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PhotoCraft

Open-source take on Adobe Photoshop

Layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, type, vectors, brushes and real PSD files in a native app written entirely in Rust.

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v0.7.0 · 2026-10-11T02:12:31Z · MIT OR Apache-2.0

Curves, Vibrance and live type on The Great Wave

Screenshot from PhotoCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · artwork: The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1831 (public domain) · ATTRIBUTION

02/ Highlights

  1. 01

    Opens and saves PSD/PSB with layers, masks and styles intact

  2. 02

    Adjustment layers, layer styles, live type and vector shapes

  3. 03

    GPU canvas (wgpu) checked against a CPU reference compositor

  4. 04

    CLI, control channel and MCP server for automation and AI agents

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

03/ Screenshots

Adjustment layers

Adjustment layers

Screenshot from PhotoCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · artwork: Impression, Sunrise, Claude Monet, 1872 (public domain) · ATTRIBUTION

Layer styles

Layer styles

Screenshot from PhotoCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · artwork: Earthrise, William Anders, Apollo 8, 1968 (NASA) (public domain) · ATTRIBUTION

Masks and selections

Masks and selections

Screenshot from PhotoCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · artwork: Girl with a Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer, c. 1665 (public domain) · ATTRIBUTION

Filters

Filters

Screenshot from PhotoCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · artwork: The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1889 (public domain) · ATTRIBUTION

Type

Type

Screenshot from PhotoCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · artwork: Among the Sierra Nevada, California, Albert Bierstadt, 1868 (public domain) · ATTRIBUTION

Transform

Transform

Screenshot from PhotoCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · artwork: The Tetons and the Snake River, Ansel Adams, 1942 (public domain) · ATTRIBUTION

Vector shapes

Vector shapes

Screenshot from PhotoCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · artwork: Water Lilies, Claude Monet, 1906 (public domain) · ATTRIBUTION

Export, light theme

Export, light theme

Screenshot from PhotoCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · artwork: The Kiss, Gustav Klimt, 1907–1908 (public domain) · ATTRIBUTION

04/ Download v0.7.0

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/photocraft.git
cd photocraft
cargo run --release -p photocraft

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