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Activeregular commits and releases- Activity
- 67
- Community
- 32
- Issues
- 91
- Pull requests
- 72
- Closes issues faster than 82% of the projects we track
- Releases more often than 79% of the projects we track
- Fewer contributors than 82% of the projects we track
ArtCraft is an actively maintained, visually oriented AI creation workspace for people who need more composition control than prompting alone provides.
Good fit if
- You are an artist, designer, or filmmaker who wants to combine 2D editing and 3D scene planning with AI generation.
- You want image, video, audio, mesh, and world-generation workflows in one desktop application.
- You can work with a Rust-based project and accept its dual MIT or Apache-2.0 licensing.
Look elsewhere if
- You need a focused command-line tool or a server-side generation service rather than a desktop creative workspace.
- Your workflow depends on a provider or capability that is not currently supported in the app.
- You need Linux downloads rather than building from source.
All health signals
| Last commit | 2026-10-11 (6 days ago) |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 90 days | 26 |
| Releases, last 12 months | 26 (latest artcraft-v0.41.0, 2026-09-26) |
| Contributors | 3 (top contributor: 73% of commits) |
| Issues closed, last 90 days | 31+ (typically closed in 0 days) |
| Pull requests merged, last 90 days | 39 (typically merged in 0 days) |
| Project age | 4 years |
Checked on 2026-10-18 with the GitHub API.
Overview
ArtCraft is a Rust desktop IDE for interactive AI image and video creation, aimed at artists, designers, and filmmakers. Rather than relying only on prompts, it lets creators compose in 2D and stage scenes in 3D to guide image and video generation toward more precise, repeatable results.
The project supports Windows and macOS downloads, with Linux available as a source build. Its workflow suits people who want visual control over composition, characters, and camera placement alongside access to multiple generation models.
Key Features
- Generate images from text prompts and edit images with prompts, drawing, masks, and inpainting.
- Compose with image layers, background removal, 3D backdrops, foregrounds, and props.
- Stage scenes with 3D meshes, kitbashed assets, character poses, and camera framing.
- Turn images into 3D meshes and use generated worlds, including Gaussian splats.
- Generate video from images and choose from supported video models.
- Access image, video, music and sound, mesh, and world generation workflows in one desktop app.
Use Cases
- A concept artist can block out a scene and refine generated images with layers, masks, and 3D props.
- A filmmaker can plan character poses and camera framing before generating a shot, or animate a still image into video.
- A designer can explore prompt-based image ideas, then make targeted edits in the canvas rather than repeatedly rewriting prompts.
- A creator developing several shots in one setting can use image-to-location workflows to maintain a consistent environment.
What you need
Detected in the repository
- Rust (from Cargo.toml)
- Automated checks on GitHub Actions
License in plain words
Apache-2.0permissive
- Commercial use: yes
- Modify and redistribute: yes
- You must keep: the license, the NOTICE file and a note of your changes
- Share your changes: no
- Includes an explicit patent grant from the contributors:
A summary, not legal advice: the LICENSE file is what applies.
Getting Started
Download the Windows or macOS app from getartcraft.com, or see the GitHub releases. For Linux or development, follow the build-from-source guide. See the README for feature and model details.
Alternatives
- Open-Higgsfield-AI: Open-Higgsfield-AI is a self-hosted JavaScript studio for image and cinematic workflows, while ArtCraft is a Rust desktop IDE with 2D compositing and 3D tools.
- palmier-pro: Palmier Pro focuses on timeline-based video editing and MCP agent workflows on macOS, while ArtCraft centers on AI media creation with 2D and 3D scene tools.
| Project | Language | License | Stars | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| artcraft | Rust | Apache-2.0 | 32.1k | Active |
| Open-Higgsfield-AI | JavaScript | – | 180 | Quiet |
| palmier-pro | Swift | GPL-3.0 | 14.5k | Active |
Considerations
The project is active, with regular commits and releases and recent issue and pull-request handling. The measured contributor pool is small, so teams adopting it should account for a relatively compact development community. The README also identifies provider integrations and preview material as still planned or forthcoming, and notes that some catalog models are disabled or unavailable in the desktop app. Linux is supported through a source build rather than the listed stable downloads.
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