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ArtCraft Apps – open-source Adobe compatible suite written in Rust

102 points · 115 comments · aghuang

praet · 1791164712 · focus · HN ↗
Adobe's moat is so small, so it's a matter of time until someone frustrated with their pricing would rather just rebuild the entire Creative Suite. I have also rebuilt the features from Photoshop I want using Rust recently (primarily because the company I work for started blocking Photopea, but I digress...) and it's been a great to work with. I can imagine the same would hold true for Lightroom, Illustrator, and Indesign.
Overall, looks like a cool project. Looking forward to the *Craft repos on github gaining traction
1. tonyedgecombe · 1791179347 · focus · HN ↗
  Adobe’s problem isn’t that we replace their tools with AI created tools. It’s that we replace the use of their tools with the use of AI.
  1. VerifiedReports · 1791183684 · focus · HN ↗
    Yep. You've jumped right to the end of this story.
    I think the same thing about the endless proliferation of Web-dev frameworks. Why bother? Just have AI write it in native JS or WebAssembly and be done with it.

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