VectorCraft v0.22.0

VectorCraft is an open-source vector illustration application designed as a clean-room reimplementation of the Adobe Illustrator workflow. Built entirely in Rust, it provides a native desktop application for Windows, macOS and Linux, along with a WebAssembly version that runs in the browser.

The project goes beyond basic vector drawing. It aims to reproduce a professional Illustrator-style workflow with Bézier editing, Pathfinder operations, multiple artboards, typography, gradients, live effects, PDF and SVG workflows, and extensive automation capabilities.

Features

VectorCraft provides a substantial collection of professional vector-illustration tools:

• Pen and Direct Selection tools

• Bézier anchors and handles

• Pathfinder and exact Boolean operations

• Multiple artboards

• Layers and groups

• Smart Guides

• Rulers, grids and alignment tools

• Live corners

• Gradient and mesh tools

• Gradient fills and strokes

• Pattern and appearance controls

• Blend tool

• Radial Repeat

• Envelope Distort

• Puppet Warp

• Liquify

• Width tool

• Perspective Grid

• Freeform gradient editing

• Recolor Artwork and Color Themes

• Editable text and type-on-path

• Variable and transformed vector content

• Symbols

• Clipping and masking

• SVG import and export

• PDF import and export

• EPS export

• DXF import

• PNG, JPEG and WebP raster export

• Export for Screens

• Native .vectorcraft document format

• Print engine

• PDF layers and overprint support

The application also includes a command API that exposes its tools and interface to external automation. A JSON control channel and MCP server allow AI agents and scripts to manipulate documents, operate tools and export artwork.

This is one of VectorCraft's most distinctive features. It is not simply an image editor with an AI assistant added on top. The editing engine itself is designed to be programmatically controllable.

