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U.S. Developer Releases Open-Source Photoshop-Style ArtCraft Suite

By Drooid · Oct 10, 2026, 8:04 AM UTC · How we work

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Brandon Thomas (U.S. developer) released ArtCraft, an open-source suite replicating Photoshop, Premiere, InDesign and Acrobat.
The suite includes PhotoCraft, VideoCraft, DesignCraft, and PDFcraft, all written in Rust and distributed as AppImages.
Thomas used AI-assisted “vibe coding” with Claude to generate hundreds of thousands of lines.
Early-alpha tools lack animated GIF support and polished color pickers.
Developers warn AI-generated code is hard to audit, with 96% of surveyed coders distrusting it.

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Story summary

Brandon Thomas (U.S. developer) released ArtCraft, an open-source suite replicating Photoshop, Premiere, InDesign and Acrobat.
The suite includes PhotoCraft, VideoCraft, DesignCraft, and PDFcraft, all written in Rust and distributed as AppImages.
Thomas used AI-assisted “vibe coding” with Claude to generate hundreds of thousands of lines.
Early-alpha tools lack animated GIF support and polished color pickers.
Developers warn AI-generated code is hard to audit, with 96% of surveyed coders distrusting it.