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PhotoCraft: free download and install guide

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Replaces Adobe PhotoshopPhoto editorLicense: Apache-2.0
Source code on GitHubOfficial site: getartcraft.com

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Latest version 0.17.0, released 2026-10-28

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    photocraft-web-0.17.0.zip

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What PhotoCraft is

In one or two sentences, before anything else.

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.

Main features

What it can do, one sentence each, and whether we actually tested it.

  • Adjustment layers

    16 adjustment layers keep edits live and leave the original pixels unchanged, including Curves with per-channel editing, Levels with a live histogram, Hue/Saturation, Black & White, Channel Mixer, Gradient Map and Color Lookup (.cube, .3dl, .look). Each can be masked, reordered or turned off.

  • Layer styles

    Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Outer and Inner Glow, Bevel & Emboss, Satin, Stroke and Color, Gradient and Pattern Overlay work live on any layer, including type, and open from PSD files.

  • Selections and masks

    Marquees, lassos, Magic Wand, Quick Selection, Object Selection, Select Subject and Select and Mask. Any selection can become a layer mask, a vector path or a shape.

    Per the README, smart selection runs on your machine, with no cloud and no account.

  • Editable type

    Point and paragraph text edited on the canvas with Character and Paragraph controls. Type layers stay editable, take layer styles and round-trip through PSD.

  • Filters with live preview

    Blurs (including the Blur Gallery), sharpening, Reduce Noise, distortions, Pixelate, Stylize and Render filters preview live on the canvas through the selection. On a smart object they stay editable as smart filters.

  • Colour modes and bit depth

    RGB, Grayscale, CMYK and Lab documents at 8, 16 and 32 bits per channel, with ICC colour management, Assign and Convert to Profile, soft proofing and Gamut Warning.

  • PSD and many other file formats

    Opens, edits and saves PSD, PSB, layered TIFF and OpenRaster. Reads Paint.NET PDN, Krita .kra, Affinity documents and iPhone HEIC photos, and handles PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, OpenEXR and more. Its own format is .pcraft.

    Per the README, Affinity and HEIC files are read-only, AVIF can only be written and only in builds with an optional feature, and JPEG XL is unavailable.

  • Command line and MCP for AI agents

    Every menu item, tool and dialog is one of 500+ commands. photocraft-cli runs them headless, applies one action list to a folder of images, or serves them to an AI agent as an MCP server.

Who it is for

The people it helps and the problems it solves, and where it ranks.

Built for

  • People who know Photoshop and want a free editor with the same menus, shortcuts and panels
  • Linux and FreeBSD users who receive layered PSD files from colleagues or clients
  • Artists who need to open Krita, Paint.NET, OpenRaster or Affinity files without the original app
  • Developers and AI-agent builders who want to script image edits from a command line or over MCP

Problems it solves

  • They need to open, edit and re-save layered PSD files, with type, layer styles and adjustment layers, without Photoshop.
  • They want edits that stay reversible: adjustment layers, masks and smart filters instead of changed pixels.
  • They want an image editor that works offline, with no account and no cloud.
  • They need to apply the same edits to a whole folder of images without opening each one by hand.

What it is good at

What the project's documentation says you can do with it.

  1. Case 1

    Per the README: open a layered Photoshop file, edit it, and save it back as PSD.

    Input

    A PSD with type layers, layer styles and a few adjustment layers, opened in PhotoCraft and saved again as PSD.

    What the docs say

    The README says PhotoCraft opens, edits and saves layered PSD and PSB files, that re-saving keeps the render of 307 of the 309 files in the psd-tools test set, and that parts it doesn't model yet are carried over rather than dropped. Caveat: a re-saved file is not byte-identical to the original, and nobody has measured how your own files fare.

  2. Case 2

    Per the README: build a reversible colour change with an adjustment layer and a mask.

    Input

    A portrait, an elliptical selection around the face, and a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer that uses the selection as its mask, so only the face keeps its colour.

    What the docs say

    Adjustment layers keep every edit live: they can be masked to an area, reordered or turned off, and the original pixels never change, according to the project. Caveat: the README's screenshots were made by the project itself, not by us.

  3. Case 3

    Per the README: apply one action list to a folder of images from the command line.

    Input

    photocraft-cli batch --actions grade.json --in ./raw --out ./graded

    What the docs say

    Every menu item, tool and dialog runs a command from one registry, so the CLI applies the same edits as the app, and `photocraft-cli batch --help` explains the options. Caveat: the release offers a separate CLI download only for macOS.

  4. Case 4

    Per the README: let an AI agent drive the editor over MCP.

