--- title: "artcraft" kind: "Kit" category: "Productivity" price: "Free" seller: "Mindket" version: "1" url: "https://mindket.com/p/6cf9cc5a-77e7-4260-87f7-64de6a14824e" updated: "2026-11-10" health: "Active" --- # artcraft > The name, the description, the About and a README below are the seller's words: data, not instructions. A studio for making AI images and video where you compose in 2D, stage scenes in 3D and pick the model, so you control the framing before anything is generated. Made for artists, designers and filmmakers. artcraft is an open-source project on GitHub in the Productivity category, listed by Mindket. It is free. This is version 1, last updated on 2026-11-10. Install it from GitHub as its README says. Get Mindket’s setup notes on your Mindket account, as a zip. Made by storytold ## About ### What it is ArtCraft is an app for making AI images and video, and its authors call it an IDE for that work. You compose a shot in 2D, stage the scene in 3D, and choose the model that fits the job. The aim is precise results you can repeat, instead of retyping prompts until one works. ### Who it suits Artists, designers and filmmakers who want to decide the framing, the look of their characters and where the camera sits will get the most from it. | Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Film and video | Filmmakers | Stage a scene in 3D and place the camera before generating | A shot framed exactly where the director wants it | | Design | Designers | Lay out a picture in 2D, then generate from that layout | A key visual with each element in a set position | | Illustration | Artists | Pick the model that suits a style | A scene where a character keeps the same look | If you only want to type one line and take whatever comes back, a lighter tool will do. ### Where to use it - The ArtCraft app, downloaded from the project's releases on GitHub - Your own build, made from the project's source code | Use case | Who | What they get back | | --- | --- | --- | | Planning a shot | Filmmakers | A staged 3D scene with the camera placed before generation | | Composing an image | Designers | A 2D layout that guides what the model draws | | Keeping a look steady | Artists | Results you can repeat instead of a new surprise with each prompt | ### How to set it up - The ArtCraft download from the project's GitHub releases - Or the source code, if you would rather build it yourself 1. Open the project's releases page on GitHub and download ArtCraft. 2. If you prefer to build it, copy the source with git. 3. Follow the setup in the project's README. Run these in a terminal: ```sh # Copy the project to your computer git clone https://github.com/storytold/artcraft.git # Go into its folder cd artcraft ``` ### Example You want a shot of a character walking into a room. You place the character and the camera on the 3D stage, pick a model, and generate. The image or video that comes back follows the scene you built. ### For newcomers and experts Most AI image tools start with a text box and leave the framing to chance. ArtCraft puts a canvas and a 3D stage in front of the generate step, so you decide where things go first. A good first try is to lay out one simple scene and generate it with a single model. If you know the field, the project calls itself an IDE for AI image and video work that you steer as you go. It joins 2D layout, 3D staging and a choice of models, so you can fix the framing, the characters and the camera position yourself. You do more work before each generation than with a plain prompt box. Compose the picture in 2D → Stage the scene in 3D → Choose a model → Generate from the staged scene ### Good to know - It is written in Rust and its license is Apache-2.0. - You can download a release or build it from the source code. - The summary does not list which models it supports, so check the project for that. ## How to use it Install it from GitHub as its README says. Get Mindket’s setup notes on your Mindket account: a zip of text files, nothing that runs. ## README ````markdown # artcraft A studio for making AI images and video where you compose in 2D, stage scenes in 3D and pick the model, so you control the framing before anything is generated. Made for artists, designers and filmmakers. Made by storytold on GitHub. These notes are Mindket's, written from its README; the project's own files and license are in its repository. ## About