PhotoCraft
Clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop in pure Rust: layers, masks, adjustment layers, type, vectors, brushes and real PSD files. Native on macOS/Windows/Linux/FreeBSD plus web. ~16k stars.
Why I saved this#
Flagship of the ArtCraft suite (storytold org) — saving the whole family of clean-room, pure-Rust Adobe clones. Photoshop-equivalent is the headline act at ~16k stars.
Notes#
- Clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop; most-starred of the ArtCraft crafting apps (~16k stars, Oct 2026).
- Per README: layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, type, vectors, brushes, and real PSD file support.
- 100% Rust; native on macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and in the browser via WebAssembly.
- Dual-licensed MIT / Apache-2.0. Status badge: early alpha.
- Siblings: LightCraft (Lightroom), FilmCraft (Premiere Pro), VectorCraft (Illustrator), EffectCraft (After Effects), DesignCraft (InDesign), PdfCraft (Acrobat).