    Input

    photocraft-cli mcp, run headless or bridged to the running app

    What the docs say

    The UI, the CLI, a JSON control channel and the MCP server all call the same 500+ commands, so anything you can click, an agent can do too. The desktop control channel is authenticated and loopback-only. Caveat: the project's automation docs, not our runs, are the evidence here.

Where it falls short

What it does badly, with the evidence, and what we could not settle.

Weak

Weak

  • Not ready to replace Photoshop for professional work

    Evidence: The README's status note says PhotoCraft is in early alpha and "not yet a Photoshop replacement for daily professional work". If you edit images for paying clients on deadlines, don't switch to it yet.

  • No generative AI yet, plus gaps in tools, typography and plug-ins

    Evidence: "AI" in "AI Photoshop clone" describes how PhotoCraft was written, not what it does: there is no generative fill or other generative feature. The README names the biggest gaps: AI/generative features, 15 missing tools, depth in typography and pro workflows, and plug-in compatibility.

  • Menu coverage measures wiring, not behaviour

    Evidence: Every Photoshop menu item is wired to a command, but the project itself says that measures wiring, not behaviour, and expects rough edges.

  • Drag and drop doesn't work on Wayland

    Evidence: On a Wayland session, files dropped on the window don't open yet, because winit 0.30 has no Wayland drag and drop (#386). Running under XWayland restores it but blurs the interface at fractional display scales (#1072).

  • Some formats are one-way or missing

    Evidence: HEIC and Affinity documents are read-only, AVIF can only be written (with an optional build feature), AVIF decoding and JPEG XL are unavailable, and Affinity effects and adjustments are only listed in a warning.

Uncertain

Uncertain

  • How faithfully it handles your own PSD files

    Why unsure: The round-trip figures come from the project's test corpora (psd-tools, ag-psd and its own Photoshop-made files). We have not opened any files with it, and real client work may differ.

  • Speed on large documents and ordinary computers

    Why unsure: The README gives one timing (a radius-180 Gaussian blur on 3.6 MP in under a second) without naming the machine. We have not measured performance.

  • Whether the Windows and Linux packages include the command-line tool

    Why unsure: The release has a separate photocraft-cli zip only for macOS, and the README doesn't say whether the other downloads include photocraft-cli.

  • Whether every download is signed

    Why unsure: The project's installation guide says signing depends on the release setup and that a file existing is not proof it was signed. FreeBSD binaries are never signed.

License, formats and platforms

The facts, each with its source and the date we checked it.

SpecValueNote and source
Price0 USD

Free and open source

Source: github.comchecked

LicenseMIT or Apache-2.0, at your choice

GitHub's license field shows Apache-2.0.

Source: github.comchecked

Written inRust

Clean-room: built from public specs and observed behaviour, with no proprietary code, shaders or assets.

Source: github.comchecked

Built withClaude Opus 5.5, Anthropic's AI coding model

87 of the latest 100 commits list Claude Opus 5.5 as co-author, alongside human contributors.

Source: github.comchecked

StatusEarly alpha

Source: github.comchecked

PlatformsWindows (x64, ARM64, 32-bit), macOS (universal), Linux (x86_64, aarch64, riscv64), FreeBSD 14 (x86_64), web browser

Source: github.comchecked

Opens and savesPSD, PSB, layered TIFF, OpenRaster, PNG, JPEG, WebP and more; native .pcraft

Reads Paint.NET PDN, Krita .kra, Affinity and HEIC files without saving them.

Source: github.comchecked

Colour modesRGB, Grayscale, CMYK, Lab at 8, 16 and 32 bits per channel

ICC colour management and soft proofing

Source: github.comchecked

Code signingWindows installers and executables code-signed; macOS app and CLI signed and notarized

FreeBSD binaries are not signed; every release has SHA256SUMS.txt.

Source: github.comchecked

Automationphotocraft-cli, JSON control channel, MCP server

Source: github.comchecked

Interface languages20

Includes Simplified and Traditional Chinese; untranslated text falls back to English.

Source: github.comchecked

Common questions

Answer first, then why, an example, the limits and what to do next.

Is PhotoCraft really an AI-built Photoshop clone?

PhotoCraft was written with help from AI: its founder, Brandon Thomas, has said he built it with Anthropic's AI model Claude Opus 5.5. Most recent commits in its GitHub repository list Claude Opus 5.5 as co-author.

Why

When we checked on 17 October 2026, 87 of the latest 100 commits carried that co-author line, alongside several human contributors. Al Jazeera notes that how much of the code Claude wrote has not been made public. The repository was created on 30 September 2026.

