PhotoCraft Recreates Photoshop in Pure Rust

The compelling angle is not simply “Photoshop, but free”—it is a native creative engine designed to be programmable by both scripts and AI agents.

• –Supports layers, masks, adjustment layers, brushes, vectors, color management, and broad image-format coverage. [GitHub](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft)
• –A shared 500-plus-command registry powers the UI, CLI, control channel, and MCP server, making automation a first-class feature. [GitHub](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft)
• –PSD interoperability is unusually ambitious, with 134 of 135 test files reportedly round-tripping byte-for-byte. [GitHub](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft)
• –Pure Rust, wgpu compositing, copy-on-write tiles, and WebAssembly support give the project a credible foundation for native and browser deployments.
• –It remains early alpha, so parity claims are promising engineering targets rather than proof of production readiness. [GitHub](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft)