How to install FilmCraft on macOS, Windows and Linux
Which FilmCraft 0.6.0 file to download for your OS and CPU, how to verify it, and how to build FilmCraft from source. Based on the official README and the v0.6.0 release.
Updated 2026-10-11 · FilmCraft 0.6.0
FilmCraft is the ArtCraft team's open-source video editor, modeled on the Adobe Premiere Pro workflow. The latest release is v0.6.0, published on 2026-10-11. Its README calls the project alpha, so keep backups of important work.
Color workspace on an Apollo 11 documentary cut
Screenshot from FilmCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · artwork: NASA Apollo 11 footage (US Government work, public domain) (public domain) · ATTRIBUTION
Where to download
The FilmCraft README recommends the FilmCraft page on getartcraft.com as the easiest way to install. Every build is attached to the latest GitHub release, and our download page links to the same files. The tables below list the actual files in v0.6.0.
macOS
| Build | File |
|---|---|
| App, universal (Apple silicon + Intel) | filmcraft-0.6.0-macos-universal.dmg |
| Command-line tool, universal | filmcraft-cli-0.6.0-macos-universal.zip |
Windows
| Build | Installer | Portable |
|---|---|---|
| x64 (64-bit Intel/AMD) | filmcraft-0.6.0-windows-x64.msi | filmcraft-0.6.0-windows-x64-portable.zip |
| arm64 (ARM PCs) | filmcraft-0.6.0-windows-arm64.msi | filmcraft-0.6.0-windows-arm64-portable.zip |
| x86 (32-bit) | filmcraft-0.6.0-windows-x86.msi | filmcraft-0.6.0-windows-x86-portable.zip |
Linux
| Format | x86_64 | aarch64 |
|---|---|---|
| AppImage | filmcraft-0.6.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage | filmcraft-0.6.0-linux-aarch64.AppImage |
| Flatpak | filmcraft-0.6.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak | filmcraft-0.6.0-linux-aarch64.flatpak |
| Debian/Ubuntu (.deb) | filmcraft-0.6.0-linux-x86_64.deb | filmcraft-0.6.0-linux-aarch64.deb |
| Fedora/RHEL/openSUSE (.rpm) | filmcraft-0.6.0-linux-x86_64.rpm | filmcraft-0.6.0-linux-aarch64.rpm |
| Tarball (.tar.gz) | filmcraft-0.6.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz | filmcraft-0.6.0-linux-aarch64.tar.gz |
Other builds
filmcraft-0.6.0-linux-riscv64.tar.gz, filmcraft-0.6.0-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz, filmcraft-web-0.6.0.zip (RISC-V Linux, FreeBSD x86_64, and the static web build).
For Flatpak, the README gives flatpak install --user <file>. For example:
flatpak install --user filmcraft-0.6.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak
Verify the download
The release includes SHA256SUMS.txt with a checksum for every file:
shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS.txt --ignore-missing # macOS
sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt --ignore-missing # Linux
Get-FileHash .\filmcraft-0.6.0-windows-x64.msi -Algorithm SHA256 # Windows
Build from source
You need a Rust toolchain from rustup. These commands come from the README:
cargo run --release -p filmcraft # the desktop app, with a demo project
cargo run --release -p filmcraft-cli -- commands # list every engine command
cargo run --release -p filmcraft-cli -- mcp # MCP server (headless)
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Sources
Every factual claim in this article is taken from these upstream files. If something here disagrees with them, the upstream source wins.
PhotoCraft Hub is an unofficial community site. PhotoCraft is made by the ArtCraft team; screenshots are from the PhotoCraft repository (MIT OR Apache-2.0) and show public-domain artwork.
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