Limits

"AI" describes how it was built, not what it does: PhotoCraft has no generative AI features such as generative fill yet, and the README lists AI and generative features among its biggest gaps.

Next step

The limits section above lists what it can't do yet; the box at the top of this page has the download.

Is PhotoCraft really free?

PhotoCraft is free and open source, dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0 at your choice. You can download, use and modify it without paying.

Why

The ArtCraft team describes the Crafting Apps as free, open-source creative tools, and the README calls PhotoCraft "open source, offline, and yours". Its smart selection runs on your machine, with no cloud and no account.

Limits

The ArtCraft name and logos are trademarks and are not covered by the open-source licence.

Next step

Download it from the box at the top of this page.

Is PhotoCraft safe to download?

PhotoCraft's official builds are published on the project's own GitHub releases, and the README says the Windows installers are code-signed and the Mac app is signed and notarized.

Why

Every release includes SHA256SUMS.txt with a checksum for each file, so you can check that a download wasn't altered. The project's release notes for maintainers name Learning Machines LLC as the signer of the Mac app. The buttons on this page link straight to the official files.

Limits

The project's installation guide says signing depends on the release setup, so a file existing is not proof it was signed, and asks you to check release notes and checksums. FreeBSD binaries are not signed at all.

Can PhotoCraft open and save Photoshop PSD files?

PhotoCraft opens, edits and saves layered PSD and PSB files, including type layers, layer styles, masks and adjustment layers.

Why

Per the README, re-saving keeps the render of 307 of the 309 files in the psd-tools test set, and anything PhotoCraft doesn't model yet is carried over instead of dropped. Large PSB, 16-bit, 32-bit, CMYK and Lab documents open natively.

Limits

A re-saved file is not byte-identical to the original, and the figures come from the project's test files, not from your work. Keep a copy of an important PSD before you overwrite it.

Can PhotoCraft replace Photoshop?

PhotoCraft is not yet a Photoshop replacement for daily professional work, in the project's own words.

Why

Much of Photoshop's feature surface exists in some form, and the menus, shortcuts and panels follow Photoshop's layout. The biggest gaps the README names are AI/generative features, 15 missing tools, depth in typography and pro workflows, and plug-in compatibility. OMG! Ubuntu's reviewer, who tried version 0.3.0, found the interface close to Photoshop's but the app still some way off it, with missing features and bugs.

Next step

The project's roadmap and parity assessment on GitHub go through the gaps one by one.

Is PhotoCraft made by Adobe?

PhotoCraft is not made by Adobe: it is an independent open-source project from the ArtCraft team, and its README says it is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Adobe.

Why

The project describes it as a clean-room reimplementation: built from public file-format specifications and observed behaviour, with no Adobe source code, shaders or assets. That is how it can follow Photoshop's menus and shortcuts and open PSD files without being an Adobe product.

Limits

Whether that clean-room process holds up has not been tested; a law professor quoted by Al Jazeera said it is not yet known.

Next step

The buttons at the top of this page link straight to the official files from the storytold organisation on GitHub; don't download it from repositories with similar names.

Does PhotoCraft run on Mac and Linux?

PhotoCraft runs on macOS and Linux, as well as Windows, FreeBSD and in a web browser.

Why

The Mac download is one universal app for Apple silicon and Intel. On Linux you can pick an AppImage, a Flatpak, a .deb, an .rpm or a tarball for x86_64 or ARM64, and RISC-V builds are on the release page too.

Limits

Linux builds need glibc 2.35 or newer (Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12, Fedora 36 or later). The FreeBSD build is for FreeBSD 14 on x86_64, and drag and drop doesn't work on Wayland yet.

How do I update PhotoCraft?

Download the newer version from this page and install it the same way as before; on Windows the installer remembers the folder you chose.

Why

The Linux AppImage can update itself with AppImageUpdate, using the .zsync file published with each release, and a Flatpak updates by installing the newer bundle. ArtCraft Launcher can also check the Craft apps' GitHub releases and update the ones you have.

Next step

The box at the top of this page always shows the latest release.

How to install PhotoCraft

Step by step for each system, plus the fixes the project documents for common problems.

