AI rewrites Adobe's suite in Rust: open-source clones of Photoshop and more hit 90%
AGI Hunt · wechat · 2026-10-07
A developer used AI to rewrite seven Adobe apps in Rust as open-source projects. PhotoCraft, the Photoshop clone, reads and writes real PSD files with layers, masks, and brushes — about 90% complete. The author outlines the method (decompile to a spec, feed to Claude Code/Codex, or have computer use replicate features iteratively) and argues that any client-side tool AI can clone overnight has lost its moat, pushing software toward server-side logic or data-driven lock-in.
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