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VectorCraft v0.22.0 Release Notes: What's Changed Affinity import: bound archive index names and charge failed entry extraction by @dylanmtaylor in #5291 Native format: document.save can write path coordinates at a fixed precision by @dotCooCoo in #3990 Drop invalid XML characters from SVG link URLs and aria-labels by @Silvertree2010 in #5279 Fix #5312: EPS files written by Ghostscript's eps2write open by @JonRC in #5314 Docs: file-format-parity keeps one .ai editing-data paragraph by @dotCooCoo in #5269 Type: Tate-chu-yoko offsets in character style definitions stay in range by @dotCooCoo in #5259 Document Info: Objects counts each object once by @dotCooCoo in #5260 PDF export: spot inks named All or None print as spot inks by @dotCooCoo in #5250 Type: an inline graphic takes its character's manual kerning by @dotCooCoo in #5245 Select: Same › Text Fill & Stroke Color selects type whose fill and stroke both match by @dotCooCoo in #5244 SVG: an exported ellipse imports as the four-anchor ellipse it was written from by @dotCooCoo in #5243 i18n(ru): translate the 130 strings the report listed as missing by @rahul05ranjan in #5240 i18n(sv): translate the 22 strings the report listed as missing by @rahul05ranjan in #5242 Geometry: a projective map's horizon and invertibility checks do not depend on its scale by @dotCooCoo in #5271 DXF export: bound curve flattening work and expanded symbol art by @dylanmtaylor in #5289 Repeat: the instance budget counts opacity-mask art and the nodes each copy holds by @dylanmtaylor in #5290 Page ranges: overlapping intervals skip indices already picked by @dylanmtaylor in #5292 Depth limit: merge containers at the cap in one pass over the siblings by @dylanmtaylor in #5294 Gradients: midpoints and freeform points find their stops by binary search by @dylanmtaylor in #5298 Brush and symbol libraries: look definitions up by name by @dylanmtaylor in #5300 Affinity import: count path segments and masks in master page copies; range-check vector masks by @dylanmtaylor in #5302 Export for Screens: name patterns and taken names take linear work by @dylanmtaylor in #5304 Affinity import: index the fields of large objects and read four rectangle corners by @dylanmtaylor in #5310 Global Edit: a Shift-click on a highlighted match leaves it out of the edit by @dotCooCoo in #5237 Recolor Artwork: the Edit tab shows the colors on a smooth wheel, a segmented wheel or as color bars by @dotCooCoo in #5249 Symbols: 9-slice guides are shown and dragged on the canvas while editing a symbol by @dotCooCoo in #5280 Fix Simplified Chinese translation of Luminosity by @cybermaxwel in #5329 Brushes: leave out an opacity mask whose root symbol draws a brushed stroke by @dylanmtaylor in #5293 Threaded text: a frame listed twice flows the story once by @dylanmtaylor in #5303 Place: the place cursor reads its files within the roots it was loaded in by @dylanmtaylor in #5306 Fix #5316: StandardEncoding and ISOLatin1Encoding are Encoding resources by @JonRC in #5317 Fix #5318: known answers false for keys no dictionary holds by @JonRC in #5319 Fix #5321: currentfile in a file being run is that file by @JonRC in #5323 Clipboard: leave out the PNG of art too large to scale to 4096 pixels by @dylanmtaylor in #5301 Flatten Transparency: group overlapping objects without comparing every open pair by @dylanmtaylor in #5307 Export for Screens: keep PDF passwords out of remembered settings by @dylanmtaylor in #5305 ICC: refuse a profile whose tag table lists a tag twice by @dylanmtaylor in #5299 DXF import: budget dash patterns, copied text and names, and block items looked at by @dylanmtaylor in #5288 Fix #4559: shortcuts can use the ISO key next to left Shift by @dotCooCoo in #5276 Type: text.setStyle sets the text's stroke as well as its fill by @dotCooCoo in #5257 Measure: a Shift-drag snaps its end point on its 45° step by @dotCooCoo in #5277 Canvas: moves after the button-up do not join a stroke by @dotCooCoo in #5268 Canvas: a dropped press cancels the tool's drag instead of ending it by @dotCooCoo in #5234 Character Styles: Style Options sets character color and OpenType features by @dotCooCoo in #5255 Window: Float in Window, Float All in Windows and Cascade float documents by @dotCooCoo in #5278 Window: drag a document tab out to float it, and a window back to dock it by @dotCooCoo in #5286 Window: with Open Documents As Tabs cleared, new documents open in windows by @dotCooCoo in #5295 Window: Tile with one document open leaves the documents under their tabs by @dotCooCoo in #5256 Preserve SVG styles with encoded attribute selectors by @dotCooCoo in #5325 Exclude empty runs from matching text selections by @dotCooCoo in #5328 Update SVG, type, recoloring, and symbol feature records by @dotCooCoo in #5326 Path type brackets: 8 px reach, hover highlight, and the nearest of a bracket and a port takes the press by @ham9zah in #5332 Objects on Path: the Space widget spaces the attached objects along the path by @dotCooCoo in #5275 Type: step font families with the mouse wheel by @dotCooCoo in #5331 Selection: a click on a large compound path is culled by its control points by @thisisgomaa in #5261 Render: a compound path's members are assembled once and kept with the node by @thisisgomaa in #5262 Find Font: Change and Change All add no undo step when no text changes by @dotCooCoo in #5204 Type: Find Font's Replace With Font From lists the document's, recent or installed fonts by @dotCooCoo in #5217 Variables: Import Data Sets reads every column as a variable and replaces the data sets by @dotCooCoo in #5151 Type: the caret, a click and the arrow keys reach the characters inside a ligature by @dotCooCoo in #5225 .ai import: version 7 pattern definitions come in as pattern swatches by @dotCooCoo in #5189 .ai import: Effect › Pathfinder on a group opens as a live effect by @dotCooCoo in #5150 Group flattened multi-line transparent type by line by @Prin-Ing in #5338 Fix #5342: eexec skips in the file it is given by @JonRC in #5343 Fix #5236: Use System Defaults for Edit Original (Preferences › File Handling) by @ruchirguitar in #5327 Docs: consolidate assessment target metadata by @dotCooCoo in #5352 Tests: isolate font wheel picking from missing-glyph protection by @dotCooCoo in #5353 Fix #4924: Text Tweaker ramps or randomises one character attribute letter by letter by @ruchirguitar in #5344 chore(deps): bump wat from 1.262.0 to 1.263.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5346 Paint: use CMYK defaults when creating gradients in CMYK documents by @dotCooCoo in #5354 Actions: New Action asks for the action's name, set, function key and color by @dotCooCoo in #5270 Character style evidence links to help without copied instructions by @dotCooCoo in #5358 Docs: record Find Font replacement sources by @dotCooCoo in #5359 Transform previews typed values in its effect dialog by @dotCooCoo in #5357 SVG import preserves selector matches while retaining metadata by @dotCooCoo in #5361 Type: keep composition spacing along the line when characters rotate by @dotCooCoo in #5370 Lasso picks gradient mesh points instead of dropping the mesh by @Silvertree2010 in #5371 Dashes: a pattern whose period overflows to infinity draws solid by @dylanmtaylor in #5373 Illustrator import: refuse arrays nested past the depth limit by @dylanmtaylor in #5374 Data Recovery: read only plain files in this account's own areas by @dylanmtaylor in #5375 Links: the link watch and Link Info read within the asking caller's roots by @dylanmtaylor in #5376 Placed documents: a refused read shows the preview, not another caller's cached full read by @dylanmtaylor in #5377 App: open and copied-file paste read only regular files by @dylanmtaylor in #5378 App: keep preference copies, dialog passwords and migrated