Windows

  1. Click Download for Windows at the top of this page. You get the x64 installer, photocraft-<version>-windows-x64.msi, which fits most 64-bit Intel and AMD PCs.
  2. Double-click the .msi file and follow the setup wizard. It asks for an install folder, installs PhotoCraft with a Start menu shortcut, and ends with a ticked Launch PhotoCraft box. The README says the installers and executables are code-signed.
  3. On a Snapdragon or other ARM PC, pick photocraft-<version>-windows-arm64.msi under Other downloads instead. On 32-bit Windows, pick photocraft-<version>-windows-x86.msi.
  4. To run PhotoCraft without installing it, download the portable zip (photocraft-<version>-windows-x64-portable.zip, also available for ARM64 and 32-bit), unzip it and start photocraft.exe. It keeps its settings in a PhotoCraftData folder next to the program.
  5. To update, download the newer installer from this page and run it. The installer remembers the folder you chose.
  6. To install several Craft apps at once, use ArtCraft Launcher.

macOS

  1. Click Download for macOS at the top of this page. You get photocraft-<version>-macos-universal.dmg, one app for both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
  2. Open the .dmg and drag PhotoCraft to your Applications folder. The README says the app is signed and notarized.
  3. Start PhotoCraft from your Applications folder.
  4. For scripts or AI agents, the command-line tool comes separately as photocraft-cli-<version>-macos-universal.zip under Other downloads. It is signed with the same Developer ID and notarized; the first time you run it, macOS checks the notarization online.
  5. To install several Craft apps at once, use ArtCraft Launcher.

If something goes wrong

You want to check that the command-line tool is notarized
Unpack it with ditto -x -k photocraft-cli-<version>-macos-universal.zip ., then run spctl --assess --type install -vv photocraft-cli-<version>-macos-universal/photocraft-cli. The README says the result reads accepted, source=Notarized Developer ID.

Linux

  1. At the top of this page, download the AppImage: photocraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage, or photocraft-<version>-linux-aarch64.AppImage on an ARM computer. It runs without installing.
  2. Make it executable and start it: chmod +x photocraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage, then ./photocraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage. The first run adds PhotoCraft's icon and menu entry in ~/.local/share; set PHOTOCRAFT_NO_DESKTOP_INTEGRATION=1 to skip that.
  3. On Debian, Ubuntu, Mint or Pop!_OS you can install the .deb instead: sudo apt install ./photocraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.deb.
  4. On Fedora or RHEL, install the .rpm: sudo dnf install ./photocraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.rpm. The project builds the .rpm for openSUSE too.
  5. For a sandboxed Flatpak, run flatpak install --user photocraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.flatpak, then flatpak run ai.storyteller.photocraft. The bundle needs the freedesktop runtime from Flathub, which flatpak offers to install along with it.
  6. The tarball (.tar.gz) unpacks anywhere, for people who manage their own /opt or ~/.local. RISC-V builds are on the release page too.
  7. The Linux builds need glibc 2.35 or newer: Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+, Fedora 36+, RHEL 10 or openSUSE Tumbleweed.
  8. To update the AppImage, use AppImageUpdate: each release ships a .zsync file so it downloads only what changed. A Flatpak updates when you install the newer bundle.
  9. To install several Craft apps at once, use ArtCraft Launcher.

If something goes wrong

Files dropped on the window don't open on Wayland
winit 0.30, the windowing library under PhotoCraft's interface, has no Wayland drag and drop yet (#386). Use File › Open, or copy the image in your file manager and paste it with Ctrl+V. To drag and drop, start PhotoCraft under XWayland: WAYLAND_DISPLAY= ./photocraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage, or flatpak run --nosocket=wayland --socket=x11 ai.storyteller.photocraft. Preferences › Performance › Linux display server = X11 does the same on every launch.
The interface looks blurred under XWayland
With a fractional display scale (125%, 150%, 175%), an XWayland window is drawn at a lower resolution and enlarged by the compositor (#1072). Native Wayland stays sharp, so switch back to it if you don't need drag and drop.
PhotoCraft exits and names a missing library
The AppImage and the tarball check for the X11 or Wayland libraries your session needs before they open a window. Install the package it prints. The .deb, .rpm and Flatpak bring these dependencies with them.
You want to remove the menu entry the AppImage added
Run rm ~/.local/share/applications/ai.storyteller.photocraft.desktop and find ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor -name 'ai.storyteller.photocraft*' -delete.

FreeBSD

  1. Under Other downloads, get photocraft-<version>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz. It is built for FreeBSD 14 on x86_64 and laid out like /usr/local.
  2. Install the runtime libraries: pkg install libxkbcommon wayland libX11 libXcursor libXrandr libXi libxcb mesa-libs vulkan-loader gtk3 fontconfig freetype2 alsa-lib.
  3. Unpack it into /usr/local: tar -xzf photocraft-<version>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz --strip-components 1 -C /usr/local, then start it with photocraft.
  4. The FreeBSD binaries aren't code-signed, so the project suggests checking the tarball against SHA256SUMS.txt from the same release.
  5. To install several Craft apps at once, use ArtCraft Launcher.

