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How to use PhotoCraft: what you can do with it

What is PhotoCraft? PhotoCraft is an open-source, clean-room photo editor in pure Rust modeled on Photoshop: layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, type, vectors, brushes and real PSD files, offline. Every menu item and tool runs one of 500+ commands, so the same engine can be driven from the UI, a headless CLI, a JSON control channel or an MCP server. The README says it is early alpha and not yet a Photoshop replacement for daily professional work.

How do I use it? Download PhotoCraft from its page on getartcraft.com, or build it from source with Rust (cargo run --release -p PhotoCraft); then open a PSD; menus, panels and shortcuts follow Photoshop; edit layers, masks, adjustment layers and type. Full steps below.

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Quick start with PhotoCraft

  1. Check you have what it needs: A download from the PhotoCraft page, or Rust to build from source.
  2. Open storytold/photocraft on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. Download PhotoCraft from its page on getartcraft.com, or build it from source with Rust (cargo run --release -p PhotoCraft)
  4. Open a PSD; menus, panels and shortcuts follow Photoshop
  5. Edit layers, masks, adjustment layers and type
  6. Save as PSD or export to PNG, JPEG, TIFF or WebP

These steps come from our top use case, Open, edit and save PSD files without Photoshop, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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About this repo

  • Who it is forDesigners and developers who want a free, offline, scriptable editor that opens PSDs, and people who want an AI agent to edit images.
  • Why it is hot72k stars, launched 25 days ago, talked about in 2 AI sources we track
  • LanguageRust
  • Sourcegithub.com/storytold/photocraft · Back to Hot repos

Requirements

  • A download from the PhotoCraft page, or Rust to build from source

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Questions about PhotoCraft

What is PhotoCraft?

PhotoCraft is an open-source, clean-room photo editor in pure Rust modeled on Photoshop: layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, type, vectors, brushes and real PSD files, offline. Every menu item and tool runs one of 500+ commands, so the same engine can be driven from the UI, a headless CLI, a JSON control channel or an MCP server. The README says it is early alpha and not yet a Photoshop replacement for daily professional work. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/storytold/photocraft.

How do I use PhotoCraft?

Download PhotoCraft from its page on getartcraft.com, or build it from source with Rust (cargo run --release -p PhotoCraft); then open a PSD; menus, panels and shortcuts follow Photoshop; edit layers, masks, adjustment layers and type. The use cases on this page give the full steps and a copy-paste agent prompt for each job.

Who is PhotoCraft for?

Designers and developers who want a free, offline, scriptable editor that opens PSDs, and people who want an AI agent to edit images.

What can I do with PhotoCraft?

3 use cases so far, for example: Open, edit and save PSD files without Photoshop; Batch-grade a folder of images from the command line; Let an AI agent edit images through PhotoCraft's MCP server. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run PhotoCraft?

A download from the PhotoCraft page, or Rust to build from source.

What are alternatives to PhotoCraft?

Other hot AI repos in Content: Voice Studio, Anatomy, Hyperframes, Earshot, Impeccable.

Is PhotoCraft safe to run?

Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.