🎨 Seven free programs that do Adobe's job — ArtCraft, plus nine more to install today

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:unlocked: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere — rebuilt free, and open source

what it replaces and what it costs
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ArtCraft is seven desktop programs written in Rust by one team, free and open source. Native on macOS, Windows and Linux — no Electron, no browser wrapper. Six of the seven also run in a browser tab.

  • PhotoCraft → Photoshop · opens and saves layered PSD and PSB, and 134 of 135 real Photoshop files round-trip byte for byte
  • VectorCraft → Illustrator
  • FilmCraft → Premiere Pro
  • LightCraft → Lightroom
  • PdfCraft → Acrobat Pro
  • EffectCraft → After Effects
  • DesignCraft → InDesign

All seven on one page · the source code · the Discord where the next rebuild gets voted on.

Every one of them also answers to a command line, a JSON channel and an MCP server, so a script or an AI agent can drive the same tools your hands drive.

The one thing to know before you install: the seven programs are free. The AI image and video studio on the same site runs on paid credits — their pricing page starts at $8 a month. The desktop programs cost nothing.

:toolbox: Nine more free programs for the same jobs

Photoshop → Photopea (nothing to install) or GIMP

Illustrator → Krita

Premiere Pro → DaVinci Resolve or Kdenlive

After Effects → Blender

Lightroom → darktable

InDesign → Scribus

Figma → Penpot

Sixteen programs. One bill — none.