PhotoCraft
Early alphaAlternative to Photoshop
photo editing, layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, type, vectors and brushes. Reads and writes layered PSD files. GPU-native canvas, works offline.
Thirteen creative and office apps rewritten from scratch in Rust — Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Figma, InDesign, Premiere, After Effects, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat and AutoCAD. Free, no subscription, mostly runnable in the browser. Below is an honest status for each one, including what it cannot do yet.
Ordered by the most mature first. Star counts are approximate and change weekly.
Alternative to Photoshop
photo editing, layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, type, vectors and brushes. Reads and writes layered PSD files. GPU-native canvas, works offline.
Alternative to Lightroom
a photo library plus RAW development, all processed locally — your photos never leave your machine.
Alternative to Illustrator
vector drawing with paths, anchors, boolean operations and typography.
Alternative to Figma
an interface design tool with artboards, components and constraint-based layout.
Alternative to InDesign
page layout with master pages, text flow and print preparation.
Alternative to Premiere Pro
a video editor with timeline, multi-track editing, transitions and export. The only app in the suite without a web build.
Alternative to After Effects
motion graphics and compositing with layer compositing, keyframe animation and effects.
Alternative to Pro Tools
audio editing and mixing with multi-track recording, editing and a mixing workflow.
Alternative to Microsoft Word
rich-text editing with styles, headers and footers, and document export.
Alternative to Microsoft Excel
spreadsheets with formulas, functions, tables and charts.
Alternative to PowerPoint
presentations with slides, master layouts, animations and slideshow mode.
Alternative to Acrobat
PDF reading, annotation, merge and split, and forms.
Alternative to AutoCAD
2D drafting with layers, dimensions and drawing output.
Alternative to an app store / launcher for the suite
the unified entry point: one-click install, automatic detection of your platform and unified updates. Start here if you want everything at once.
ArtCraft (by the storytold organisation) is a family of creative and office applications rewritten from scratch in Rust. It targets the tools most people rent from Adobe, Microsoft and Autodesk — Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Figma, InDesign, Premiere, After Effects, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat and AutoCAD.
Yes. Every application is free and open source (MIT or Apache-2.0). No subscription, no ads, no account. Most apps also run directly in the browser.
Not yet, and any site telling you otherwise is lying. Most apps are labelled early alpha or in development. They are great for trying out, light work, open-source enthusiasts and automation. For professional, deadline-critical work, keep your existing tools as the primary and these as the experiment.
Start with ArtCraft Launcher: it detects your OS, installs the right builds and keeps everything updated. You can also download each app individually from its official site or GitHub.
macOS, Windows, Linux and the browser (WebAssembly builds). FilmCraft is currently the only app without a web build.
No. This is an independent, community-maintained English landing page. We are not affiliated with ArtCraft or storytold. All software and trademarks belong to their respective owners; always download from official channels.
Creative and office software has been rental-only for a decade. ArtCraft is an attempt to rebuild the same categories in Rust — small binaries, local-first processing, no telemetry. Whether it succeeds is an open question, and the only useful answer is a per-app status you can check before you invest time. That is what this page tracks.