folders private by @dylanmtaylor in #5379 Save: the Templates folder needs write access; portal saves keep the exact file name by @dylanmtaylor in #5380 Atomic save: a replacement takes no inherited ACL the old file lacked by @dylanmtaylor in #5381 Recolor: clustering seeds each colour once by @dylanmtaylor in #5382 Automation roots: refuse network paths outside the roots before resolving them by @dylanmtaylor in #5383 PDF and print presets: imports number duplicate names in linear time by @dylanmtaylor in #5384 Gradients drawn pixel by pixel find their stops by binary search (EMF export, Affinity overlays) by @dylanmtaylor in #5385 Brush and library names number repeats without rescanning by @dylanmtaylor in #5386 WMF import: a full object table is not rescanned for every creation by @dylanmtaylor in #5387 Graph designs: Delete Design handles each listed name once by @dylanmtaylor in #5388 Slices: Create from Guides stops at one past the slice limit by @dylanmtaylor in #5389 Illustrator import: look swatch names up in a set by @dylanmtaylor in #5390 Data Recovery: an image entry shared by several keys is written and read once by @dylanmtaylor in #5391 MCP: busy replies don't repeat a long request id by @dylanmtaylor in #5392 Geometry: anchor positions and Simplify measure curves through the guarded arc length by @dylanmtaylor in #5393 Place: a placement read again when it completes stays within the roots it was read in by @dylanmtaylor in #5394 Brushes: a brush name the library lacks doesn't make art draw a brushed stroke by @dylanmtaylor in #5398 Threads: a frame left alone by a dropped repeat is flowed again by @dylanmtaylor in #5396 DXF import: charge every dash copy and symbol name, name the block-work limit by @dylanmtaylor in #5397 Export for Screens: settings saved without their PDF passwords don't export unprotected by @dylanmtaylor in #5400 Copy: a PNG too large to make is not offered, and the status bar says why by @dylanmtaylor in #5399 Fix #5360: Type on a Path Options has a Preview checkbox by @ruchirguitar in #5402 SVG: CSS class names and imported symbol names take linear work by @dylanmtaylor in #5405 SVG: the entity expansion cap counts every declaration and refuses names it can't follow by @dylanmtaylor in #5406 SVG glyphs: keep only typed raster data URLs, and no links by @dylanmtaylor in #5407 CSS export: line breaks and angle brackets in names can't end a CSS string by @dylanmtaylor in #5408 PDF: bound marked-content lookup, ASCII85, editing-data hashing, image decodes and ink warnings by @dylanmtaylor in #5410 Tools: Shape Builder hatch lines are counted; Liquify simplification is linear by @dylanmtaylor in #5411 Trace: empty and mismatched rasters, and large swatch libraries, take bounded work by @dylanmtaylor in #5412 Type: a paragraph looks only at its own runs by @dylanmtaylor in #5414 Render: symbol instances with effects use the symbol budget; CMYK decodes are admitted; checked Targa size by @dylanmtaylor in #5415 Fonts build: craft-fonts manifest paths stay inside the checkout; licences are published as text by @dylanmtaylor in #5416 UI: automation can't open the browser or viewer; Preview in Browser stays in its folder; Graph Data is bounded by @dylanmtaylor in #5417 UI: opening, file picks and the render worker keep the automation roots they started under by @dylanmtaylor in #5418 Testkit: a reused temp dir must belong to this user by @dylanmtaylor in #5419 Type: Character menu Kashidas controls selected text by @dotCooCoo in #5404 Add Enclosing Lasso as an optional tool by @dotCooCoo in #5362 Type: move right-to-left characters with Touch Type by @dotCooCoo in #5366 Fix #5369: every way of opening a file focuses its open tab by @ruchirguitar in #5420 MCP: render_preview and window captures decode the app's PNG under size limits by @dylanmtaylor in #5445 Render: keep the native thread helper out of Wasm libraries by @dotCooCoo in #5430 Reject doubly signed OpenType feature tags by @dotCooCoo in #5473 Clear stale Find Font warning after successful replacement by @dotCooCoo in #5425 Type: the stop inside an upright ligature on a vertical path follows its drawn cell by @dotCooCoo in #5468 Resolve GDEF contour-point ligature carets by @dotCooCoo in #5452 Use original wording for Action Options documentation by @dotCooCoo in #5433 Docs: replace quoted help-page sentences with plain statements by @dotCooCoo in #5435 Keep Blend reset after a dropped press by @dotCooCoo in #5434 Keep dropped placement presses from creating dimensions by @dotCooCoo in #5432 Measure tool: Shift keeps the end on the pointer's step after the grid rounds it by @dotCooCoo in #5438 Edit Original: read PhotoCraft's App Paths entry as UTF-16 on Windows by @dotCooCoo in #5440 Read compound effects when opening effect dialogs by @dotCooCoo in #5428 Geometry: inverses and conjugates by small affines are no longer refused by @dotCooCoo in #5472 DXF: paths of lines and circular arcs export as polylines with bulges by @dotCooCoo in #5466 .ai save: errors and notes name the legacy or non-PDF-compatible .ai by @dotCooCoo in #5471 Opening an already-open file: close Home, check read roots, wait for dialogs (#5369 follow-ups) by @ruchirguitar in #5437 Bound work: flattening of huge curves, print layout past the page limit, script-check file names by @dylanmtaylor in #5443 Path booleans: refuse out-of-range input, guard the contour pass, cuts report refusals (#5465) by @vangel76 in #5474 Offset Path: skip far segments and stop early in the spurious-contour check (#5455) by @vangel76 in #5460 Linear-time scans: Add Anchor Points, swatch library adds, export placements, width profiles, symbolism previews by @dylanmtaylor in #5441 Trace: look up the smoothing weights instead of computing them per pixel (#5454) by @vangel76 in #5458 Image Trace: noise removal keeps its regions in u32 arrays (#5462) by @vangel76 in #5467 Image Trace: all_within hashes its grid cells with a small hasher (#5463) by @vangel76 in #5469 Image Trace: fit the components of a layer in parallel, in chunks (#5464) by @vangel76 in #5470 Check stroke.set params: a misnamed key is refused (#1442) by @FrancoJacquet in #5453 About: credits tables fit without side-scrolling and their columns resize by @FredApps in #5449 Window: New Window opens a second view of the current document by @dotCooCoo in #5461 Select: the font Same commands take their reference from type that can be selected by @dotCooCoo in #5479 Contextual Task Bar: type on a path offers Type on a Path Options by @dotCooCoo in #5480 .ai import: objects that draw differently from the page come in as its art, and the layers stay by @dotCooCoo in #5486 Add command to begin recording Actions by @dotCooCoo in #5488 Control server: the junk-closes test leaves no unread input by @bflatastic in #5489 Fix #2920: an open path in a PDF-compatible .ai opens as drawn by @mockydevs in #4616 Restore Type editing after a dropped press by @dotCooCoo in #5490 Toolbars: Manage Toolbars renames, copies and deletes the toolbars made with New Toolbar by @dotCooCoo in #5492 Preview dimensions on placement press by @dotCooCoo in #5494 EPS import: bound and charge the filter chain over a pending file by @dylanmtaylor in #5495 Layers: Layer Options for several rows sends only the settings set in it by @dotCooCoo in #5496 Fonts: cap the name records and decoded bytes read per name id by @dylanmtaylor in #5497 3D effects: every ring pair counts toward the containment budget; no zero-sized inflate cells by @dylanmtaylor in #5413 .ai save: write editing data with layers, paths, colors and artboards by @dotCooCoo in #4968 i18n(ka): Georgian for 23 new strings by @devius in #5431 Docs: reconcile Kashidas and Type options parity by @dotCooCoo in #5436 Docs: describe help-page behavior in our own words by @dotCooCoo in #5498 Cap radar graph