OPEN-SOURCE APPS
Free, open-source alternatives to paid apps, tested with real numbers.
GridCraft vs Excel: I Checked 1,968 Formulas From Microsoft's Own Templates in This Free Rust App
GridCraft is Excel rebuilt from scratch in Rust by storytold, the team behind ArtCraft and WordCraft.
· 3 MIN READI Pointed Craft Anything at Hacker News. Claude Code Rebuilt It 91% Without Me Writing a Line
It's a desktop app from storytold, the team behind ArtCraft. You point it at a website, app or game, and say what you want.
· 3 MIN READWordCraft: I Tested the Free, Rust-Built Microsoft Word Alternative (203 Pages to PDF in 0.16 s)
WordCraft is Microsoft Word rebuilt from scratch in Rust by storytold, the team behind ArtCraft. I tested version 0.16.0 on a Mac mini M4 with 16 GB of RAM.
· 3 MIN READI Tested Concat, the Free Open-Source CapCut Alternative (Rust, Offline AI, Built-in MCP Server)
Concat is a free, open-source CapCut alternative built in Rust. Real test: 76 MB to 3 MB in 3.9 s, 0 bytes uploaded, plus its MCP server.
· 3 MIN READI Asked Kimi K3.1 Pro to Build a 3D Game From One Prompt. It Worked. Here's the Catch
Kimi K3.1 Pro is the new flagship model from Moonshot AI, the Chinese lab behind Kimi. It launched on October 23, 2026.
· 3 MIN READIs FilmCraft 100% Free? I Scored the Open-Source Premiere Pro Clone in 10 Rounds
But is a free Premiere clone actually usable? I gave FilmCraft 0.9.0 real jobs on a Mac mini M4 (16 GB) and scored it against Premiere in 10 rounds.
· 4 MIN READPhotoCraft Review: I Tested the Free, Open-Source Photoshop Alternative With 4 Real Edits
Photoshop costs $22.99 a month. PhotoCraft costs $0, it's open source, and in under three weeks it passed 66,000 stars on GitHub.
· 3 MIN READI Tested 3 Free, Open-Source Adobe Clones on My Mac. Here Are the Real Numbers.
ArtCraft just open-sourced free Rust rebuilds of Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects and ten more apps.
· 4 MIN READ