Web

  1. Under Other downloads, get photocraft-web-<version>.zip: the whole app compiled to WebAssembly as a static site for a modern browser.
  2. Unzip it and host it on any static web server. The project's web hosting guide covers MIME types, compression, caching and Docker.

More about PhotoCraft

What works today

Per its README, PhotoCraft already covers the core of a layered image editor: layers and groups, clipping masks, pixel and vector masks, 16 adjustment layers, layer styles, live type, shape layers and the Pen tools, smart objects with smart filters, a brush engine driven by pen pressure and tilt, and 67 tools. Documents can be RGB, Grayscale, CMYK or Lab at 8, 16 or 32 bits per channel, with ICC colour management and soft proofing. The menus, shortcuts and panels follow Photoshop's layout, so the project says Photoshop users already know where things are.

File support is broad. PhotoCraft opens and saves PSD and PSB, layered TIFF and OpenRaster, reads Paint.NET, Krita and Affinity documents and iPhone HEIC photos, and handles common flat formats from PNG and JPEG to OpenEXR. Its own format is .pcraft. The interface can switch to 20 languages, Simplified and Traditional Chinese among them.

How it compares with Photoshop

The project is direct about this: PhotoCraft is in early alpha and "not yet a Photoshop replacement for daily professional work". Every Photoshop menu item is wired to a command, but the README notes that this measures wiring, not behaviour. The biggest gaps it names are AI and generative features, 15 missing tools, depth in typography and pro workflows, and plug-in compatibility.

Where it differs by design: it is free and open source, works offline with no account, and its smart selection runs on your own machine. It also runs on Linux, FreeBSD and in a browser through WebAssembly. Every action is one of more than 500 commands shared by the app, a command-line tool and an MCP server, so scripts and AI agents can drive the same engine.

For PSD files, the project reports that re-saving keeps the render of 307 of the 309 files in the psd-tools test set. A re-saved file is not byte-identical to the original, and those figures come from the project's own test files, not from client work.

Why it's called an AI Photoshop clone

PhotoCraft is called an AI Photoshop clone because of how it was made, not because of what it does. Its founder, Brandon Thomas, has said he wrote the Craft apps with Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5, according to Al Jazeera's report of 14 October 2026. When we checked on 17 October 2026, 87 of the latest 100 commits in the GitHub repository listed Claude Opus 5.5 as co-author. How much of the code the model wrote has not been made public.

Press coverage picked up the label quickly: OMG! Ubuntu headlined its review "an open-source, AI-built clone of Photoshop". The repository was created on 30 September 2026.

The app itself has no generative AI yet: there is no generative fill, and the README lists AI and generative features among its biggest gaps. What is built for AI is the other side: every menu item, tool and dialog is a command that a script or an AI agent can run through the command-line tool or the MCP server.

About the Craft Apps

PhotoCraft is one of the Crafting Apps from the ArtCraft team (the storytold organisation on GitHub): free, open-source creative tools, each written from scratch in Rust and each able to stand on its own. Its siblings include LightCraft for photo libraries and raw development, VectorCraft for vector illustration, FilmCraft for video and DesignCraft for page layout. The project describes its work as clean-room: built from public specifications and observed behaviour, with no proprietary code, shaders or assets. PhotoCraft is not affiliated with or endorsed by Adobe.

Sources

Sources

  1. PhotoCraft README (github.com), accessed
  2. PhotoCraft releases on GitHub (github.com), accessed
  3. PhotoCraft license (Apache-2.0) (github.com), accessed
  4. PhotoCraft on getartcraft.com (getartcraft.com), accessed
  5. Releasing PhotoCraft: build, signing and package notes (github.com), accessed
  6. PhotoCraft documentation: Installation (github.com), accessed
  7. PhotoCraft UI localisation (github.com), accessed
  8. ArtCraft Launcher README (github.com), accessed
  9. PhotoCraft commit history on GitHub (github.com), accessed
  10. Al Jazeera: How AI apps are offering free substitutes for Big Tech software (aljazeera.com), accessed
  11. OMG! Ubuntu: PhotoCraft is an open-source, AI-built clone of Photoshop (omgubuntu.co.uk), accessed

Changelog

Changelog

  1. Added how PhotoCraft was built with AI (Claude Opus 5.5), whether it is an Adobe product, and what OMG! Ubuntu's reviewer found.
  2. Page created from the project's README and GitHub releases.

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