dimensions, resume slice-name suffix search, weigh plug-in cache keys by @dylanmtaylor in #5499 Graphs: series marks keep a fill or stroke opacity when the graph is drawn again by @dotCooCoo in #5501 .ai import: boxes of differing patches on an image-only page use the comparison raster's pixel size by @dotCooCoo in #5503 .ai import: copies drawn by a layer's or group's look keep their type by @dotCooCoo in #5505 Fix range text stroke weight defaults and scaling by @dotCooCoo in #5487 Text Tweaker: refuse ranges that aren't whole bytes, make no step when nothing changes (#4924) by @ruchirguitar in #5509 Symbols: Break Link keeps the instance's opacity mask by @dotCooCoo in #5506 Select: the font Same commands take their reference from the type on a selected layer by @dotCooCoo in #5508 Color controls: preserve working RGB components in numeric edits by @dotCooCoo in #5507 MCP docs: vertical text uses vert alternates, and duplicate defaults to the current set by @dotCooCoo in #5513 Actions: New Action leaves its set as the only selected set by @dotCooCoo in #5512 Select: Same commands take their reference from an object that can be selected by @dotCooCoo in #5510 Docs: cite where a group's or layer's effect comes from in the .ai look copies entry by @dotCooCoo in #5515 .ai save: an artboard the document does not have is refused, as an export refuses it by @dotCooCoo in #5517 Tests: the Color Picker's R, G and B fields show the working RGB values by @dotCooCoo in #5521 Select: the font Same commands look through a selected group that holds the isolated group by @dotCooCoo in #5522 Actions: exclude recorded steps from playback by @dotCooCoo in #5422 Type: typing a list's start in a continued paragraph starts no list by @dotCooCoo in #5523 Live Paint: preserve face colors at shared curved boundaries by @dotCooCoo in #5524 Docs: name glows with shadows in the pan raster entry, and mark VectorCraft's own values by @dotCooCoo in #5527 Add font-aware OpenType stylistic sets menu by @dotCooCoo in #5447 Docs: Perceptual spot gradients with more than 4,096 curve stops export as images by @dotCooCoo in #5536 Render: placed-document bitmaps draw undecoded-image marks when the view does by @dotCooCoo in #5535 .ai import: the layers are compared with every page of a multi-artboard file by @dotCooCoo in #5533 Layers: Layer Options keeps a Dim Images that was set before Template changes by @dotCooCoo in #5516 Blends: Convert on a replaced spine changes only its handles by @dotCooCoo in #5538 Type: Select All in a threaded frame selects the whole story by @dotCooCoo in #5542 Select: Same Symbol Instance takes its reference from an object that can be selected by @dotCooCoo in #5511 Expand: selected symbol instances become their art, as Break Link places it by @dotCooCoo in #5543 Images: a PNG read a row at a time counts all of the reader's buffers by @dotCooCoo in #5556 Type: list stylistic sets whose lookups come from FeatureVariations by @dotCooCoo in #5551 .ai import: blends keep their Specified Distance and Smooth Color spacing by @dotCooCoo in #5554 PDF/.ai import: the file is read and checked once when it opens by @dotCooCoo in #5552 Control bar: the Global Edit Options dropdown shows while Start Global Edit can run by @dotCooCoo in #5553 .ai import: brushes come in from the editing data by @dotCooCoo in #5046 Single instance: the stale-endpoint test connects to no freed port by @bflatastic in #5562 Fix #5555: Cmd+V pastes once on the web by @byoungyoon in #5561 .ai import: objects come in bound to their variables by @dotCooCoo in #5481 i18n: leading and Tracking term checks match whole words in the right label by @dotCooCoo in #5558 Type: text commands refuse negative or fractional byte offsets by @dotCooCoo in #5537 Panels: showing a hidden floating group returns its window's panels by @dotCooCoo in #5564 Render: a long stroke is outlined only near the view after an edit by @dotCooCoo in #5563 Document Color Mode: convert reusable paints and restore them with Undo by @dotCooCoo in #4517 Select: the font Same commands skip type on a template sublayer by @dotCooCoo in #5566 Render: node renders follow the anti-aliasing option by @dotCooCoo in #5567 Shortcuts: a held Escape that cancels a Tools or ruler move skips the tool by @dotCooCoo in #5568 .ai import: a brush object without a name counts as a brush left out by @dotCooCoo in #5569 Object: Unselected Artwork keeps groups that hold a selected layer or a locked guide by @dotCooCoo in #5570 Direct Selection: a marquee over a long path tests its segments without building a path for each by @dotCooCoo in #5571 Tests: skip the Arabic Optical kerning test without craft-fonts by @dotCooCoo in #5572 Canvas: a drag's release reads Backtick as it was at the button-up by @dotCooCoo in #5575 Type: Done during a Cmd press does not save empty point type by @dotCooCoo in #5576 Preferences: a Render Threads change before the first UI pass restarts the canvas renderer by @dotCooCoo in #5579 Type: Kerning menu lists Auto and Optical for mixed kerning modes by @dotCooCoo in #5580 Global Edit: the options dropdowns close when Global Edit starts by @dotCooCoo in #5583 Select: describe which object Same Symbol Instance compares with by @dotCooCoo in #5577 Dialogs: a color with an alpha part is refused instead of losing its alpha by @dotCooCoo in #5574 Layers: a layer or gap color with an alpha part is refused instead of losing its alpha by @dotCooCoo in #5581 Validate character style numeric dimensions by @dotCooCoo in #5540 Navigator: Panel Options sets the view box color and draws dashed lines as solid by @dotCooCoo in #5541 Character: Kerning reads (10+5)2 as nothing instead of 10+52 by @dotCooCoo in #5585 Text Tweaker: align byte ranges to character boundaries by @dotCooCoo in #5586 Keyboard Shortcuts: the backtick key's label ignores the next key's text on the web by @dotCooCoo in #5587 Appearance: the active row is matched in each selected object on its own by @dotCooCoo in #5591 Type: the font warning leaves out characters Missing Glyph Protection kept by @dotCooCoo in #5592 Docs: list PDF spot gradients written as images in process colors by @dotCooCoo in #5593 Gradient: method help names the PDF Separation and DeviceN shadings by @dotCooCoo in #5596 Appearance: Add New Fill's params text says it copies the active row's paint by @dotCooCoo in #5589 Font fields: handle wheel input in floating native windows by @dotCooCoo in #5597 Native files: documents from before 0.21.0 keep their Twist turning as saved by @dotCooCoo in #5599 PDF/.ai import: a file whose type all comes from its text document opens without its PDF part by @dotCooCoo in #5598 Area Type Options: applying to several frames keeps each frame's own options by @mockydevs in #5602 Fix #3759: vertical alignment buttons for area type in the Properties and Control panels by @mockydevs in #5100 Commands: a color param with an alpha part is refused instead of losing its alpha by @dotCooCoo in #5603 Fix #3226: copy and paste ruler guides by @mockydevs in #5085 Fix #4921: Image Trace > Batch Trace Folder by @mockydevs in #5072 Actions: Playback Options plays actions accelerated, step by step or with a pause between steps by @dotCooCoo in #5600 Tests: the Render Threads restart test stays within the preference's range by @dotCooCoo in #5604 PDF export: freeform gradients without points warn about spot stops by @dotCooCoo in #5605 Type: Kerning menu checks neither method for a manual value by @dotCooCoo in #5606 i18n: the package status stays English until the status bar shows it by @dotCooCoo in #5607 Shortcuts: an Escape that cancels a Tools or ruler move runs no Escape command by @dotCooCoo in #5608 Shape Builder Tool Options: a highlight color with an alpha part is refused by @dotCooCoo in #5609 Appearance: Add New Fill and Add New Stroke params text match