Developer recreates seven Adobe apps as open-source tools with Claude
What happened
On 8 October 2026, Ars Technica reported that a developer used Claude Opus 5.5 to build open-source alternatives to seven Adobe applications. The apps were released under the Artcraft brand, which had previously focused on controllable AI image and video editing and has now shifted to a set of seven open-source applications recreating the interfaces and tools of Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom, After Effects, InDesign and Acrobat Pro. The report did not mention release dates, how complete the features are, or the specific differences from Adobe's originals.
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- Ars Technica · AI“Software is over”: Bold AI developer takes aim at Adobe with open source clones
Opus-built Creative Cloud alternatives are ambitious, free, and nowhere near finished.
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