Solo developer rebuilds Adobe Creative Suite in Rust using Claude, releases it free to all
Multiple Adobe creative tools were recreated using Claude and made open-source by one person.
A developer, operating under the Reddit username u/ai_art_is_art, has created an alternative to Adobe Creative Suite using the Claude AI platform. The project, which includes PhotoCraft, LightCraft, ImageCraft, FilmCraft, and more, can be downloaded from their GitHub page. However, other users have expressed concerns about safety and functionality.
Adobe has long been the industry standard for creative tools, with decades of dominance in the market. The Reddit user aimed to create an open-source version of the popular suite, planning to achieve 100% parity with Adobe's products within a month. The projects are all built in Rust, as emphasized by the creator in their GitHub repositories.
While there are numerous free alternatives to Adobe products, they often have different layouts and workflows. Affinity, for example, competes with Photoshop but still requires a learning curve and lacks an integrated suite of products like Adobe.
The developer's goal with this project is to unify the experience, providing a consistent layout and functionality across multiple creative products. They have also focused on AI integration, making the creative software agent-native. This allows AI to easily use the tools and menus through a JSON control channel and an MCP server, enabling users to let the AI create art directly within the software.
Despite mixed reactions, some people have warned that it is stealing from Adobe and could face a lawsuit, while others claim it is a clean-room reimplementation with no Adobe source code used or copied. One commenter sarcastically referred to the project as 'Piracy,' while others support the developer, citing Adobe's questionable business practices.
Skeptics raise concerns about the safety of the software, given the large amount of potentially buggy code generated by the AI. A 2026 State of Code Developer Survey by Sonar indicates that 96% of developers do not fully trust AI-generated code. Privacy issues, malicious code, unsafe file handling, and more are among the concerns raised.
Excited testers claim this could be a legitimate Adobe alternative, but others believe it might just be more 'vibecoded AI slop.' It remains to be seen how many developers will collaborate to improve upon this project and fill in the missing features it aims to replicate.
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