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 macOS (storytold/photocraft) · gitmanual

How to install on macOS

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

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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 macOS

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

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Download for macOS

PhotoCraft v0.21.0 · 11/6/2026 ↗

photocraft-0.21.0-macos-universal.dmg

dmg · Universal · 257.1 MB · 19,456 downloads · best match

Download

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-macos-universal.dmg"
open "photocraft-0.21.0-macos-universal.dmg"

Other macOS downloads (1)

photocraft-cli-0.21.0-macos-universal.zip

zip · Universal · 114.3 MB · 727 downloads

Download

If it contains an .app, move it to Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-cli-0.21.0-macos-universal.zip"
unzip "photocraft-cli-0.21.0-macos-universal.zip"

Did you get it running?

On macOS: 1 got it running, 0 got stuck.

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Parts list

1×Rust stableruntime

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Good to know

Cargo workspace — pick a crate with cargo run -p <name>.
Dockerfile available (base image: rust:${RUST_VERSION}-slim-bookworm).
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: apps/photocraft-cli/Cargo.toml, apps/photocraft-web-boot/Cargo.toml, apps/photocraft-web/Cargo.toml, apps/photocraft/Cargo.toml and 11 more

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