Free open-source alternatives to Adobe apps: the Craft suite
The ArtCraft team’s open-source Craft apps, written in Rust: PhotoCraft (Photoshop), VectorCraft (Illustrator), FilmCraft (Premiere Pro), LightCraft (Lightroom), PdfCraft (Acrobat) and more, with versions and licenses.
Updated 2026-10-11 · PhotoCraft 0.7.0
If you're looking for a free, open-source alternative to Photoshop, PhotoCraft is one option. It belongs to a larger family: the Craft apps by the ArtCraft team, each written from scratch in Rust and published on GitHub under MIT OR Apache-2.0.
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Screenshot from PhotoCraft (MIT OR Apache-2.0) · artwork: The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1889 (public domain) · ATTRIBUTION
The Craft apps
| App | Open-source take on | Latest version |
|---|---|---|
| PhotoCraft | Adobe Photoshop | 0.7.0 |
| VectorCraft | Adobe Illustrator | 0.9.0 |
| FilmCraft | Adobe Premiere Pro | 0.6.0 |
| LightCraft | Adobe Lightroom | 0.6.0 |
| PdfCraft | Adobe Acrobat | 0.6.0 |
| EffectCraft | Adobe After Effects | 0.8.0 |
| DesignCraft | Adobe InDesign | 0.6.0 |
| GridCraft | Microsoft Excel | 0.5.0 |
| CADCraft | Autodesk AutoCAD | 0.5.0 |
| DeckCraft | Microsoft PowerPoint | 0.5.0 |
| SoundCraft | Avid Pro Tools | 0.5.0 |
| WordCraft | Microsoft Word | 0.5.0 |
Version numbers are the latest GitHub releases as of 2026-10-11. Each release ships builds for macOS, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD, plus a web (WebAssembly) build.
What they have in common
According to the official Crafting Apps page:
- Open source: every line is on GitHub under permissive licenses.
- Native, not wrapped: pure Rust compiled to real desktop apps, with no Electron and no web views.
- Familiar from day one: layouts, tools and shortcuts that working professionals already know.
- Your files, your machine: everything runs locally on your own files.
- Agent-ready: every app can be driven from a CLI, a JSON control channel or an MCP server.
One installer for all of them
Craft Launcher installs every app and keeps them up to date. Get it from our download center.
Where to start
- New to PhotoCraft? Read how to install it.
- Comparing it with Photoshop? See PhotoCraft vs Photoshop.
Product names such as Adobe Photoshop are trademarks of their owners and are used here only to describe what each app is modeled on.
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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