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ArtCraft & Crafting Apps: The Open-Source Adobe Alternative Guide

ArtCraft is a free, open-source AI image and video studio for Windows, macOS and the web, built by the ArtCraft team and released under MIT or Apache-2.0 (license). Instead of relying on prompts alone, you compose a shot on 2D and 3D canvases and then choose one of dozens of AI models to render it (README). The same team builds 13 open-source "Crafting Apps" in Rust, including PhotoCraft, an early-alpha Photoshop-style editor (apps).

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Last updated: 26 October 2026 · Every fact links to its source: the official site, the GitHub repositories, or adobe.com.

What is ArtCraft?

The developers call ArtCraft "the IDE for artists" and "the IDE for interactive AI image and video creation" (README). In practice it is a desktop app written in Rust and TypeScript and packaged with Tauri (dev setup), plus a browser version at app.getartcraft.com. The code is public at github.com/storytold/artcraft, and the current release is v0.41.0, published on 26 September 2026 (release notes).

Prefer a dedicated product page? Read the ArtCraft overview: features, pricing and Adobe clarification, or jump to PhotoCraft on GitHub and safe downloads.

The name causes confusion. Searches like "Adobe ArtCraft" and "Adobe Craft" mix it up with Adobe's software, but ArtCraft is an independent project. Its copyright belongs to "ArtCraft Team and the ArtCraft contributors" (README), and the official site is getartcraft.com.

What ArtCraft can do

ArtCraft's pitch is control: build the scene first, then generate. The README groups its tools into two sets.

Scene-building ("crafting") tools

• Image to Location: place virtual actors in a consistent environment and plan several shots in the same room.
• 3D and 2D image compositing: layer backdrops, foregrounds and props in 3D for depth, or combine image layers, background removal and drawing tools in 2D.
• Image to 3D Mesh: turn an image into an object you can position, rotate and frame.
• Character Posing and Identity Transfer: pose a character or a mannequin and set the camera before the final render.
• Scene blocking with kitbashing and mixed assets: combine 3D asset kits, image cutouts and generated worlds in one scene.

Prompt tools

• Text to image across many image models.
• Prompted image editing with models such as Nano Banana Pro and GPT Image.
• Canvas editing with drawing, masks and inpainting.
• Image to video with a choice of video models.

Models

The README publishes a 62-model catalog: 16 image models (Nano Banana, GPT Image, FLUX, Seedream), 25 video models (Seedance, Kling, Veo, Sora, Vidu, MiniMax, Flux), 5 music and sound models (Suno, Seed Audio), 11 3D-mesh models (Hunyuan 3D, Tripo3D, Meshy, Rodin) and 5 world/Gaussian-splat models (Marble, TripoSplat). It also integrates Grok, Midjourney, Sora and World Labs as providers. Some entries are marked as currently disabled, so check the model list before counting on one model.

ArtCraft vs Adobe at a glance

The closest Adobe counterparts are Firefly for AI generation and Photoshop for image editing. Prices are US list prices from adobe.com on 26 October 2026, before tax.

For pricing tiers, file-format support, learning curve and where each side wins, read the full ArtCraft vs Adobe comparison for 2026.

New guides: Launcher, MCP, FigCraft, FilmCraft

• Install Crafting Apps with craft-launcher — safe suite updates from official GitHub / getartcraft.com
• Drive PhotoCraft from Claude or Cursor — official app MCP vs community subscription APIs
• Open-source UI design vs Figma — FigCraft early-alpha bounds and official downloads
• Open-source video editor download — FilmCraft timeline NLE; FilmCraft vs CapCut comparison

FilmCraft sits in the same Crafting Apps family as PhotoCraft and FigCraft. Prefer the official FilmCraft page or GitHub releases, or install via the Launcher. CapCut comparison lives on its own URL — this site never uses a /capcut-craft/ path.

The Crafting Apps: what ArtCraft includes beyond the AI studio

The ArtCraft team also lists 13 separate Crafting Apps on getartcraft.com/apps. The official page describes them as native Rust apps ("No Electron, no web views") that run locally on your own files. All of them except FilmCraft also compile to WebAssembly and run in a browser tab. Each app has its own Apache-2.0 repository under github.com/storytold, and the free ArtCraft Launcher (v0.5.1) installs and updates all of them.

Sources: getartcraft.com/apps, PhotoCraft page, VectorCraft, FilmCraft and EffectCraft READMEs.

Some of these apps openly target commercial software. The PhotoCraft README describes it as "an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop", and the EffectCraft README says the same about Adobe After Effects. Others name Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Avid Pro Tools and AutoCAD as their models. All 13 are labelled "In development" or "Early alpha".

Deep dives: what ArtCraft is (product page) · PhotoCraft early-alpha image editor guide · FilmCraft timeline editor · suite installer (Launcher).

Who ArtCraft is for, and who should wait

A good fit if you

• want an AI image and video tool you can inspect and fork. The code is MIT or Apache-2.0 (license).
• need to block out scenes with 3D posing, compositing and consistent locations before you generate (features).
• want many third-party models in one app, or want to bring your own compute instead of subscribing (pricing).

Better to wait, or stay with Adobe, if you

• need a Photoshop replacement for daily client work. PhotoCraft's own README says it is "not yet a Photoshop replacement for daily professional work", with gaps in generative features, some tools, and plug-in compatibility (PhotoCraft).
• rely on After Effects projects or plug-ins. EffectCraft cannot open .aep/.aepx files, and After Effects plug-ins don't run (EffectCraft).
• want a one-click ArtCraft installer on Linux. There isn't one yet; you have to build from source (README).

How to get ArtCraft

1. Go to the official getartcraft.com/download page, or the GitHub releases.
2. Pick the Windows installer (.exe or .msi) or the universal macOS .dmg, or use the web app without installing.
3. Install, then create a free account or log in, as the official quick start describes.

File sizes, SHA-256 checksums, system requirements and Linux build steps are in our ArtCraft download guide by platform. Avoid unofficial mirrors and "cracked" builds: the app is free, so there is nothing to crack.