Graphite vs PhotoCraft
Graphite and PhotoCraft are both image editing software. Graphite is open source under Apache-2.0, with 28k GitHub stars. PhotoCraft is open source under Apache-2.0, with 76k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Graphite when
- You want to experiment with procedural, non-destructive 2D design in an open-source tool.
- Pick PhotoCraft when
- You want to try a native open-source Photoshop-style editor and can accept missing features.
Side by side
A browser-based vector and raster graphics editor that combines layers with a node-based procedural engine for design, digital art and motion graphics.
A Rust image editor positioned as a clean-room Photoshop reimplementation, with layers, masks, adjustment layers, type, vectors, brushes and PSD files.
Still alpha with no tagged releases; not yet a replacement for Illustrator or Photoshop.
Created one month ago; the star count far outruns its track record, and PSD fidelity is unproven.
Experimental (both)
Cloud service and desktop app
Desktop app
Rust, Svelte and TypeScript
Rust and WGSL
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive) (both)
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice. (both)
28k GitHub stars
76k GitHub stars
Established: started 6 years ago, no tagged release yet.
New: started 1 month ago, latest release v0.20.1.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.