Native egui interface, no Electron and no web view. Source: github.comchecked |
| GitHub repository | storytold/craft-launcher | storytold is the ArtCraft team's GitHub organisation; every Craft app's repository is there too. Source: github.comchecked |
| Apps it installs | PhotoCraft, LightCraft, FilmCraft, DesignCraft, VectorCraft, PdfCraft, EffectCraft, WordCraft, DeckCraft, GridCraft, CADCraft, SoundCraft, FigCraft | The Craft App Suite from the ArtCraft team. Source: github.comchecked |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Web | Windows 10 and 11 (x64, Arm64, 32-bit); macOS 11 or later (universal); Linux x86_64 and aarch64 with glibc 2.35+, riscv64 with glibc 2.39+; FreeBSD 14 x86_64; a web catalog. Source: github.comchecked |
| Download check | SHA-256 | Every download is checked against the release's published SHA-256 before it is installed. Source: github.comchecked |
| MacOS build | Signed and notarized | Universal app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs. Source: github.comchecked |
| Windows install rights | No admin rights needed | The x64 installer installs for the current user. Source: github.comchecked |
| Interface languages | 11 languages | Including Simplified Chinese and Japanese; Auto follows the system language. Source: github.comchecked |
| Self update | Update and restart | Downloads, verifies and installs the new launcher version in place, then reopens it. Source: github.comchecked |
Answer first, then why, an example, the limits and what to do next.
ArtCraft Launcher is free and open source under the MIT or Apache-2.0 licence, at your choice.
Why
The Craft apps it installs are free, open-source tools from the same team.
Limits
The ArtCraft name, logo and "A" mark are trademarks and are not covered by the licence.
ArtCraft Launcher's official downloads come only from the storytold/craft-launcher GitHub releases, which the buttons on this page link to directly.
Why
Every release has a SHA256SUMS.txt file, the macOS app is signed and notarized, and the launcher checks every app it downloads against the release's published SHA-256 before installing it. It never replaces an app while the app is running.
Limits
We have not audited the code. The README doesn't say whether the Windows installers are code-signed.
Download sites such as Uptodown offer their own copies of ArtCraft Launcher, but neither the project's README nor getartcraft.com mentions them: both send you to the official GitHub releases, which is where the buttons on this page lead too.
Why
When we checked on 17 October 2026, Uptodown's Mac and Windows pages offered version 0.4.1 (dated 14 October 2026) through download links on Uptodown's own site, and the SHA-256 values they listed matched the official 0.4.1 DMG and x64 MSI. CraftingApps (craftingapps.org) calls itself an unofficial guide, not affiliated with ArtCraft or storytold; it doesn't host installers and links to the official GitHub releases.
Limits
We did not download Uptodown's files, so a matching checksum on its page doesn't prove the file you get is the same one: check the file itself.
Next step
To check a download, compare its SHA-256 with the line for that file in `SHA256SUMS.txt` from the same official release: on Windows run `certutil -hashfile <file> SHA256`, on a Mac `shasum -a 256 <file>`, on Linux `sha256sum <file>`.
ArtCraft Launcher's official GitHub repository is storytold/craft-launcher: the code lives under the name craft-launcher, not artcraft-launcher.
Why
storytold is ArtCraft's GitHub organisation: it shows its name as ArtCraft, links to getartcraft.com and holds every Craft app's repository, such as storytold/photocraft, as well as ArtCraft itself (storytold/artcraft). The launcher's source code installs apps only from that account, whatever the release feed says. The downloads are on the [Releases page](https://github.com/storytold/craft-launcher/releases), each release with a SHA256SUMS.txt.
Limits
GitHub has other repositories with similar names, including ones called craft-launcher or artcraft-launcher. The official README's download links and getartcraft.com both point to storytold/craft-launcher, and when we checked on 17 October 2026 none of its releases included a .7z archive. A repository under any other account is not the official launcher.
Next step
Every Craft app's repository is listed at [storytold on GitHub](https://github.com/storytold).
