Audience

Photographers, digital artists, designers, and other users who need layered raster-image editing.

About PhotoCraft

PhotoCraft is a free, open-source raster image editor for photographers, digital artists, designers, and other creative users. It provides layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, text, vector tools, and brushes in a native desktop application, with a WebAssembly build that can be hosted separately. Users can make non-destructive edits with adjustment layers and live-preview filters, select subjects and objects on-device, and refine masks locally. The editor opens and saves layered PSD and PSB documents, supports smart objects and smart filters, and includes color-management tools for RGB, CMYK, Lab, and grayscale documents at 8-, 16-, and 32-bit depths. PhotoCraft is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, and is distributed as free, open-source software.

Pricing

Starting Price:
Free
Pricing Details:
Free to download and use; open source. No subscription is required.
Free Version:
Free Version available.

Integrations

API:
Yes, PhotoCraft offers API access
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Ratings/Reviews - 1 User Review

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
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Company Information

ArtCraft
getartcraft.com/apps/photocraft

Videos and Screen Captures

A dark photo-editing interface shows Hokusai's Great Wave, a Curves adjustment graph, and a layers panel with title and credit layers.

A dark photo-editing interface shows Hokusai's Great Wave, a Curves adjustment graph, and a layers panel with title and credit layers.

A dark photo-editing interface shows Hokusai's Great Wave, a Curves adjustment graph, and a layers panel with title and credit layers. A dark photo-editing workspace displays an impressionist harbor painting with Levels controls and a histogram panel. A photo-editing interface displays the painting Girl with a Pearl Earring with a circular selection and Hue/Saturation controls. A photo-editing workspace shows an Earthrise composition and an open Layer Style dialog with Outer Glow settings. A dark photo-editing interface displays Hokusai's Great Wave with a Curves adjustment panel, layer list, and an overlaid title card. A photo library and editor displays a black-and-white mountain-and-river photograph with light and effects adjustment sliders.
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Product Details

Platforms Supported
Windows
Mac
Linux

PhotoCraft Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What kinds of users and organization types does PhotoCraft work with?
Q: What languages does PhotoCraft support in their product?
Q: What other applications or services does PhotoCraft integrate with?
Q: Does PhotoCraft have an API?
Q: How much does PhotoCraft cost?

PhotoCraft Product Features

Graphic Design

Collaboration Not Supported
Data Visualization Not Supported
Filtering Not Supported
Image Database Not Supported
Image Editor Not Supported
Templates Not Supported

PhotoCraft Verified User Reviews

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  • A PhotoCraft User
    Designer
    Used the software for: Less than 6 months
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 100 - 499
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Probability You Would Recommend?
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    "Top notch open source Photoshop alternative"

    Posted 2026-10-10

    Pros: What I like most is that it feels familiar immediately. The layout, tools, shortcuts, layers, masks, adjustment layers, and PSD workflow are close enough to traditional professional image editors that there is almost no learning curve. The performance is another big plus. PhotoCraft is written natively in Rust and uses the GPU instead of wrapping everything in Electron, so the whole app feels much more lightweight than I expected.

    Cons: The main downside is that it is still early alpha. There are still some tools, advanced typography features, generative AI capabilities, and plugin compatibility on the roadmap, so it is not a complete Photoshop replacement yet.

    Overall: Overall, PhotoCraft is one of the most interesting open-source creative tools I have used recently. It combines a familiar professional editing workflow with native performance, real PSD compatibility, local processing, and unusually strong AI-agent automation.

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