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Artcraft releases seven open source Rust clones of Adobe creative apps built with Claude

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Developer Brandon Thomas has released Artcraft, a suite of seven open source Rust apps meant to replicate the interfaces and tools of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom, After Effects, InDesign, and Acrobat Pro.

Thomas says he used Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 to build them as "clean-room replacements" for Adobe's closed-source software, with WebAssembly versions available for use in a browser.

The apps are in a "super early alpha" state. Thomas promises they will soon match Adobe's functionality, a claim not yet demonstrated. Ars Technica reports that commenters have pointed out many current shortcomings. Gizmodo's hands-on test of Photocraft, the Photoshop-style app, found basic editing commands worked as expected, but Free Transform behaved unpredictably.

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Vibe-Coded Artcraft Suite Offers Free Photoshop Alternative on GitHub

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  1. Gizmodo · AI
    Vibe-Coded Artcraft Suite Offers Free Photoshop Alternative on GitHub

    Developer Brandon Thomas used Claude Opus 5.5 and Rust to build Artcraft, a free open-source suite with Photocraft, Vectorcraft, and other apps that mimic Adobe products. The author tested Photocraft and found its basic editing commands worked where expected, but Free Transform behaved unpredictably. Thomas describes the software as early alpha and invites developers to contribute.

  2. Ars Technica · AI
    Artcraft releases open source clones of Adobe Photoshop, Premiere and other apps built with Claude

    Developer Brandon Thomas's Artcraft has launched seven open source apps in Rust that aim to replicate the interfaces and tools of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom, After Effects, InDesign, and Acrobat Pro. Thomas said he used Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 to build the clean-room replacements, with WebAssembly versions available for browser use. The apps remain in a "super early alpha" state, and commenters have pointed out many current shortcomings.

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