the code by @dotCooCoo in #5610 Tabs: setting the stops a paragraph already has records no undo step by @dotCooCoo in #5611 Fix #5483: a large font library no longer keeps the window from opening by @mockydevs in #5613 Tests: the opening queue tests wait on the worker's signal instead of the clock by @dotCooCoo in #5615 Character: Kerning reads (10+5) with a manual value too by @dotCooCoo in #5616 Accessibility: screen readers can set a dialog slider's number by @dotCooCoo in #5617 New Document: units belong to the chosen preset, not the whole tab by @FractalEncrypt in #5614 Tests: the font menu and idle-socket tests don't fail on a busy machine by @bflatastic in #5624 Gradient: Perceptual spot ink mixes stay continuous from red to blue by @dotCooCoo in #5618 Type: Touch Type moves an upright character in vertical type down and across its column by @dotCooCoo in #5619 Type: baseline shift moves an upright glyph across the column in vertical type by @dotCooCoo in #5620 Gradient: PDF shading notes name linear and radial gradients and DeviceN by @dotCooCoo in #5621 Fix #5502: Export As PNG exports the active artboard, not always the first by @mockydevs in #5623 Symbols: the quick box of a 9-slice instance holds art its guides move by @dotCooCoo in #5625 Symbols: saving leaves out a nested editing layer and keeps layers named in file data by @dotCooCoo in #5626 i18n: a count in a translated message matches only a number by @dotCooCoo in #5627 Docs: type-parity lists manual tate-chu-yoko once by @dotCooCoo in #5629 Type: right-to-left manual kerning keeps whole-point spacing on both sides by @dotCooCoo in #5628 OpenType: a menu choice at a Type tool caret reaches every character by @dotCooCoo in #5631 Select: All on Same Layers takes the layers of objects that can be selected by @dotCooCoo in #5634 Fix #5160: a slow first frame is waited for, not blamed on the graphics adapter by @mockydevs in #5635 Tests: a file placed while idle renders on the test thread by @dotCooCoo in #5637 Plug-ins: color parameters, and filters that make guides and lock by @d8abyte-dk in #5630 .ai save: the editing copy keeps transparency, clipping and opacity masks by @dotCooCoo in #5639 Glyphs panel: alternates for the current text selection by @dotCooCoo in #5442 Type: Tate-chu-yoko Settings refuses a value that is not a length by @dotCooCoo in #5640 Geometry: the nearest point on a long path skips segments whose box is farther than the best found by @dotCooCoo in #5643 File dialogs: Open and Place list files with capitalized extensions on Linux by @dotCooCoo in #5644 File formats: Pixar tile pointers into the header or tile table are refused by @dotCooCoo in #5645 Select by Artboards: select objects overlapping, inside or outside chosen artboards (#5525, #5548, #5549) by @ruchirguitar in #5633 Docs: the byte-offset rule names only commands that take a range by @dotCooCoo in #5649 About: let every credits column be dragged and refit changed tables by @FredApps in #5650 Canvas: Space during a tool's drag keeps the tool's cursor by @sadkotheguest in #5651 Tests: native menu tests wait for the installed fonts' scan by @dotCooCoo in #5653 Appearance: Add New Fill and Add New Stroke comment names the paint they take by @dotCooCoo in #5652 Control bar: the inline X, Y, W and H fields show only when they fit by @dotCooCoo in #5655 Images: a PNG read a row at a time counts the reader's buffer while it grows by @dotCooCoo in #5656 Glyphs: the default glyph can be chosen back under a substituting feature by @dotCooCoo in #5657 Tests: an RGB spot color converts with Document Color Mode and stays spot by @dotCooCoo in #5659 Select by Artboards dialog: a plain click keeps artboards the search hides by @ruchirguitar in #5662 i18n(fi): translate the 5 labels Finnish lacks by @Janiz-zzz in #5664 Plug-ins: compound guides aren't filter inputs; colors follow the working RGB space by @d8abyte-dk in #5665 About: refit credits tables on what they measure by @FredApps in #5667 Tabs: setting the stops a paragraph already has ends the typing session by @dotCooCoo in #5668 Keep drawing cursor during mid-drag Cmd+Space by @dotCooCoo in #5669 Character: Kerning refuses (1,000) instead of reading it as 1 by @dotCooCoo in #5670 Package: name every font left out when no dialog is shown by @dotCooCoo in #5671 Gradient: Perceptual PDF help counts stops as written, CMYK documents included by @dotCooCoo in #5672 Glyphs: a character with a combining mark reports the glyph it is drawn with by @dotCooCoo in #5674 Glyphs: overflowing vertical type keeps a chosen default glyph by @dotCooCoo in #5676 Tooling: reject numeric prerelease leading zeros by @MMexicann in #5678 Tests: the link-watch and place tests wait for the link scan instead of sleeping by @dotCooCoo in #5679 Preserve styled text after copying a Type range by @dotCooCoo in #5680 Pathfinder: holes that touch at a point stay holes of their region by @bflatastic in #5683 Numeric fields: 1,000% in a size field is refused by @dotCooCoo in #5682 Preferences: Data Recovery's Folder gets a Choose button by @dotCooCoo in #5681 Symbols: quick boxes hold art that nested 9-slice guides move by @dotCooCoo in #5685 Fix #5336: Optical kerning spaces pairs by the font's own stem spacing by @ruchirguitar in #5686 Render: a long dashed stroke is outlined only near the view after an edit by @dotCooCoo in #5690 Gradient: Perceptual PDF help says an RGB destination keeps RGB stops in RGB by @dotCooCoo in #5691 Appearance: edits to the active row reach the matching row in each selected object by @dotCooCoo in #5692 Glyphs: the Glyphs query reports a consonant's glyph, not its vowel sign's by @dotCooCoo in #5697 Use destination style for external same-text paste on Windows by @dotCooCoo in #5696 Transform Each: Relative and Absolute scaling, the scale link, and the documented panel order by @FractalEncrypt in #5695 Find Font: Replace With Font lists family and style rows by @sadkotheguest in #5677 Layers: thumbnails of long paths are drawn off the UI thread by @dotCooCoo in #5700 Glyphs: a consonant's ligature in a cluster with its vowel sign is its glyph by @dotCooCoo in #5701 Pass the Linux signing key to the release workflow by @dylanmtaylor in #5702 Fix tinted symbol colors in Expand Appearance by @dotCooCoo in #5703 Keep symbol colors when expanding a hidden tint by @dotCooCoo in #5704 Layers: opacity masks and edited objects count toward the thumbnail anchor limit by @dotCooCoo in #5705 Render: the frame after anchors of a long path move updates only the segments that touch them by @dotCooCoo in #5706 Glyphs: the Glyphs query reports the glyph of an overflowing character by @dotCooCoo in #5707 Menus: Delete Empty Artboards and Save Gradient Preset decide their enabled state with less measuring by @dotCooCoo in #5708 Type: Paste keeps a copy the system clipboard refused by @dotCooCoo in #5709 Control server: close connections gracefully, so a reply is not lost to a reset by @bflatastic in #5716 Docs: describe what a Layers row shows while its first thumbnail renders by @dotCooCoo in #5711 Glyphs: a character's glyph is the first of its glyphs in its cluster by @dotCooCoo in #5712 Symbols: an instance fill with no opacity keeps the art's swatch links by @dotCooCoo in #5717 Glyphs: the Glyphs query reports the fallback glyph of an overflowing character by @dotCooCoo in #5718 Type: a copy elsewhere during a refused write wins the paste by @dotCooCoo in #5719 SVG export: type with Mojikumi and no Japanese characters is laid out once by @dotCooCoo in #5720 Glyphs: a fallback face's consonant glyph is reported, not its vowel sign's by @dotCooCoo in #5721 Type: a refused copy is dropped when a textless clipboard can't track it by @dotCooCoo in #5722 Tests: the Type › Font menu test waits for the installed fonts' scan (#5647) by @mockydevs in #5723 PDF