🔓 The whole studio, $0 — 7 apps that replace Adobe's lineup, and PSDs open byte-for-byte

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:bullseye: What you get: A suite of seven free, open-source native desktop apps designed to replace Adobe Creative Cloud without subscriptions.

:white_check_mark: Start here:

  • PhotoCraft — Photoshop alternative that opens and saves layered PSD files byte-for-byte.
  • VectorCraft — vector illustration tool built to replace Illustrator.
  • FilmCraft — native desktop video editor replacing Premiere Pro.

:toolbox: Also useful:

  • LightCraft — raw photo processor and image library for Lightroom users.
  • EffectCraft — motion graphics and visual effects tool replacing After Effects.
  • DesignCraft — desktop publishing app replacing InDesign.

:warning: Watch out:

  • Key tools like PhotoCraft and PrintCraft are currently in early alpha.
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:hammer_and_wrench: Seven seats. Nothing to activate. Nothing to renew.

PhotoCraft · VectorCraft · FilmCraft · LightCraft · PrintCraft · EffectCraft · DesignCraft

$0.00 · no seat · no subscription · no trial clock · open source under permissive licences · mac · win · linux · web

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:package: The manifest — take any seat you want

:receipt: The number that does the arguing — PhotoCraft opens and saves layered PSD and PSB.
134 of 135 real Photoshop documents round-trip byte for byte — their corpus is Photoshop-made PSDs, compared render-to-render.
The files prove it, not the copy.

:high_voltage: The goods — all seven on one page · the source: 26 repos · the PSD corpus · the Discord

:robot: Bonus row — every app answers to a CLI, a JSON control channel and an MCP server.

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🧰 PhotoCraft's spec sheet, and the six rules all seven apps are held to
  • Version 0.2.0 · building it needs Rust 1.90+.
  • Real layered files — opens and saves layered PSD and PSB; 134 of 135 real-world files round-trip byte for byte.
  • Native GPU canvas — Metal, Vulkan, DirectX 12 and WebGPU. No Electron, no web view.
  • Non-destructive — 16 adjustment layers, 70+ live-preview filters, smart objects and smart filters.
  • On-device selection, type, vectors, brushes, layer styles and masks.

Their six rules, in their words:

  • Open source — “every line is on GitHub under permissive licenses. Read it, fork it, build on it.”
  • Native, not wrapped — “pure Rust compiled to real desktop apps… no Electron, no web views.”
  • Familiar from day one — “layouts, tools and shortcuts that working professionals already know.”
  • Your files, your machine — “everything runs locally on your own files. No cloud round-trips.”
  • Agent-ready — “drive every app from a CLI, a JSON control channel or an MCP server.”
  • Also in your browser — six of the seven compile to WebAssembly and run in a tab.

More crafts are already queued — the studio is on GitHub with 26 public repos, and the Discord takes votes for what gets rebuilt next.

Seven seats · $0.00 · nothing to activate, nothing to renew — and your own files open.

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