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01PhotoCraft

Image editor · Early alpha

01PhotoCraft

The image editor you already know how to use.

Layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, type, vectors and brushes in a native app written entirely in Rust. Open source, offline, and yours.

Download LauncherFor Windows · Installer (64-bit)Join the DiscordView on GitHub
Other platforms and downloads

macOS · Windows · Linux · Web · Free and open source

Curves and type layers — The Great Wave

Screenshot

PhotoCraft editing The Great Wave off Kanagawa with a Curves adjustment and type layers in the Layers panel

02Highlights

Image editor

What's inside.

  1. 01

    Familiar by design

    The menus, shortcuts, panels and tools your hands already know. Productive on day one, no retraining.

  2. 02

    Native GPU canvas

    Renders on Metal, Vulkan, DirectX 12 and WebGPU. No Electron and no web view, just a fast native compositor.

  3. 03

    Real layered files

    Opens and saves layered PSD and PSB documents. 134 of 135 real-world test files round-trip byte for byte.

  4. 04

    Non-destructive editing

    16 adjustment layers, 70+ live-preview filters, smart objects with smart filters, and a full set of layer styles.

  5. 05

    On-device selection

    Select subjects and objects and refine masks with tools that run on your machine, not someone else's server.

  6. 06

    Serious color

    8, 16 and 32-bit documents in RGB, CMYK, Lab and Grayscale, with ICC color management and soft proofing.

03Screenshots

Captured in PhotoCraft

01Curves and type layers — The Great Wave
Full size
PhotoCraft hero screenshot
02Levels with a live histogram
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PhotoCraft levels panel with a live histogram over a photo
03Layer styles on live type
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Layer styles applied to live type inside PhotoCraft
04Selections and masked adjustments
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A selection with a masked adjustment layer in PhotoCraft

04Get PhotoCraft

Free · Open source

Option 1 · Recommended

Get PhotoCraft with the Launcher.

ArtCraft Launcher installs PhotoCraft and every other Crafting App from one place, picks the right build for your computer and keeps them all up to date. Install it once and every update is a click away.

  • Every Crafting App
  • One-click updates
  • Verified downloads
Download LauncherArtCraft Launcher · v0.3.2About the Launcher

Option 2 · Standalone

Just standalone? Download it. Download it standalone.

These installers add PhotoCraft on its own, without the launcher. Come back here for new versions, or install the launcher later and it will find PhotoCraft and keep it updated.

Platform 01
macOS
Disk image (Universal)
Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
Standalone for macOS
Other PhotoCraft files for macOS
Platform 02
Windows
Installer (64-bit)
Most Windows 10 and 11 PCs.
Standalone for Windows
Other PhotoCraft files for Windows
Platform 03
Linux
Flatpak (x86_64)
Sandboxed. Install with flatpak install --user.
Standalone for Linux
Other PhotoCraft files for Linux
Platform 04
FreeBSD (x86_64)
Plain binaries for FreeBSD 14.
Standalone for FreeBSD (x86_64)
Web build PhotoCraft files for FreeBSD (x86_64)

Release v0.7.0

Free for every platform above. Questions or feedback? The team is in the ArtCraft Discord. The current build is 0.7.0.

macOSWindowsLinuxWeb

Build from source

Run it today.

Needs Rust 1.90 or newer. New to Rust? Install it with rustup, then run:

Terminal
$ git clone https://github.com/storytold/photocraft.git$ cd photocraft$ cargo run --release -p photocraft

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Open source · Free

Help shape PhotoCraft.

Report bugs, request features and get early builds of PhotoCraft in the ArtCraft Discord.

PhotoCraft: The image editor you already know how to use. — ArtCraft