#77th of 49 in Desktop AI appsFor image, video and design, image and design
artcraft
Desktop app for staging 2D and 3D scenes before generating images and video
- Stars
- 40.6k
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Nov 2026
- Language
- Rust
1,778 on 20 Apr 202640,627 on 9 Nov 2026
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Overview
ArtCraft is a Rust desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux that combines a 2D canvas with a 3D scene stage. You pose characters, block scenes and composite layers, then send the result to hosted image, video, 3D mesh, music or world-generation models. Generation goes through providers such as ArtCraft's own catalog, Grok, Midjourney, Sora and World Labs.
Who it is for: Artists and filmmakers who want visual control over AI image and video
Ranked among open-source alternatives to ChatGPT (#10 of 10).
Strengths
- 3D scene staging, character posing and camera placement before generation
- Large catalog: 62 ArtCraft-listed models across image, video, audio, 3D and worlds
- Canvas tools for masks, inpainting, background removal and layer compositing
- Packages for Windows, macOS and Linux, including AppImage, DEB, RPM, Arch and Flatpak
Weaknesses
- Generation uses hosted providers; no local model inference is described
- Some catalog models are disabled or restricted in the desktop app
- Kling, Google, Runway and Luma integrations are still only planned
- README says dual MIT or Apache-2.0, while detected license is Apache-2.0 only
What it needs
- Needs ArtCraft hosted generation service, Grok, Midjourney, Sora, World Labs
- Models: Nano Banana, GPT Image, FLUX, Seedream, Seedance
Quick answers
Is artcraft open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license.
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