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Oct 16

Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics, page layout, interface design, word processing, audio, presentations, CAD and spreadsheets. Native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.

https://getartcraft.com/apps

https://www.zdnet.com/tech/free-microsoft-word-clone-alternative-linux-wordcraft/

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https://github.com/storytold/wordcraft

https://getartcraft.com/apps/wordcraft

Next in line: CatCraft? Reverse-engineered Trados (or Déjà Vu): Trados (Déjà Vu) rebuilt in Rust, fast, stable and free.



[Edited at 2026-10-16 06:26 GMT]

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Asjad Aamir
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Looking forward to CatCraft Oct 16

An ambitious lineup — having one craft-oriented suite covering image, vector, video and layout work would be handy for translators who wear many hats. The CatCraft idea is the one I'd watch most closely, since lightweight CAT tools are exactly where many of us want to see innovation. How far along is the reverse-engineering effort, and is there an early build that translators could try?
 
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It was a question Oct 16

Asjad Aamir wrote:

An ambitious lineup — having one craft-oriented suite covering image, vector, video and layout work would be handy for translators who wear many hats. The CatCraft idea is the one I'd watch most closely, since lightweight CAT tools are exactly where many of us want to see innovation. How far along is the reverse-engineering effort, and is there an early build that translators could try?


I don't believe the development of CatCraft has started yet. However, there are alternatives, such as Simpelvertaler, Supervertaler, and some paid ones.
 
Rodolfo Raya
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Dreams Oct 16

The reality is that none of those apps is production-ready yet.

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PAS
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"Reverse-engineered Trados..."

From what I've read, all code was written from scratch in Rust using Claude.
They are apparently alpha versions, released a week ago or so, so the future's wide open
 
Peter Motte
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Don't use free apps Oct 19

It's clear why you shouldn't use free apps. They will steal your work. Don't believe what they tell you.
 
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Which craft? Oct 20

PAS wrote:

"Reverse-engineered Trados..."

From what I've read, all code was written from scratch in Rust using Claude.
They are apparently alpha versions, released a week ago or so, so the future's wide open


ZD Net:

Like the other ArtCraft apps, the team wrote PDFCraft in Rust, using AI to reverse-engineer the original into an app available for Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS, and Windows.

https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/artcraft-pdf-editor-adobe-acrobat-clone-hands-on/

Review: https://youtu.be/cisRUGPpkYE?is=Xp8DrMEewbh7lwTc

The video sounds more like a promotional video.

By the way, a colleague of mine suggested the name "Craftwerk" for this suite.


[Edited at 2026-10-20 07:48 GMT]
 
Joakim Braun
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Featured in... Oct 22

See Ars Technica and especially the comment thread there.
 
PAS
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Reverse Oct 22

Hm, OK, however it's ambiguous in the very least.

Here:
https://innfactory.ai/en/blog/ai-rebuilt-photoshop-word-reverse-engineering/

He apparently says he specifically avoided using reverse engineering tools. And apparently Adobe and MS are not suing (yet...).

I don't quite understand why (or how) free apps will stea... See more
Hm, OK, however it's ambiguous in the very least.

Here:
https://innfactory.ai/en/blog/ai-rebuilt-photoshop-word-reverse-engineering/

He apparently says he specifically avoided using reverse engineering tools. And apparently Adobe and MS are not suing (yet...).

I don't quite understand why (or how) free apps will steal your (whose?) work. I use some free software, in some cases I gave money to the developers because I like the software so much. If provided for free willingly... ▲ Collapse
 


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