Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/CapSoftware/Cap/vs/storytold/photocraft
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/CapSoftware/Cap/vs/storytold/photocraft.md
Description: Cap and photocraft share 9 technologies: Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, winit, image, resvg, schemars, log, and rfd. Both are written in Rust.

# Cap vs photocraft

Cap and photocraft share 9 technologies: Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, winit, image, resvg, schemars, log, and rfd. Both are written in Rust.

- [CapSoftware/Cap](https://seerepo.com/r/CapSoftware/Cap): Open source Loom alternative. Beautiful, shareable screen recordings.
- [storytold/photocraft](https://seerepo.com/r/storytold/photocraft): PhotoCraft: An open-source, photo editor written by scratch in pure Rust

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, winit, image, resvg, schemars, log, rfd
- Only in Cap: axum, Vite, React, GitHub, Hono, react-native, Expo, expo-secure-store, Next.js, Redis, @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner, Sentry, Stripe, MCP, Anthropic, OpenAI, MySQL, Resend, AWS S3, metal, softbuffer, ash, keyring, tracing, tracing-subscriber, tracing-appender, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, Lucide, global-hotkey, objc2-quartz-core, tray-icon, jose, valibot, Zod, react-native-reanimated, expo-image, react-native-safe-area-context, react-native-svg, expo-glass-effect, react-native-gesture-handler, expo-camera, Shopify, expo-image-picker, expo-document-picker, sonner, motion, Framer, @uidotdev/usehooks, React Hook Form, canvas-confetti, react-tweet, recharts, fortawesome, Drizzle, next-auth, ai, react-markdown, remark-gfm, dompurify, @hookform/resolvers, @effect/opentelemetry, @react-email/components, cmdk, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, Vercel
- Only in photocraft: skrifa, wgpu, parley, x11rb, muda, rmcp, roxmltree, jxl-oxide, plist, png

## Side by side

| | Cap | photocraft |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,176,626 lines written, 2,208 code files | 860,770 lines written, 1,249 code files |
| Who writes it | 7.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor, Codex, Claude Code, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin | 51.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 10,666 commits, 24,340 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 6,289 commits, 76,898 stars |
| Tests | 687 test files. 32.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 825 test files. 62.1% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, Cap or photocraft?

Cap, with 1,176,626 lines written; photocraft has 860,770.

The proof: [CapSoftware/Cap's code at commit 81ef0e4](https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/tree/81ef0e4bcd950cd7f9cad098e0bcfff5cc1eee8e)

### Which has more GitHub stars, Cap or photocraft?

photocraft, with 76,898 stars; Cap has 24,340.

The proof: [storytold/photocraft on GitHub](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft)

### Which has more tests, Cap or photocraft?

photocraft, with 825 test files; Cap has 687.

The proof: [storytold/photocraft's code at commit 8e9277e](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/tree/8e9277e20e8d5185ed4259908022a719a647237e)

### Which was updated more recently, Cap or photocraft?

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [storytold/photocraft's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, Cap or photocraft?

photocraft: an AI signed 51.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin; in Cap, 7.9%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in storytold/photocraft](https://seerepo.com/r/storytold/photocraft/ai)

## Sources

- CapSoftware/Cap: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 81ef0e4 (https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/tree/81ef0e4bcd950cd7f9cad098e0bcfff5cc1eee8e)
- storytold/photocraft: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 8e9277e (https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/tree/8e9277e20e8d5185ed4259908022a719a647237e)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.