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

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**Created:** [October 6, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/the-whole-studio-0-7-apps-that-replace-adobes-lineup-and-psds-open-byte-for-byte/326257 "2026-10-06T13:30:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/the-whole-studio-0-7-apps-that-replace-adobes-lineup-and-psds-open-byte-for-byte/326257/1 "2026-10-06T13:30:50Z")

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### 🛠 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**

![Seven seats, one page](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/d/c/dc0bd8df546e363b9536e3130d5ee258ffd05831.jpeg)

**📦 The manifest — take any seat you want**

- **PhotoCraft 0.2.0** — image editor → **Photoshop** · [mac · win · linux · web](https://getartcraft.com/apps/photocraft) · early alpha
- **VectorCraft 0.2.0** — vector illustration → **Illustrator** · [mac · win · linux · web](https://getartcraft.com/apps/vectorcraft)
- **FilmCraft** — video editing → **Premiere Pro** · [mac · win · linux](https://getartcraft.com/apps/filmcraft)
- **LightCraft** — photo library + raw → **Lightroom** · [mac · win · linux · web](https://getartcraft.com/apps/lightcraft)
- **PrintCraft** — PDF workbench → **Acrobat Pro** · [mac · win · linux · web](https://getartcraft.com/apps/printcraft) · early alpha
- **EffectCraft** — motion graphics + VFX → **After Effects** · [mac · win · linux · web](https://getartcraft.com/apps/effectcraft)
- **DesignCraft** — page layout + publishing → **InDesign** · [mac · win · linux · web](https://getartcraft.com/apps/designcraft)

**🧾 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.

**⚡ The goods** — [all seven on one page](https://getartcraft.com/apps) · [the source: 26 repos](https://github.com/storytold) · [the PSD corpus](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft-corpus) · [the Discord](https://discord.gg/artcraft)

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

![they said it better](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/9/a/9a09bb9f5a7262d16d958100e2ac8f8e11d8ff20.png)

> **🧰 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.

![the feeling](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/e/4/e41107692fb9b6250d9493724b21e02b4127ad10.png)

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