ArtCraft Launcher

One place to install, update and open every app in the Craft App Suite, rebuilt in pure Rust.
PhotoCraft, LightCraft, FilmCraft, DesignCraft, VectorCraft, PdfCraft, EffectCraft, WordCraft,
DeckCraft, GridCraft, CADCraft and SoundCraft: the right build for your computer, kept up to date.

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ArtCraft Launcher on macOS in the grid view (dark theme): a card for each Craft App with its icon, status, version, release date and an Install or Open button, grouped into classic and new apps

The same apps in the table view (light theme), with columns for what each app is inspired by, its status, installed and latest versions, and release date
_{Switch between the grid and a sortable table.}

What it does

The Craft apps each ship their own builds for every platform. ArtCraft Launcher saves you from hunting through a dozen release pages: it lists every app in the suite, shows which ones you have and which version, installs the right build for your operating system and processor, and tells you when an update is out. It is a small native app that can sit in your menu bar or system tray.

Features

📦 Install in one click

Picks the right download for your OS and CPU (DMG, MSI, AppImage, .deb, .rpm and more), checks it against the release's SHA-256 checksums and installs it.

🔄 Stay up to date

Checks each app's GitHub releases and updates the ones you have. A notification tells you when there's something new.

🧭 Always at hand

Opens any Craft app from one window, or from the tray and menu-bar icon. Native egui, no Electron, no web view.

The web version shows the same catalog in the browser, with the latest download for each app.

Interface languages

The interface is in English, Brazilian Portuguese (Português (Brasil)), French (Français), German (Deutsch), Russian (Русский) or Simplified Chinese (简体中文). Auto, the default, follows the system or browser language; Settings → Language picks one and switches at once, and the choice is kept between runs. German locales (de-DE, de-AT, de-CH, de_DE.UTF-8…) select German, French ones (fr-FR, fr-CA…) French, and Portuguese ones (pt-BR, and pt-PT too, for now) Brazilian Portuguese. Simplified Chinese locales (zh-CN, zh-SG, zh-Hans, and POSIX forms such as zh_CN.UTF-8) select Chinese; Traditional Chinese ones don’t. To try a language without changing the setting, start the desktop app with ARTCRAFT_LAUNCHER_LOCALE=pt-BR, or add ?lang=ru to the web address.

Chinese is drawn with the system’s own Chinese font (PingFang on macOS, Microsoft YaHei on Windows, Noto Sans CJK or WenQuanYi on Linux and FreeBSD). Where there is none, and in the web version, the interface stays in English and Settings says why. Product names and release notes stay as published; text without a translation falls back to English.

Where apps are installed

ArtCraft Launcher installs each app where your system normally keeps applications, using the app’s official release package, so an app installed by the launcher is the same as one you installed by hand (and the launcher finds apps you installed yourself):