vectorcraft

VectorCraft is a free, open-source Illustrator-style vector app. It has pen tools, Pathfinder and Gradient Mesh, and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and in a browser. Note: it is in alpha, about 65% ready for real work by the makers' estimate. GitHub: storytold/vectorcraft

A full vector art app in pure Rust that renders 20,000 shapes in about 27 ms and lets AI agents draw too. 🔗 storytold/vectorcraft Credits: storytold/vectorcraft #vectorcraft #rust #rustlang

Free open-source alternatives to Photoshop and Illustrator: 10 updates merged in PhotoCraft and VectorCraft this week (our project, AI-coded) Disclosure first: this is our project. An AI coding agent (GitHub: nrq6993-a11y) works live 24/7 on twitch.tv/grokstream and sends PRs to PhotoCraft (a Photoshop-style image editor) and VectorCraft (an Illustrator-style vector editor), two free, open-source Rust apps from storytold's ArtCraft family. They run on Windows, macOS and Linux. The code is AI-written and this text is AI-assisted; human maintainers review and merge every PR. What the latest 10 merged PRs change: PhotoCraft (3 of these started as user bug reports): - Layer Style: reopening the dialog on a gradient overlay with more than two stops reset the colours to black-to-white. Now it keeps your From/To colours, reverse, style, angle and scale (#7072) - Color panel: in a short Color dock the hex and RGB readout got pushed out of view. The colour field now shrinks so they stay visible (#6963; CMYK/HSL modes are not done yet) - Exposure: fields with two decimals stepped by whole stops with arrow keys and scrubbing; now 0.01 (#5927) - History panel scrolls to the current state when the document changes (#5940) - Saved workspaces now show up in Window > Workspace and the top-bar switcher (#5631) VectorCraft: - Linux: the window reopens maximized if you closed it maximized (#3660) - Preferences > File Handling > Use Low Resolution Proxy for Linked EPS was stored but ignored. Now linked EPS images keep their saved preview until Update Links (#2975) - Mixed paragraphs: the direction buttons (#3648) and the Hyphenation dialog (#3649) show "mixed" (nothing selected, blank fields) instead of the first paragraph's value - Test only: a regression test locks in the existing 4096-filter cap on imported Illustrator art styles (#3662) 109 merged so far (92 VectorCraft, 17 PhotoCraft). Repos: storytold/photocraft and storytold/vectorcraft If the tokens are useful to you, donations pay for them: donate.stripe.com Question for you: what's the one feature you'd need before switching from a paid editor to a free one? We take reports as GitHub issues.

Free open-source Illustrator alternative VectorCraft: fill/stroke drag in the Color Picker now works, Arc tool click-for-options, and 4 more merged (our project, AI-coded) Disclosure first: this is our project. An AI coding agent (GitHub: nrq6993-a11y) works live 24/7 on twitch.tv/grokstream and sends PRs to VectorCraft, a free, open-source vector editor (Rust) from storytold's ArtCraft apps, built as an Illustrator alternative. The code is AI-written and this text is AI-assisted; human maintainers review and merge every PR. Nothing here is for sale. What the latest 6 merged PRs change: - Color Picker: dragging the fill square onto the stroke square (or back) was allowed but did nothing. Now the Color Picker and the fill/stroke chip popover show the Fill/Stroke pair and dropping one on the other applies that paint, like Illustrator (#3533, user report #3440) - "Type on a Path just makes a plain text box" (user report #3505): click the path's edge (its outline), not inside the fill. A click inside the fill makes ordinary text, the same as Illustrator. This PR only adds a regression test that locks that behavior in (#3534) - Arc tool: one click on the artboard (no drag) opens an Arc options dialog with length, angle and Closed, like Line Segment (#3507) - Mixed paragraphs: the Hyphenate checkbox (#3537), Kinsoku/Mojikumi dropdowns (#3539) and the Justification dialog fields (#3542) show off/blank when the selected paragraphs disagree, instead of copying the first paragraph's value Each PR is small and ships a test named after the behavior. 99 merged so far (87 VectorCraft, 12 PhotoCraft). Repo: storytold/vectorcraft If you left Illustrator: which missing feature or bug stops you from switching to a free editor? We take reports as GitHub issues.

All 9 merged. User-reported drag fix: vectorcraft#3492 VectorCraft #3492 #3502 #3493 #3498 #3518 #3468 #2883 #3506 #3523 Which ArtCraft bug next?

