ArtCraft Apps – open-source Adobe compatible suite written in Rust

106 points by aghuang 22 hours ago on hackernews | 151 comments

01Crafting Apps

Seven apps · Open source · Pure Rust

03Principles

Shared by every craft

Built the hard way.

Every Crafting App is written from scratch in Rust and held to the same rules.

  1. Open source

    Every line is on GitHub under permissive licenses. Read it, fork it, build on it.

  2. Native, not wrapped

    Pure Rust compiled to real desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux. No Electron, no web views.

  3. Familiar from day one

    Layouts, tools and shortcuts that working professionals already know, so there's nothing to relearn.

  4. Your files, your machine

    Everything runs locally on your own files. No cloud round-trips between you and your work.

  5. Agent-ready

    Drive every app from a CLI, a JSON control channel or an MCP server, built for automation and AI agents.

  6. Also in your browser

    PhotoCraft, VectorCraft, LightCraft, PrintCraft, EffectCraft, and DesignCraft also compile to WebAssembly and run in a browser tab.

Open source · Free

Build it with us.

Early builds, roadmaps and the people making the Crafting Apps all live in the ArtCraft Discord.

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