ArtCraft Launcher installs every app in the Craft App Suite: PhotoCraft, LightCraft, FilmCraft, DesignCraft, VectorCraft, PdfCraft, EffectCraft, WordCraft, DeckCraft, GridCraft, CADCraft, SoundCraft and FigCraft.
Why
Each one is a free, open-source app from the ArtCraft team, written from scratch in Rust and usable on its own.
Next step
Each app also has its own page in our [open-source software](/open-source) section.
ArtCraft Launcher updates both: it checks each app's GitHub releases and updates the apps you have, and **Update and restart** updates the launcher itself.
Why
A notification tells you when something new is out. Every update is checked against the release's SHA-256 and uses the same format the app was installed with.
Limits
A running app is never replaced, so close an app before updating it.
Next step
On Linux, the launcher's AppImage can also be updated with AppImageUpdate, which uses the .zsync file to fetch only what changed.
The official ArtCraft Launcher is storytold/craft-launcher from the ArtCraft team; github.com/EricVogt93/artcraft-launcher is a separate community project with the same name.
Why
The official README thanks the community launchers built before it, among them EricVogt93's ArtCraft Launcher, craftcenter, GetCraft and two projects called CraftHub.
Next step
To be sure you get the official build, download from this page or from github.com/storytold/craft-launcher/releases.
Software engineer Brandon Thomas is the person behind ArtCraft, according to Al Jazeera, and OMG! Ubuntu describes him as the former CEO of storyteller.ai and says he leads the project.
Why
The apps are published by the ArtCraft team under the storytold organisation on GitHub, and the launcher's README credits its copyright to the ArtCraft Team and the ArtCraft Launcher contributors. Al Jazeera reported on 14 October 2026 that Thomas said he built the apps with Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 and Rust, and that he described them as clean-room replacements written from public file-format specifications, not from Adobe's source code.
Limits
How much of the code Claude wrote has not been made public, and an intellectual property law scholar quoted by Al Jazeera said it is not known whether the clean-room process stands up to scrutiny. Al Jazeera's report carries no comment from Adobe.
Next step
To download the Craft apps, start with the launcher from the buttons at the top of this page.
The ArtCraft AI studio is a separate app from the Craft apps, and ArtCraft Launcher does not install it.
Why
The launcher's README lists the 13 Craft apps it installs and names ArtCraft apart from them as the team's "AI image and video studio". The studio is open source too and has its own Windows and Mac downloads on getartcraft.com. Its pricing page says ArtCraft "can be used without paying for a subscription" and lists paid plans (Basic, Pro, Max and Enterprise) whose credits pay for AI image and video generations.
Limits
OMG! Ubuntu says the paid tiers' AI credits are for generative features inside the apps, but that PhotoCraft, one of the Craft apps, didn't include them yet.
Next step
The ArtCraft studio downloads from [getartcraft.com/download](https://getartcraft.com/download); the Craft apps install through the launcher.
ArtCraft Launcher has a Simplified Chinese interface, chosen automatically when your system language is Simplified Chinese.
Why
**Auto** picks Chinese for zh-CN, zh-SG and zh-Hans locales, and Settings → Language switches by hand. Traditional Chinese locales don't select Chinese.
Limits
Chinese is drawn with the system's own font (PingFang or Hiragino Sans on macOS, Microsoft YaHei on Windows, Noto Sans CJK or WenQuanYi on Linux and FreeBSD); without one, and in the web version, the interface stays in English. Product names and release notes stay as published.