import: a DeviceN gradient of a spot ink over process plates keeps the ink and the plates, and PDF export writes it as DeviceN again (#3235) by @mockydevs in #5724 Isolation mode: a locked or hidden layer keeps the isolated art from clicks and marquees (#5309) by @mockydevs in #5726 Numeric fields: a decimal comma works in arithmetic next to a number with a point (#5684) by @mockydevs in #5727 Color Halftone: Max Radius in pixels of the raster effects resolution by @datatimp in #4784 Effects: Expand Appearance makes each copy of a path's Transform effect an object of its own (#5612) by @mockydevs in #5728 Layers: heavy type, symbols, meshes and images get their first thumbnail off the UI thread on the desktop by @dotCooCoo in #5730 Artboards: Shift- and Ctrl/Cmd-click in the Artboards panel select several artboards with any tool, and Fill applies to all of them (#5698) by @mockydevs in #5731 Render: a moved path reuses its stroke outline by @dotCooCoo in #5732 Set Corners: round all, odd-numbered or even-numbered anchors (#5546) by @mockydevs in #5733 fix(ui): avoid duplicate cursor without Wayland theme by @makzumi in #5734 Control bar and task bar: idle frames borrow the selected object instead of copying it by @dotCooCoo in #5735 Gradient panel: Delete Stop sits beside the ramp, so a short panel no longer hides it (#5403) by @mockydevs in #5736 Set Corners: round only the corners in an angle range (#5545) by @mockydevs in #5737 Fix #5532: Release Type on a Path splits type on a path into point type and its path by @ruchirguitar in #5738 Preferences: Additional Plug-ins Folder gets Choose…, and OK checks typed folders by @dotCooCoo in #5741 Render: at very large coordinates an edited path is not taken for a moved one by @dotCooCoo in #5743 Rasterize: Color Model is a dropdown of the document's model, Grayscale and Bitmap (#5660) by @mockydevs in #5747 Keep Pencil and Paintbrush Fidelity in screen pixels at any zoom by @Silvertree2010 in #5748 Document tabs: drag a tab along the strip to reorder the open documents (#5663) by @ruchirguitar in #5749 Part of #394: each run hyphenates in its own language; Default Language sets new type's by @jo-quast in #2818 Global Edit: the enabled check decides without normalizing every anchor by @dotCooCoo in #5751 Contour: live offset tool with a floating bar and its own icon by @K1nsmark in #5694 MCP: pointer_gesture waits for a key sent before it by @dotCooCoo in #5753 MCP: remote press_key does not run single-key shortcuts by @dotCooCoo in #5754 Line a moved selection's edges up with ruler guides by @Silvertree2010 in #5755 Render: a moved path reuses its gradient stroke slices by @dotCooCoo in #5756 Compound shapes default by @K1nsmark in #5757 Layers: the shown document's thumbnails are not held up by another document's queue by @dotCooCoo in #5758 Fix #5526: select images by link status by @ruchirguitar in #5759 Render: adding or deleting an anchor of a long path splices the kept path by @dotCooCoo in #5744 Shape Builder: a merge or erase takes the stretch of every coincident line by @dotCooCoo in #5761 MCP: pointer_gesture rejects a backquote that is not a boolean by @dotCooCoo in #5762 SVG export: numbers are written from integers, not through the exact float formatter by @dotCooCoo in #5763 Tests: the Devanagari fallback-glyph test passes when the fallback face substitutes the vowel sign by @dotCooCoo in #5764 Type: text cleanup and Convert to Text act on every frame of a selected story by @dotCooCoo in #5766 MCP: a given-up pointer request no longer holds back later requests by @dotCooCoo in #5768 .ai save: guides in the editing copy end with the guide operator only by @dotCooCoo in #5770 .ai save: the editing copy keeps gradients and patterns by @dotCooCoo in #5771 MCP: pointer_gesture fails when the input sent before it is dropped by @dotCooCoo in #5772 Document tabs: views stay with their documents when one batch closes and moves documents (#5663) by @ruchirguitar in #5774 .ai import: object tags open as each object's URL and data by @dotCooCoo in #5775 .ai/EPS import: type that names no style takes the normal styles by @dotCooCoo in #5777 #1280: perf --deep measures pointing; PathData::bounds builds no path by @FredApps in #5778 .ai import: version 7 linked images open as linked images with a placeholder by @dotCooCoo in #5779 Keep font wheel input with the top native panel layer by @dotCooCoo in #5780 #1280: PathData::bounds closes a NaN anchor as kurbo does; the perf row names what it times by @FredApps in #5781 MCP: given-up stale pointer requests do not use up a frame's request limit by @dotCooCoo in #5782 .ai import: area type with linked areas opens as threaded frames by @dotCooCoo in #5783 .ai save: the editing copy keeps images and linked files by @dotCooCoo in #5784 .ai save: new gradient names continue from the last one given by @dotCooCoo in #5786 Panels: a floating palette keeps out of the way of modal dialogs and menus by @sadkotheguest in #5787 perf(pathops): optimize Pathfinder Trim, Crop and Merge with batched face classification (#4503) by @el-j in #4511 Refresh Find Font warnings after document changes by @dotCooCoo in #5773 .ai import: several clipping paths clip to their intersection by @dotCooCoo in #5789 .ai import: 1-bit image masks open colorized by their fill color by @dotCooCoo in #5790 Layers panel: a layer that does not print shows its name italic by @sadkotheguest in #5791 Export: raster output defaults to the document resolution by @KnottyDyes in #3071 .ai import: type with the older TS, Te and TM operators opens by @dotCooCoo in #5792 fix(pathops): bound offset path complexity and handle arrangement failure safely (#4145) by @el-j in #4345 M2.1: copy and cut direct-selected segments and anchors as independent paths (#2122) by @el-j in #3903 .ai import: a re-encoded font's own encoding pairs decode its type by @dotCooCoo in #5793 Keep Group Selection drags on the selected outlined component by @FractalEncrypt in #3272 Preserve raster coverage of thin curved strokes by @FractalEncrypt in #3273 Reject malformed Batch Trace Folder options by @dotCooCoo in #5794 Release Layers thumbnails when a document closes by @dotCooCoo in #5795 i18n(ka): Georgian for 1 new string by @devius in #5798 Actions: loading an action set checks its size before reading it by @dotCooCoo in #5799 .ai import: gradients and patterns are named up to the newline in their names by @dotCooCoo in #5800 .ai import: legacy type used as a mask clips its clipping group by @dotCooCoo in #5801 Stop queued Layers thumbnails when both thumbnail panels are hidden by @dotCooCoo in #5802 Tests: the read_file_head test creates its file exclusively and removes it on failure by @dotCooCoo in #5803 Disable Object > Path items when no path is selected by @Silvertree2010 in #5805 Color Effects: Apply Fill to Stroke and Apply Stroke to Fill (#5530) by @Hamza0101 in #5776 Layers: closing a document drops its running thumbnail job's image by @dotCooCoo in #5806 Links: a classic Mac OS path is named by its file name by @dotCooCoo in #5807 .ai import: the file opens on its active artboard by @dotCooCoo in #5808 Fix thumbnail work for active collapsed flyout tab by @dotCooCoo in #5809 Preserve queued key order before MCP tool selection by @dotCooCoo in #5810 .ai import: legacy type keeps its tab stops by @dotCooCoo in #5811 .ai import: 6D Art Pen brushes open live, and Windows reads pen tilt and rotation (#372) by @Locme in #5815 Images: a colorized image's missing-link placeholder shows in its own colors by @dotCooCoo in #5817 Skip unused path bounds during SVG export by @dotCooCoo in #5818 Clean up temporary files in desktop tests by @dotCooCoo in #5819 Add-on: 3D Box tool and context-sensitive customizable shape controls by @odysseexp in #5765 Docs: the .ai editing-data checklist lists how several clipping