How to install VectorCraft on macOS, Windows and Linux
Which VectorCraft 0.9.0 file to download for your OS and CPU, how to verify it, and how to build VectorCraft from source. Based on the official README and the v0.9.0 release.
Updated 2026-10-11 · VectorCraft 0.9.0
VectorCraft is the ArtCraft team's open-source vector illustration app, modeled on the Adobe Illustrator workflow. The latest release is v0.9.0, published on 2026-10-11. Its README calls the project alpha, so keep backups of important work.
Where to download
The VectorCraft README recommends the VectorCraft 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 v0.9.0.
macOS
| Build | File |
|---|---|
| App, universal (Apple silicon + Intel) | vectorcraft-0.9.0-macos-universal.dmg |
| Command-line tool, universal | vectorcraft-cli-0.9.0-macos-universal.zip |
Windows
| Build | Installer | Portable |
|---|---|---|
| x64 (64-bit Intel/AMD) | vectorcraft-0.9.0-windows-x64.msi | vectorcraft-0.9.0-windows-x64-portable.zip |
| arm64 (ARM PCs) | vectorcraft-0.9.0-windows-arm64.msi | vectorcraft-0.9.0-windows-arm64-portable.zip |
| x86 (32-bit) | vectorcraft-0.9.0-windows-x86.msi | vectorcraft-0.9.0-windows-x86-portable.zip |
Linux
| Format | x86_64 | aarch64 |
|---|---|---|
| AppImage | vectorcraft-0.9.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage | vectorcraft-0.9.0-linux-aarch64.AppImage |
| Flatpak | vectorcraft-0.9.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak | vectorcraft-0.9.0-linux-aarch64.flatpak |
| Debian/Ubuntu (.deb) | vectorcraft-0.9.0-linux-x86_64.deb | vectorcraft-0.9.0-linux-aarch64.deb |
| Fedora/RHEL/openSUSE (.rpm) | vectorcraft-0.9.0-linux-x86_64.rpm | vectorcraft-0.9.0-linux-aarch64.rpm |
| Tarball (.tar.gz) | vectorcraft-0.9.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz | vectorcraft-0.9.0-linux-aarch64.tar.gz |
Other builds
vectorcraft-0.9.0-linux-riscv64.tar.gz, vectorcraft-0.9.0-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz, vectorcraft-web-0.9.0.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 vectorcraft-0.9.0-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 .\vectorcraft-0.9.0-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 vectorcraft # desktop app
cargo run --release -p vectorcraft-cli -- mcp # MCP server (stdio)
cd apps/vectorcraft-web && trunk build --release # web build → dist/web
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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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