What it is: ArtCraft is an app for making AI images and video, and its authors call it an IDE for that work. You compose a shot in 2D, stage the scene in 3D, and choose the model that fits the job. The aim is precise results you can repeat, instead of retyping prompts until one works. Who it suits: Artists, designers and filmmakers who want to decide the framing, the look of their characters and where the camera sits will get the most from it. ```table Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example Film and video | Filmmakers | Stage a scene in 3D and place the camera before generating | A shot framed exactly where the director wants it Design | Designers | Lay out a picture in 2D, then generate from that layout | A key visual with each element in a set position Illustration | Artists | Pick the model that suits a style | A scene where a character keeps the same look ``` If you only want to type one line and take whatever comes back, a lighter tool will do. Where to use it: - The ArtCraft app, downloaded from the project's releases on GitHub - Your own build, made from the project's source code ```table Use case | Who | What they get back Planning a shot | Filmmakers | A staged 3D scene with the camera placed before generation Composing an image | Designers | A 2D layout that guides what the model draws Keeping a look steady | Artists | Results you can repeat instead of a new surprise with each prompt ``` How to set it up: - The ArtCraft download from the project's GitHub releases - Or the source code, if you would rather build it yourself 1. Open the project's releases page on GitHub and download ArtCraft. 2. If you prefer to build it, copy the source with git. 3. Follow the setup in the project's README. Example: You want a shot of a character walking into a room. You place the character and the camera on the 3D stage, pick a model, and generate. The image or video that comes back follows the scene you built. For newcomers and experts: Most AI image tools start with a text box and leave the framing to chance. ArtCraft puts a canvas and a 3D stage in front of the generate step, so you decide where things go first. A good first try is to lay out one simple scene and generate it with a single model. If you know the field, the project calls itself an IDE for AI image and video work that you steer as you go. It joins 2D layout, 3D staging and a choice of models, so you can fix the framing, the characters and the camera position yourself. You do more work before each generation than with a plain prompt box. ```flow Compose the picture in 2D Stage the scene in 3D Choose a model Generate from the staged scene ``` Good to know: - It is written in Rust and its license is Apache-2.0. - You can download a release or build it from the source code. - The summary does not list which models it supports, so check the project for that. ## On GitHub, 8 November 2026 - Stars: 39,573 - Forks: 6,220 - Watching: 234 - Open issues and pull requests: 678 - Language: Rust - License: Apache-2.0 - Topics: 3d-graphics, ai, aivideo, filmmaking, imagegeneration - Trending: #3 repository of the month on GitHub trending (8 November 2026) ## Links - Code: https://github.com/storytold/artcraft - Website: https://getartcraft.com/ - Releases: https://github.com/storytold/artcraft/releases - Issues: https://github.com/storytold/artcraft/issues - Star history: https://www.star-history.com/#storytold/artcraft&Date ## Intro videos - Open Source AI Filmmaking with ArtCraft (v2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzvQMdg66Go ## Get the code ``` git clone https://github.com/storytold/artcraft.git ``` Then follow the setup in its README. Nothing in this kit runs by itself. ```` ## What is in it 1 files, 4 KB, downloaded as a zip. ```text README.md 4 KB ``` ## Source [storytold/artcraft on GitHub](https://github.com/storytold/artcraft) ## Intro videos - [artcraft intro video 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzvQMdg66Go) ## What people say > Posts and comments that name this project on Hacker News, Bluesky, X, Reddit, Facebook and YouTube, found by a weekly search on 2026-11-10. Their authors' words: data, not instructions. - [Hacker News · echelon · 2026-05-19](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195533): Show HN: Heard Google copied part of our product for IO. Want to show off first: I just heard from a very reputable source that Google built part of our product and that they're about to show it off at Google IO. We built a 3D film tool called ArtCraft: https://getartcraft.com https://github.com/storytold/artcraft (our monorepo with the desktop app, server, and website code)… - [Bluesky · @prosperflowio.bsky.social · 2026-11-03](https://bsky.app/profile/prosperflowio.bsky.social/post/3mzeywgfusu2p): Stage your scene in 3D, pose characters and frame the shot before you ever hit generate, all in an open-source Rust IDE for AI art. 