ArtCraft Apps is a suite of seven native, open-source creative tools written from scratch in Rust: PhotoCraft (image editor), VectorCraft (vector illustration), FilmCraft (video editor), LightCraft (photo library and raw developer), PrintCraft (PDF workbench), EffectCraft (motion graphics and VFX), and DesignCraft (page layout and publishing). Several apps are available as early alpha builds with installers for macOS, Windows and Linux and many also compile to WebAssembly to run in a browser. The apps expose professional features familiar to creatives - layers and curves in PhotoCraft, appearance and outer-glow controls in VectorCraft, multi-track timelines and scopes in FilmCraft, raw sliders in LightCraft, threaded comments and PDF manipulation in PrintCraft, and composition/timeline panels in EffectCraft - so users can pick up conventional workflows while benefiting from modern reimplementation.
Every app follows a strict set of principles: permissive open-source licensing with code on GitHub, pure-Rust native binaries (no Electron or web wrappers), local file ownership and processing, and built-in automation/agent support via CLI, JSON control channels or an MCP server. The project is community-driven and free to use; early testers and contributors are invited to join Discord and GitHub to follow roadmaps, test builds and influence what Crafts come next.
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