Free and open source
Is PhotoCraft free? Downloads, source code and practical limits
Official PhotoCraft downloads are free. Check the project’s own source and licenses for the terms that apply to code and redistribution.
Download the editor without a subscription
The PhotoCraft product page (opens a new tab) describes the editor as free and open source. You can obtain its official desktop releases through the download hub without buying Photoshop or an Adobe subscription.
PhotoCraft is one of ArtCraft’s Crafting Apps. The separate ArtCraft AI image/video studio is a different product, so a pricing page for that studio does not establish the cost of the PhotoCraft editor.
A free download is useful for learning and evaluating the application, but price does not establish feature completeness or PSD fidelity. Start with a practice project and keep copies of important files.
Official sources: PhotoCraft product page (opens a new tab) · PhotoCraft README (opens a new tab).
Read the source and its license files
The public source is storytold/photocraft on GitHub (opens a new tab). The repository contains LICENSE-MIT (opens a new tab) and LICENSE-APACHE (opens a new tab); read them alongside the project’s notice and dependency attribution files before modifying or redistributing a build.
Source-code licensing, bundled fonts and assets, and product names are separate considerations. Do not assume the project’s license gives you ownership of its branding or of every image someone opens in the app. Keep required notices when distributing material that uses them.
For building rather than installing, follow the Rust source-build guide. Most users can evaluate the editor using a packaged release instead.
Evaluate suitability separately from price
The project describes PhotoCraft as early alpha. Before switching an important workflow, list the required tools, fonts, file formats and recipient’s expectations. Check one representative task from opening to exported or editable delivery.
If you exchange PSDs, verify appearance and retained editability on a copy, then reopen the saved result in the destination application. A successful simple file does not establish that every complex client project will behave the same way.
Our PhotoCraft and Photoshop comparison helps organize those checks. This independent guide does not provide a hands-on review or guarantee that free software meets every professional requirement.
The project describes PhotoCraft as early alpha. This guide summarizes public documentation; it is not a hands-on review or a promise that your files will work unchanged.