Is photocraft still maintained?

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

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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 Windows (storytold/photocraft) · gitmanual

How to install on Windows

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 Windows

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

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PhotoCraft v0.21.0 · 11/6/2026 ↗

photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x64.msi

msi · x64 · 112.0 MB · 38,956 downloads · best match

Download

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x64.msi" -OutFile "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x64.msi"
msiexec /i "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x64.msi"

Other Windows downloads (8)

photocraft-0.21.0-windows-arm64.msi

msi · ARM64 · 106.1 MB · 499 downloads

Download

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-windows-arm64.msi" -OutFile "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-arm64.msi"
msiexec /i "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-arm64.msi"

photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x64-portable.zip

zip · x64 · 134.4 MB · 6,593 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x64-portable.zip" -OutFile "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x64-portable.zip"
Expand-Archive "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x64-portable.zip" -DestinationPath .

photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x64-symbols.zip

zip · x64 · 6.8 MB · 355 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x64-symbols.zip" -OutFile "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x64-symbols.zip"
Expand-Archive "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x64-symbols.zip" -DestinationPath .

photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x86.msi

msi · 32-bit · 108.6 MB · 586 downloads

Download

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x86.msi" -OutFile "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x86.msi"
msiexec /i "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x86.msi"

photocraft-0.21.0-windows-arm64-portable.zip

zip · ARM64 · 128.3 MB · 402 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-windows-arm64-portable.zip" -OutFile "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-arm64-portable.zip"
Expand-Archive "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-arm64-portable.zip" -DestinationPath .

photocraft-0.21.0-windows-arm64-symbols.zip

zip · ARM64 · 6.3 MB · 207 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-windows-arm64-symbols.zip" -OutFile "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-arm64-symbols.zip"
Expand-Archive "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-arm64-symbols.zip" -DestinationPath .

photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x86-portable.zip

zip · 32-bit · 128.3 MB · 577 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x86-portable.zip" -OutFile "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x86-portable.zip"
Expand-Archive "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x86-portable.zip" -DestinationPath .

photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x86-symbols.zip

zip · 32-bit · 6.5 MB · 222 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/releases/download/v0.21.0/photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x86-symbols.zip" -OutFile "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x86-symbols.zip"
Expand-Archive "photocraft-0.21.0-windows-x86-symbols.zip" -DestinationPath .

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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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