Step by step for each system, plus the fixes the project documents for common problems.
artcraft-launcher-<version>-windows-x64.msi, for most Intel and AMD PCs running Windows 10 or 11..msi file and follow the installer. The README says the x64 installer installs for the current user, so you don't need admin rights.artcraft-launcher-<version>-windows-arm64.msi and artcraft-launcher-<version>-windows-x86.msi.artcraft-launcher-<version>-windows-x64-portable.zip), unzip it and run artcraft-launcher.exe. The portable version keeps its settings in its own folder.C:\Program Files\<App>, with a Start menu entry and an Apps & features entry.If something goes wrong
%LOCALAPPDATA%\ArtCraft Launcher\logs\artcraft-launcher.log, or the ArtCraftLauncherData folder beside artcraft-launcher.exe for the portable zip. Setting RUST_LOG=debug records more detail.artcraft-launcher-<version>-macos-universal.dmg, one app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs running macOS 11 Big Sur or later..dmg file and drag ArtCraft Launcher to the Applications folder. The README says the app is signed and notarized./Applications.If something goes wrong
~/Library/Application Support/ArtCraft Launcher/logs/artcraft-launcher.log.artcraft-launcher-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage (or the aarch64 one for ARM). It runs on almost any distribution without installing: chmod +x artcraft-launcher-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage, then ./artcraft-launcher-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage..deb instead: sudo apt install ./artcraft-launcher-<version>-linux-x86_64.deb..rpm: sudo dnf install ./artcraft-launcher-<version>-linux-x86_64.rpm..deb or .rpm. A Flatpak bundle also exists (flatpak install --user artcraft-launcher-<version>-linux-x86_64.flatpak), but inside its sandbox the launcher reaches your system only as far as Flatpak allows..deb (through apt) or .rpm (through dnf or zypper) with your system's password prompt; without those it uses a Flatpak, or an AppImage in ~/Applications..zsync file to fetch only what changed..deb, .rpm and .tar.gz builds, made against Ubuntu 24.04 (glibc 2.39 or newer).If something goes wrong
~/.local/share/artcraft-launcher/logs/artcraft-launcher.log. Setting RUST_LOG=debug records more detail.artcraft-launcher-<version>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz from Other downloads.pkg install libxkbcommon wayland libX11 libXcursor libXrandr libXi libxcb mesa-libs vulkan-loader fontconfig freetype2./usr/local: tar -xzf artcraft-launcher-<version>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz --strip-components 1 -C /usr/local.artcraft-launcher./usr/local with a password prompt (polkit), or into ~/.local when polkit isn't installed.artcraft-launcher-web-<version>.zip in Other downloads is the launcher's catalog as a static website..wasm files as application/wasm.If something goes wrong
connect-src https://api.github.com.Each Craft app publishes its own builds for every platform on its own GitHub release page. ArtCraft Launcher lists every app in the suite, shows which ones you have and which version, installs the right build for your operating system and processor, and tells you when an update is out. It is a small native Rust app with an egui interface, not Electron or a web view, and it can sit in the menu bar or system tray.
The launcher uses each app's official release package and puts it where your system normally keeps applications, so an app it installs is the same as one you install by hand, and it finds apps you installed yourself. On macOS that is /Applications, copied from the signed and notarized DMG. On Windows it runs the release MSI through Windows Installer into C:\Program Files. On Linux it uses the .deb or .rpm with your system's password prompt, or a Flatpak or an AppImage in ~/Applications when those aren't available. On FreeBSD it unpacks the release tree into /usr/local.
The launcher checks each app's GitHub releases and updates the apps you have, using the same format each was installed with. Every download is checked against the release's published SHA-256 before it is installed, and a running app is never replaced. The launcher updates itself the same way: Update and restart downloads the new version, verifies it, puts it where the current copy is installed and reopens it.
The README calls ArtCraft Launcher new and in early alpha and says to expect rough edges. When something fails, it asks for an issue with your operating system, the app you were installing and the launcher's log file. The web version is a catalog only: in a browser it links to the downloads but cannot install them.
The Craft App Suite is a set of free, open-source creative tools from the ArtCraft team, each written from scratch in Rust and each able to stand on its own; the table below lists all thirteen. The launcher is dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0; the ArtCraft name, logo and "A" mark are trademarks and are not covered by that licence.
