All 16 ArtCraft apps

ArtCraft ships sixteen apps. Grouping them by job is more useful than listing them alphabetically, because that is how you decide what to install.

Last updated 2026-11-06

Image and photography

PhotoCraft is the image editor and the app most people will try first. It is marked early alpha.

LightCraft covers the photo library and raw development side, which is a different job from editing: importing, culling and developing, closer to Lightroom than to Photoshop. It is in development.

Video, motion and audio

FilmCraft is the video editor, targeting Premiere Pro. It is the only app on the lineup listed without a browser build, which fits: timeline work is the hardest thing to do in a browser.

EffectCraft handles motion graphics and visual effects, targeting After Effects. Both FilmCraft and EffectCraft are in development.

SoundCraft is the digital audio workstation for recording, editing and mixing, in development.

Vector, layout and interface design

VectorCraft is the vector illustration app, targeting Illustrator, in development.

DesignCraft is page layout and publishing, targeting InDesign, in development.

FigCraft is interface design and prototyping, targeting Figma, and is marked early alpha — which makes it one of the four apps you can actually run today.

3D and materials

TextureCraft is 3D texture painting, the Substance Painter job. In development.

MaterialCraft is node-based procedural materials, the Substance Designer job. In development.

These two are the narrowest audience in the suite, but they map to the most expensive Adobe subscriptions per seat, which is exactly where a free tool is most welcome.

Documents and office work

PdfCraft reads, organizes, combines, splits and secures PDFs. Early alpha, and one of the more immediately useful apps.

WordCraft covers word processing, DeckCraft covers presentations, GridCraft covers spreadsheets and data analysis, and CADCraft covers drafting. All four are in development.

Everything else

Craft Anything is not an Adobe replacement. It is a tool for exploring how software works and building your own version, marked early alpha.

The full mapping, with the Adobe product next to each app, is in the table below.

The complete list

App pages on this site

Detailed pages so far, each with the official status, the Adobe app it targets, and a test sequence to run before you trust it with real work:

• PhotoCraft — image editor (early alpha)
• PdfCraft — PDF workbench (early alpha)
• FigCraft — interface design (early alpha)
• PhotoCraft verdict — should you install it?
• The twelve apps still in development

Which ones are usable now

Four apps are marked early alpha: PhotoCraft, PdfCraft, FigCraft and Craft Anything. In practice that means they install and run, and that behaviour will change between releases.

The other twelve are in development. Watch the changelog before you depend on one, and do not plan a delivery date around an in-development app.

A useful rule: early alpha is for testing, in development is for watching.

The twelve that have not shipped yet

These apps are announced and have installers, but they are in development. There is no separate page for each on this site, because nobody is searching for software they cannot rely on yet — and when they ship, a page written before release would be wrong anyway.

What is worth keeping is the part that helps you decide whether to watch the app: what its official page actually shows, and the first thing to test when it lands. That is below, one block per app.

VectorCraft — vector illustration (replaces Illustrator)

The official page shows an Appearance panel with a live outer glow and a Properties panel exposing character settings, which is the vocabulary of a real vector editor.

First test: rebuild a logo with an outlined stroke and a gradient, scale it 10x, and check the stroke and gradient hold. Then confirm whether text stays editable or is converted to outlines.

FilmCraft — video editor (replaces Premiere Pro)

It is the only app on the lineup listed without a web build, which fits: timeline scrubbing and rendering are the operations a browser handles worst.

First test: import footage from your own camera and play a timeline with several cuts. Codec support is where free editors fail first. DaVinci Resolve is the mature free option today.

LightCraft — photo library and raw developer (replaces Lightroom)

The official page shows a develop module with light and effects sliders over a landscape raw file: a library on one side, a full-frame image on the other.

First test: import one card of raw files, then cull with keyboard only. A library tool lives or dies on rejecting 300 frames fast.

EffectCraft — motion graphics (replaces After Effects)

The page shows a composition panel, a project panel and a timeline of text, shape and solid layers — a layer-and-composition model rather than a node graph.

First test: build a ten-second title with three text layers, then render to a codec your editor accepts and check the alpha channel.

DesignCraft — page layout (replaces InDesign)

The page shows a magazine spread with a threaded three-column story, a wrapped pull quote and text frame options. Threading and wrap are what separate layout from word processing.

First test: thread one story across four columns, edit paragraph one, and confirm the whole thread reflows without breaking.

TextureCraft — 3D texture painting (replaces Substance Painter)

The page shows a material library, a 3D viewport next to a 2D UV view, and a texture set list with a layer stack and fill properties.

First test: paint across a UV seam. Seam handling is the first thing a texture painter has to get right.

MaterialCraft — procedural materials (replaces Substance Designer)

The page shows an explorer, a node library, a brick-wall node graph with live thumbnails over a 3D preview, and generator parameters on the right.

First test: build a tiling brick material from three nodes and check the tile seams, then change one parameter and watch the graph re-evaluate.

WordCraft — word processing (replaces Word)

The page shows a ribbon over a two-page document, a navigation pane and a styles gallery with live previews — a deliberate Word-style layout, which matters for muscle memory.

First test: open a real .docx with headings, a table of contents and tracked changes, then save it back and reopen in Word or LibreOffice.

SoundCraft — audio (replaces Audition)

The page shows an Edit window with waveforms, MIDI tracks, rulers, markers and transport controls. Audio and MIDI in one window puts it closer to a DAW than an audio editor.

First test: record a take through your own interface and check latency and monitoring, then render a mix and compare it with the source.

DeckCraft — presentations (replaces PowerPoint)

The page shows a ribbon, slide thumbnails, a notes panel and a vector process diagram on the canvas. Vector shapes plus speaker notes is the minimum for a real deck.

First test: build three slides with a diagram, apply a theme change across all of them, then export to PDF and look for reflowed text.

CADCraft — CAD and drafting (replaces AutoCAD)

The page shows a floor plan with pick-point wall hatching, room schedules, dimensions and a command line. Bringing back a command line is a strong signal the team understands CAD users.

First test: draw a small plan with walls and dimensions, change a dimension, and see whether the drawing updates or the annotation detaches.

GridCraft — spreadsheets (replaces Excel)

The page shows a styled table with conditional formatting, sparklines, and both column and pie charts.

First test: open a workbook with formulas, a summary table and a chart. Recalculating an existing file is the only test that matters first.

Craft Anything — software exploration (no Adobe counterpart)

The sixteenth app is not an Adobe replacement. The page shows a website project with build checks, an approval request and a plan: describe, review the plan, approve, watch the checks.

First test: start a one-page project and actually read the plan before approving. The plan is the product.

Questions

How many apps does ArtCraft have?

Sixteen at the time of writing.

Are they one program?

No. They are separate apps, installed and updated by a shared launcher.

Which apps are usable today?

The four marked early alpha: PhotoCraft, PdfCraft, FigCraft and Craft Anything.

Is Craft Anything an Adobe replacement?

No. It is a tool for exploring and building software.

Which app replaces Lightroom?

LightCraft, the photo library and raw developer. It is in development.