paths clip by @dotCooCoo in #5821 Pencil: a new stroke with Keep selected off leaves nothing selected (#5752) by @sadkotheguest in #5822 Avoid measuring selected art twice for library paint by @dotCooCoo in #5823 .ai import: version 7 pattern fills in brush art use their operands by @dotCooCoo in #5824 Skip path rebuild for single-stroke Eyedropper samples by @dotCooCoo in #5825 Links: Find Linked Files resolves parent folders in a saved path by @dotCooCoo in #5826 Appearance: Delete Selected Item on an Opacity row sets it back to Default (#5742) by @mockydevs in #5827 Libraries: spot colours stay spot colours in every document (#5812) by @mockydevs in #5829 Links: params text and MCP docs say parent folders are resolved by @dotCooCoo in #5830 .ai import: graphic style libraries open with their styles by @dotCooCoo in #5831 Selection: a hover checks the bounds memo once, not once per object by @FredApps in #5832 .ai import: objects other than type keep some Distort & Transform effects live by @dotCooCoo in #5833 Type: Show Snap to Glyph Options scrolls the Character panel to the options (#5273) by @mockydevs in #5834 Links: the hashing limit reads 1 GiB in the docs by @dotCooCoo in #5836 Dialogs: the header that moves a dialog keeps the arrow cursor until dragged (#5246) by @mockydevs in #5837 .ai import: symbols and their instances open live by @dotCooCoo in #5838 Shape tools: a shape just drawn shows its bounding box and Live Shape widgets, and its corner and pie widgets drag with the shape tool (#5477) by @mockydevs in #5839 Effect dialogs: a colour swatch beside a hex colour opens the Color Picker (#5365) by @sadkotheguest in #5843 Images: a reduced image is shrunk before it is separated into ink planes (#4155) by @simonhull in #5845 Type: Enter, arrows, Home, End, Tab and the clipboard apply in order with the frame's text by @dotCooCoo in #2636 Control bar: Paragraph options while type is selected (#5372) by @ZIDAN44 in #5847 Canvas: a document's first frame renders on the render worker (#4155) by @simonhull in #5848 Tests: the first-frame worker test tolerates another test's placed document by @bflatastic in #5853 SVG import: a clipPath's children clip to their union, each under its own clip-rule (#5840) by @mockydevs in #5849 Join tool: scrubbing the ends of two crossing paths trims them and joins the paths at the crossing (#5844) by @mockydevs in #5850 Direct Selection: Cmd/Ctrl held lends the Selection tool and shows its bounding box (#3901) by @mockydevs in #5851 SVG import: textLength and lengthAdjust fit text to its length (#5842) by @mockydevs in #5852 Blend spine: Shift-click picks several spine points, which drag together (#5285) by @mockydevs in #5854 SVG import: clip path on clipPath children clips child silhouettes before union (#5841) by @kk376 in #5855 Images: an image zoomed in on has its colours made only for the tiles in view (#4155) by @simonhull in #5856 Intertwine: the object brought over leaves no hairline of the one below (#5337) by @mockydevs in #5857 Properties: Quick Actions has Repeat Options for a selected repeat (#5181) by @mockydevs in #5858 Effects: an image's Inner Glow follows its visible pixels, not its frame (#5308) by @mockydevs in #5859 Variables: Load Variable Library keeps a bound text variable the library declares (#4136) by @mockydevs in #5860 Tests: two canvas tests render on their own thread by @bflatastic in #5862 Scrubby labels: the Control bar's Stroke: and Opacity: links scrub their fields (#4088) by @mockydevs in #5861 Tests: the Cmd bounding box test clears its texture delta by @bflatastic in #5864 Properties: Edit Artboards shows a Transform section above the artboard options (#5219) by @mockydevs in #5863 Reuse text outlines across moves by @dotCooCoo in #5865 Rebuild fitted text geometry after scaling by @dotCooCoo in #5866 Reject invalid Slice toggle parameters by @dotCooCoo in #5867 Reuse selected object locations for large transforms by @dotCooCoo in #5868 Reject invalid Transparency Grid parameters by @dotCooCoo in #5869 .ai import: symbol, pattern and brush definitions share the file's blend and envelope limits by @dotCooCoo in #5871 Reject invalid Guide Lock parameters by @dotCooCoo in #5872 Speed up hover hits on long plain paths by @dotCooCoo in #5873 Reject invalid New Art Basic parameters by @dotCooCoo in #5874 Direct Selection: the cursor reuses the hit result over a path by @dotCooCoo in #5879 Docs: the .ai notes no longer list guides as a known failure by @dotCooCoo in #5880 Selection: empty-canvas hover skips distant widgets in large selections by @dotCooCoo in #5881 i18n: add Hindi interface and message catalog by @ruchirguitar in #5882 Tests: a fitted text test changes its fit scale by @dotCooCoo in #5884 Rendering: open width-profile strokes outline only near the view by @dotCooCoo in #5883 .ai import: legacy type keeps one copy of tab stops its paragraphs share by @dotCooCoo in #5885 .ai import: a file whose editing data has no layers also opens on its active artboard by @dotCooCoo in #5886 Commands: true/false flags reject other values everywhere by @dotCooCoo in #5888 Docs: .ai symbols are read with the file's layers by @dotCooCoo in #5892 Text: empty later frames preserve an edited paragraph style by @dotCooCoo in #5893 fix(eps): bitshift by the most negative integer no longer overflows on negation by @jayzed80 in #5894 i18n(sv): translate 1432 new strings, use the agreed terms in 2 by @kler in #5895 Automation roots: refuse COM¹ to LPT³ as Windows device names by @adikshan11 in #5896 Text: a restyled empty frame keeps its style before an unedited empty frame by @dotCooCoo in #5897 Layers: F2 renames the selected layer, group or object (#5324) by @mockydevs in #5828 Reject invalid Tab Stop string parameters by @dotCooCoo in #5899 Blend spine: moveAnchor refuses with alongside handle; spine built once per overlay and drag by @mockydevs in #5904 .ai import: a pattern or color named as another swatch keeps its swatch by @dotCooCoo in #5903 SVG import: gradients with color-interpolation="linearRGB" mix their stops in linear light (#5878) by @mockydevs in #5905 Legacy .ai export: black-and-white colorized images save as image masks by @dotCooCoo in #5906 PDF and .ai export: objects' URLs become clickable links (#5785) by @mockydevs in #5908 SVG import: Gaussian blurs keep color-interpolation-filters; Gaussian Blur can blur in linear light (#5877) by @mockydevs in #5909 Stroke Weight Up and Down: Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+. and , step the selected strokes' weight (#5797) by @mockydevs in #5910 SVG import: filter and mask regions clip what they declare (#5876, #5875) by @mockydevs in #5913 Keep the other library when two names share a file name by @adikshan11 in #5914 Keep a symbol's options when pasting it into another document by @Silvertree2010 in #5915 Drop Shadow and Outer Glow: spinner arrows step Opacity, the offsets, Blur and Darkness (#5367, #5368) by @mockydevs in #5916 Copy the shared house rules into AGENTS.md by @FredApps in #5923 New Contributors @JonRC made their first contribution in #5314 @cybermaxwel made their first contribution in #5329 @thisisgomaa made their first contribution in #5261 @FrancoJacquet made their first contribution in #5453 @byoungyoon made their first contribution in #5561 @d8abyte-dk made their first contribution in #5630 @sadkotheguest made their first contribution in #5651 @makzumi made their first contribution in #5734 @jo-quast made their first contribution in #2818 @K1nsmark made their first contribution in #5694 @Locme made their first contribution in #5815 @simonhull made their first contribution in #5845 @ZIDAN44 made their first contribution in #5847 @kk376 made their first contribution in #5855 @adikshan11 made their first contribution in #5896 Full Changelog: v0.21.1...v0.22.0

