App reimplementation
PhotoCraft
Category: Desktop & productivity apps · Type: Reconstruction
Target: Adobe Photoshop workflows · Rust
A Rust image editor recreating Photoshop-style workflows with layers, masks, typography and PSD documents.
A Rust image editor recreating Photoshop-style workflows with layers, masks, typography and PSD documents. The upstream README explicitly targets Adobe Photoshop workflows and describes a separate Rust implementation. Source review does not establish clean-room legality or full behavioral parity; no REA involvement is claimed by this listing. The author explicitly says it is not ready to replace Photoshop for daily professional work. AI features, tools, typography depth and plug-in compatibility remain incomplete. We have not installed, run or audited it.
Relationship
Independent reimplementation
Evidence scope
The upstream README explicitly targets Adobe Photoshop workflows and describes a separate Rust implementation. Source review does not establish clean-room legality or full behavioral parity; no REA involvement is claimed by this listing.
Know before you try
The author explicitly says it is not ready to replace Photoshop for daily professional work. AI features, tools, typography depth and plug-in compatibility remain incomplete. We have not installed, run or audited it.
Status
Early alpha; partial alternative
License
MIT OR Apache-2.0 (code)
The author offers MIT or Apache-2.0 at your option. Bundled assets have separate notices; ArtCraft names and logos are excluded from these code licenses and require rebranding in modified redistributions.
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