Developer builds 7 free Adobe alternatives using Claude AI

Developer Brandon Thomas has released ArtCraft, an open-source project of seven apps mimicking Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere Pro. Built in Rust with Anthropic's Claude AI, early tests found issues with HEIC support and file saving.

• ArtCraft includes 7 apps modeled after Adobe Creative Cloud tools
• Project is written in Rust with Claude AI and hosted on GitHub
• Testing found HEIC and file-saving issues in PhotoCraft
• Supports macOS, Windows and Linux, but features vary by app