Is photocraft still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v0.21.0, yesterday.

Can I trust photocraft?

New, little track record. 78k stars, 1 months old, by an organization. Look at the code and the owner before running it.

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How to install photocraft on Linux (storytold/photocraft) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

storytold/photocraft

PhotoCraft: An open-source, photo editor written by scratch in pure Rust

Rust#art#image-editing#image-editing-software#image-editor

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 77,653
Activity: Updated this month
License: Apache-2.0
Open issues: 3,900
Got it running: 1 person
Looked up: 6 h ago

Saved setup from 6 h ago

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (Apache-2.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v0.21.0, yesterday.
Can I trust it?: New, little track record78k stars, 1 months old, by an organization. Look at the code and the owner before running it.

Start here

Website ↗getartcraft.comThe project's own site.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

A ready-made Linux download is in the latest release.

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PhotoCraft v0.21.0 · 11/6/2026 ↗

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage

AppImage · x64 · 124.1 MB · 6,725 downloads · best match

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage"
chmod +x "photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage"
./"photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage"

Other Linux downloads (16)

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.deb

deb · x64 · 132.6 MB · 5,089 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.deb"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.AppImage

AppImage · ARM64 · 119.4 MB · 335 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.AppImage"
chmod +x "photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.AppImage"
./"photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.AppImage"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-riscv64.deb

deb · 130.0 MB · 322 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-riscv64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"photocraft-0.21.0-linux-riscv64.deb"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

tar.gz · x64 · 130.6 MB · 2,106 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.deb

deb · ARM64 · 128.8 MB · 504 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.deb"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-riscv64.tar.gz

tar.gz · 128.2 MB · 204 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-riscv64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "photocraft-0.21.0-linux-riscv64.tar.gz"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 125.4 MB · 304 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.tar.gz"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.rpm

rpm · x64 · 131.7 MB · 1,509 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.rpm"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-riscv64.rpm

rpm · 129.4 MB · 309 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-riscv64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"photocraft-0.21.0-linux-riscv64.rpm"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.rpm

rpm · ARM64 · 127.7 MB · 338 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.rpm"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak

flatpak · x64 · 98.5 MB · 4,560 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak"
flatpak install ./"photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.flatpak

flatpak · ARM64 · 92.8 MB · 275 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.flatpak"
flatpak install ./"photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.flatpak"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

tar.zst · x64 · 105.0 MB · 1,016 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"
tar --zstd -xf "photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst

tar.zst · ARM64 · 101.7 MB · 268 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst"
tar --zstd -xf "photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage.zsync

binary · x64 · 212 KB · 1,713 downloads

Download

Raw binary — move it onto your PATH.

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage.zsync"
chmod +x "photocraft-0.21.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage.zsync"

photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.AppImage.zsync

binary · ARM64 · 204 KB · 181 downloads

Download

Raw binary — move it onto your PATH.

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.AppImage.zsync"
chmod +x "photocraft-0.21.0-linux-aarch64.AppImage.zsync"

Install with a package manager

Flatpak

flatpak install --user photocraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.flatpak   # or -linux-aarch64

distro package

emerge --ask media-gfx/photocraft-bin

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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