Each Craft app's README calls it an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of one commercial app. Seven of the thirteen reimplement Adobe apps; the others reimplement Microsoft Office apps, Figma, Avid Pro Tools and Autodesk AutoCAD. Each README also says the app is an independent project, not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by the company behind the original. ArtCraft Launcher installs all of them.
| Craft app | Reimplements | Source code |
|---|---|---|
| PhotoCraft | Adobe Photoshop | GitHub |
| LightCraft | Adobe Lightroom | GitHub |
| VectorCraft | Adobe Illustrator | GitHub |
| DesignCraft | Adobe InDesign | GitHub |
| FilmCraft | Adobe Premiere Pro | GitHub |
| EffectCraft | Adobe After Effects | GitHub |
| PdfCraft | Adobe Acrobat | GitHub |
| WordCraft | Microsoft Word | GitHub |
| GridCraft | Microsoft Excel | GitHub |
| DeckCraft | Microsoft PowerPoint | GitHub |
| FigCraft | Figma | GitHub |
| SoundCraft | Avid Pro Tools | GitHub |
| CADCraft | Autodesk AutoCAD | GitHub |
ArtCraft Launcher and the Craft apps come from the ArtCraft team. Its GitHub organisation is storytold, shown on GitHub as ArtCraft with getartcraft.com as its website, and the launcher installs apps only from repositories under it.
Press reports name software engineer Brandon Thomas as the person behind ArtCraft. Al Jazeera reported on 14 October 2026 that he said he built the apps with Anthropic's AI model Claude Opus 5.5 and Rust, and that he described them as clean-room replacements built from publicly available file-format specifications rather than Adobe's source code. The same report says little is known about how much of the code Claude wrote, quotes an intellectual property law scholar at the University of Sussex who said it is not yet known whether the clean-room process stands up to scrutiny, and carries no comment from Adobe. OMG! Ubuntu describes Thomas as the former CEO of storyteller.ai.
ArtCraft is also the name of the team's AI image and video studio, a separate open-source app with its own download on getartcraft.com. Its pricing page says it can be used without a subscription and offers paid plans with credits for AI generations. The Craft apps are a different set of free desktop apps, and the launcher doesn't install the studio.
Sources
Changelog
Word processor
WordCraft is a free, open-source word processor from the ArtCraft team that rebuilds the Microsoft Word workflow from scratch in pure Rust. It opens and saves .docx files and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and in the browser.
Latest version 0.12.0, released 2026-10-28Apache-2.0
Vector graphics
VectorCraft is a free, open-source vector illustration app from the ArtCraft team that reimplements the Adobe Illustrator workflow from scratch in pure Rust. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD and in a web browser, and its README describes it as alpha software under active development.
Latest version 0.18.0, released 2026-10-28Apache-2.0
Audio editor
SoundCraft is a free, open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) from the ArtCraft team: a clean-room rewrite of Avid Pro Tools in pure Rust for recording, editing and mixing audio. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD, and in a web browser.
Latest version 0.14.0, released 2026-10-28Apache-2.0
Photo editor
PhotoCraft is a free, open-source Photoshop clone from the ArtCraft team (storytold): a clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop, written from scratch in pure Rust with help from Anthropic's AI model Claude Opus 5.5. It opens and saves layered PSD files and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and in the browser, but the project calls it early alpha.
Latest version 0.17.0, released 2026-10-28Apache-2.0
PDF reader and editor
PdfCraft is a free, open-source PDF app from the ArtCraft team (GitHub: storytold), a clean-room rebuild of Adobe Acrobat in Rust. It reads, searches, organizes, combines, splits and password-protects PDFs and handles comments and forms, with no account or telemetry, on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and the web. The project calls it alpha.
Latest version 0.15.0, released 2026-10-28Apache-2.0
Photo editing and organizing
LightCraft is a free, open-source photo library and raw developer from the ArtCraft team (storytold), written in pure Rust as a clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Lightroom. It organizes and edits photos non-destructively on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and in the browser; the project says it is still in alpha.
Latest version 0.15.0, released 2026-10-28Apache-2.0