Performance and Compatibility

VectorCraft is implemented in Rust and uses a multithreaded rendering architecture. The project reports that 20,000 shapes can be rendered in approximately 27 milliseconds at full Retina resolution while maintaining a responsive interface.

Its geometry engine is designed around exact curve operations, while structural sharing provides effectively unlimited undo without requiring every operation to duplicate the entire document.

The project also places considerable emphasis on automated testing. Property-based tests are used for document round trips, while rendering and geometry have dedicated test infrastructure.

File compatibility is another strength. SVG is a first-class format, while PDF import/export and PDF-compatible AI files provide useful interoperability with established design workflows. DXF import and EPS export further extend its usefulness for technical and print-oriented work.

However, compatibility should not be confused with complete Illustrator parity. VectorCraft is still under active development, and the project roadmap indicates that some areas remain under construction.

System Requirements

VectorCraft supports:

• Windows

• macOS

• Linux

• FreeBSD

• WebAssembly/browser

Prebuilt Linux packages are available in several formats, including:

• AppImage

• DEB

• RPM

• Tarball

Both x86_64 and ARM64 Linux builds are provided.

macOS has a universal build supporting Intel and Apple Silicon, while Windows is distributed as a native desktop application.

Developers can also build the application directly from source using Rust.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Open-source

• MIT or Apache-2.0 licensing

• Native Rust application

• Windows, macOS and Linux support

• Browser/WebAssembly version

• Strong Bézier and vector-editing tools

• Exact Pathfinder Boolean operations

• Multiple artboards

• Advanced gradients and appearance controls

• Envelope Distort, Puppet Warp and Liquify

• SVG and PDF support

• EPS export

• DXF import

• Native document format

• Excellent automation potential

• JSON control interface

• MCP support for AI agents

• Multithreaded rendering

• Extensive automated testing

Cons

• Still under active development

• Not yet a complete Illustrator replacement

• Some workflows will still lack the maturity of established commercial software

• Font availability and typography coverage are still developing

• Professional production workflows should be tested before full migration

• The large feature set can make the application more complex for beginners

How to Install

The easiest method is to download the appropriate prebuilt package from the project's GitHub releases.

Linux users can choose between AppImage, DEB, RPM and tarball packages. macOS users can install the universal application, while Windows users can use the provided Windows package.

Developers can build the desktop application from source:

git clone https://github.com/storytold/vectorcraft
cd vectorcraft
cargo run --release -p vectorcraft

A VectorCraft document can also be opened directly:

cargo run --release -p vectorcraft -- examples/dusk-poster.vectorcraft

For headless processing and automation, the project provides a CLI:

cargo run --release -p vectorcraft-cli -- run \
  --in examples/ribbons.vectorcraft \
  --export out.pdf

The MCP server can be launched with:

cargo run --release -p vectorcraft-cli -- mcp

This makes VectorCraft particularly interesting for automated graphics generation and AI-assisted design workflows.

Final Verdict

VectorCraft is an unusually ambitious open-source Illustrator alternative. It is not merely a basic SVG editor with a familiar interface. The project is attempting to recreate a substantial portion of the professional Illustrator workflow while building its own modern Rust-based rendering and document architecture.

Its strongest areas are vector geometry, Pathfinder operations, Bézier editing, advanced effects, SVG/PDF interoperability and automation. The MCP and JSON control interfaces are especially interesting because they allow the same editing engine to be operated by scripts and AI agents.

Performance is another major strength. The native Rust architecture and multithreaded rendering approach give VectorCraft a solid technical foundation for handling complex vector documents.

The biggest limitation is maturity. Established applications such as Illustrator have decades of compatibility work, plugins, fonts, production workflows and ecosystem support behind them. VectorCraft is still developing and should not yet be treated as a drop-in replacement for every professional Illustrator workflow.

For designers, developers and open-source users looking for a modern vector graphics application, however, VectorCraft is one of the most interesting projects in this category. Its combination of native performance, open licensing and agent-native automation makes it particularly worth watching.

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ArtCraft
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Windows / macOS / Linux / BSD
Date Added:
2026-11-06T23:07:18.245Z
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