Open-Source Rust Alternatives to Adobe Apps

28•SweetSoftPillow•51m ago

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armcat•44m ago

Also their GitHub repo: https://github.com/storytold/artcraft

phs318u•35m ago

Is it my imagination or have there been a bunch of similar submissions in the last week? Is one-shotting the Adobe suite in Rust the new pelican on a bicycle?

pitchlatte•32m ago

this one is an actual duplicate:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49958850

thw_9a83c•25m ago

Yes, covered extensively over several few days.

There is a full Ars Technica article about this one [1]. Already posted to HN few hours before [2].

[1]: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/software-is-over-bold-ai-...

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000426

fxwin•33m ago

I've seen these posted and amplified in a few places over the past few days now, has anyone who is familiar with the adobe suite actually tried these in depth and can comment on their fidelity/quality?

user43928•21m ago

The image thing seems to be only AI image generation, and the Edit is a very basic photo editor.

I'm not seeing Photoshop or Lightroom there. Maybe they only have an Illustrator alternative.

I checked only the Web version, since the Desktop version requires signup.

fai5a1•13m ago

I tried Lightcraft (Lightroom alternative) for some color correction. It worked fine and the UI is very similar to Lightroom. Though I must disclose I'm not an advanced Lightroom user by any means.

sixtyj•5m ago

DesignCraft - see my comment below / above here in thread.

jhbadger•31m ago

Yes, like last time this was brought up, you can criticize them as both vibe-coded and far from complete, but their Illustrator clone Vectorcraft is quite functional at least -- I think it is more useful than Inkscape now, even in its incomplete form.

piker•28m ago

Which of the last 4 times "this was brought up" in the last 5 days do you mean? https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=getartcraft.com

jhbadger•25m ago

I've only seen one of those -- the first I think. If you are criticizing that it is being brought up too often, you might be right -- I'm just a user, not the developer or submitter.

piker•29m ago

5 posts in the last 3 days for vibe slop. Can we get a ban on this website?

user43928•10m ago

In discussions about 'coding being solved' and the ability to produce large, well working projects with AI, a common question was why we do not see a vibecoded PhotoShop clone then.

This claims to be that.

It's relevant for discussion here about the quality of vibecoded software.

zeandcode•29m ago

Finally, an alternatives

nasso_dev•26m ago

the irony of generative AI maximalists vibe coding software for artists...

meindnoch•24m ago

I wonder which Adobe apps do they mean. From the screenshots/videos it looks like it has zero overlap with the functionality of Photoshop or Illustrator. This is just a slop generator.

Flockster•19m ago

Artcraft seems to be part of their suite. The Photoshop clone is this one https://github.com/storytold/photocraft for example.

NexRebular•24m ago

The license of choice seems a bit strange considering it's created by a machine. Shouldn't CC0 be a lot more appropriate in this case?

fg137•20m ago

It can only be an alternative if 1) it is an exact clone of Adobe apps including feature set and the UI/UX, or 2) it has a different design but provides the same features along with good UX and can help user complete various tasks effectively (which requires tons of UX research on its own). Even small details can matter.

Which is why people still go to Adobe products despite similar products exist, especially for people who are getting paid to use software. They want things to simply work.

I very much doubt a vibe coded application can achieve that, but I'll be happy to be proven wrong.

sixtyj•6m ago

DesignCraft is also a portable app. It works fine, behaves really good. Some things are a little different. You can import idml files (exported from InDesign) and what I see as real progress that its format is described (both Affinity and Adobe use closed formats).

fg137•2m ago

How many hours do you spend on it daily and collaborating with others? Do you use it for professional work?

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