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EffectCraft

Open-source take on Adobe After Effects

A free, open-source compositor in the spirit of After Effects: compositions, layers, effects and 3D.

Choose your platform Source on GitHubOfficial page

v0.8.0 · 2026-10-11T02:10:32Z · MIT OR Apache-2.0

Main window

Screenshot from EffectCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · ATTRIBUTION

02/ Highlights

  1. 01

    Compositions, layers and keyframe animation

  2. 02

    Graph editor for value curves

  3. 03

    Built-in effects and classic 3D

  4. 04

    Render queue export; drivable by agents

Summarised from the project README at github.com/storytold/effectcraft

03/ Screenshots

Graph editor

Graph editor

Screenshot from EffectCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · ATTRIBUTION

Classic 3D

Classic 3D

Screenshot from EffectCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · ATTRIBUTION

04/ Download v0.8.0

macOS

  • Disk image (.dmg)

    Universal (Apple silicon + Intel)

    GitHub

  • Command-line tool ((.zip)

    Universal (Apple silicon + Intel)

    GitHub

Windows

Linux

Other builds

SHA256SUMS.txtAll releasesLicense & NOTICE

05/ Build from source

Build it yourself.

Install Rust with rustup, then clone the repository and run the app. See the project README for optional build inputs.

Terminal
git clone https://github.com/storytold/effectcraft.git
cd effectcraft
cargo run --release -p effectcraft

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