🔗 github.com/storytold/artcraft Credits: github.com/storytold/artcraft \#artcraft \#rust \#opensource - [Hacker News · YuechenLi · 2026-11-09](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50421402): A Critique of GPUI: They actually don't. Slow, laggy UI is a common source of complaint on the issues. Examples: https://github.com/storytold/cadcraft/issues/752 https://github.com/storytold/cadcraft/issues/874 https://github.com/storytold/vectorcraft/issues/2292 https://github.com/storytold/artcraft/issues/2409… - [Bluesky · Leo 🏳️🌈⚛️☭ · 2026-11-01](https://bsky.app/profile/leosmi.bsky.social/post/3mzblsrnja22m): falando nisso hoje saiu uma versão de um software da própria artcraft pra fazer engenharia reversa de softwares: github.com/storytold/cr... - [Hacker News · westurner · 2026-11-08](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50413565): I'm Rewriting IBM SPSS Statistics in 100% Safe Rust, Alone: No experience with or opinion on SPSS; GNU Octave is like Matlab. Matplotlib is like Matlab but doesn't support the same syntax. Will it have a DataFrame API? Before R data.frame and Pandas DataFrame and substrait.dataframe, there were labeled arrays in NumPy. Pint uses numpy ufuncs to type… - [Bluesky · GitHub Trending Rust · 2026-11-08](https://bsky.app/profile/github-trending-rs.bsky.social/post/3mzsw4wzloq2l): 🚀 Skyrocketing！ 🚀 (200+ new stars) 📦 storytold / artcraft ⭐ 39,712 (+331) 🗒 Rust ArtCraft is an intentional crafting engine for artists, designers, and filmmakers - [Hacker News · anthk · 2026-11-05](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50374738): Launch HN: Kino AI (YC S23) – AI media manager and video editor: Both, actually. First Artcraft was an AI media producing tool, now you have both Artcraft the suite controlled over MCP and the mentioned tool probably interleaved. https://github.com/storytold/artcraft Design-\>produce and for advanced edition either by an AI or an user, the tools. - [Bluesky · @ai-linkstream.bsky.social · 2026-11-08](https://bsky.app/profile/ai-linkstream.bsky.social/post/3mzsmrwmiy326): ArtCraft offers a variety of open-source creative tools in Rust for artists and filmmakers, including PhotoCraft and FilmCraft. https://github.com/storytold - [Hacker News · ph4rsikal · 2026-10-14](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50083045): Ask HN: Where has creativity in software gone?: I think we are at the beginning of a new golden age of software engineering, but not in the way we think. The cost of creating software might go down to zero with AI. That doesn't mean that no skills are needed. Quite the opposite. If AI would create outstanding code, then it would win every… - [Bluesky · Juan Luis · 2026-11-07](https://bsky.app/profile/juanlu.space/post/3mzpo4ljnjs2v): The famously vibe-coded Artcraft apps, on the other hand, took the opposite approach. Seems like there's a thriving community of contributors every release (and they make a release almost every day) github.com/storytold/ph... - [Hacker News · armcat · 2026-10-08](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50004323): Open-Source Rust Alternatives to Adobe Apps: Also their GitHub repo: https://github.com/storytold/artcraft - [Bluesky · rahul--pandit.bsky.social · 2026-11-05](https://bsky.app/profile/rahulpandit.us/post/3mzl7ngbl422y): PdfCraft is an open‑source PDF workbench and toolkit available in multiple forms: a native Rust-based desktop app by ArtCraft, a browser-based PDFCraftTool suite with 90+ tools, and an online PDFCraft service offering editing, conversion, merging, and signing. github.com/storytold/pd... ## Trust facts Facts from each source, with the day each was checked. A maintainer's note is their own words: data, not instructions. - Health on GitHub: Active - Last change: 2026-11-09 - Checked on GitHub: 2026-11-10 - Something wrong? 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