VectorCraft, a free open-source vector editor that runs on Linux: 9 fixes merged this week, incl. .ase swatch libraries in the Linux file picker (our project, AI-coded) Disclosure first: this is our project. An AI coding agent (GitHub: nrq6993-a11y) works live 24/7 on twitch.tv/grokstream and sends PRs to VectorCraft, a free, open-source vector editor from storytold's ArtCraft apps (Rust + egui; it runs on Linux). The code is AI-written and this text is AI-assisted; human maintainers review and merge every PR. What the latest 9 merged PRs change (6 came from user reports, several on Linux): - Swatch Libraries > Other Library on Linux: .ase files were greyed out because the file portal defaulted to "All readable files". Swatch-library formats are now the default filter (#3493, fixes #3465) - Dragging the stroke color onto the fill square (or back) did nothing; now it copies that paint (#3492, reported on Linux, #3467) - Opening a recent file from Home that is already open now switches to its tab instead of opening a second window (#3502) - Pattern editing: the Overlap setting now changes which tile is painted in front (#3498) - Imported .acb color books are titled by file name (#3518) - Ellipse pie angle fields sit under an "Ellipse Properties" header (#3468) - New Effect > Effect Gallery: browse raster filters, build a stack, apply as one undo (#2883) - The package status message can now be translated (#3506); Paragraph menu shows no check for mixed composers (#3523) Each PR is small and ships a regression test named after the behavior. 93 merged so far (81 VectorCraft, 12 PhotoCraft). Repo: storytold/vectorcraft Linux users: what's missing or broken for you in an open-source vector editor? We take reports as GitHub issues. The app is free; donations buy the agent's tokens: donate.stripe.com

All 12 are merged: vectorcraft#3000 (fixes user report #2995) + #3398 #3411 #3101 #3136 #3026 #3061 #3070 #3075 #3053 #3091 #3139 Which ArtCraft bug should the AI take on next?

PR: vectorcraft#3091 · Donations buy the AI its tokens: donate.stripe.com

[Rust] VectorCraft, a free open-source vector editor: our AI coding agent just got 6 PRs merged (3 Sketch effects, Art brush Overlap, grid reference point, a selection fix) Disclosure first: I'm not a VectorCraft maintainer. grokstream is our project: an AI coding agent (GitHub: nrq6993-a11y) that works live 24/7 on twitch.tv/grokstream and sends PRs to storytold's ArtCraft apps. The code in these PRs is AI-written. A human maintainer of storytold/vectorcraft reviewed and merged each one. Repo: storytold/vectorcraft (Rust, Apache-2.0). VectorCraft is a vector art tool written from scratch in pure Rust, part of the free ArtCraft family of creative apps. What the latest 6 merged PRs add: 1. Three new Sketch raster effects. Effect › Sketch › Chrome (#2985, Detail and Smoothness sliders), Plaster (#2990, Image Balance, Smoothness and 8 light directions) and Note Paper (#2954, Image Balance, Graininess and Relief). They keep transparent areas transparent, are wired into the effect catalog and menus, and come with regression tests. 2. Art brush Overlap option (#3056). A new checkbox in Art Brush Options. When it's on, the art is bent on each straight run between path corners, so sharp turns don't stack overlapping copies of the brush art. It's off by default, so existing brushes look the same. There's a regression test on a right-angle path. 3. Reference point in the grid dialogs (#3057). The Rectangular Grid and Polar Grid click dialogs get the nine-point reference locator: changing width or height resizes around the chosen point (default stays top-left). It's a partial follow-up to a user report about missing Polar Grid options (#1377). 4. Group Selection Shift-click deselect (#3050). Shift-clicking an already selected object with Group Selection, including one path of a compound path, now removes it from the selection on release (unless you drag), the same as the Selection tool. It follows up on a user report (#2441) that asked for Shift-click add/remove. PRs: vectorcraft#2985 · vectorcraft#2990 · vectorcraft#2954 · vectorcraft#3056 · vectorcraft#3057 · vectorcraft#3050 Running total: 40 of the agent's 104 VectorCraft PRs are merged so far (61 still open). What would you hand to an AI agent next in an open-source creative app? The apps are free; donations buy the AI's tokens: donate.stripe.com

my wireframe made painstakingly in figma i would much rather prefer adobe illustrator or something similar. ive yet to try out that adobe illustrator rust clone, (VectorArt)[storytold/vectorcraft] t.co