Graphite vs photocraft

Graphite and photocraft share 13 technologies: Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, skrifa, kurbo, wgpu, winit, parley, muda, rfd, image, plist, and log. Both are written in Rust.

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What they share and what sets them apart

GraphiteEditor

Graphite

Community-built comprehensive 2D content creation appplication for graphic design, digital art, and interactive real-time motion graphics powered by a node-based procedural graphics engine

Rust27.9kRead on November 8, 2026, at commit 9350e2fWhat is Graphite built with?

Only in Graphite

In common

storytold

photocraft

PhotoCraft: An open-source, photo editor written by scratch in pure Rust

Rust78.1kRead on November 9, 2026, at commit 1372baeWhat is photocraft built with?

Only in photocraft

  • photocraft-engine
  • egui
  • eframe
  • photocraft-ui-egui
  • craft-ui
  • x11rb
  • egui_extras
  • rmcp
  • photocraft-affinity
  • photocraft-codecs
  • photocraft-doc
  • photocraft-format
  • photocraft-psd
  • photocraft-raster
  • photocraft-raw
  • photocraft-text
  • craft-pcraft-format
  • roxmltree
  • exr
  • tiff
  • craft-print
  • ttf-parser
  • zune-core
  • craft-pdf
  • jpeg-encoder
  • resvg
  • zune-jpeg
  • craft-jpeg
  • heic-rs
  • image-webp
  • imagesize
  • jxl-oxide
  • png
  • zune-jpegxl
  • schemars

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
Graphite322,843 lines written886 code files
photocraft969,012 lines written1,324 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
Graphite0.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Gemini CLI and GitHub Copilot
photocraft53.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
GraphiteLast push November 8, 20263,377 commits27,867 stars
photocraftLast push November 9, 20267,520 commits78,116 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
Graphite47 test files15% of its code files have a test that imports them
photocraft1,008 test files63.4% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, Graphite or photocraft?
photocraft, with 969,012 lines written; Graphite has 322,843.

The proof: storytold/photocraft's code at commit 1372bae

Which has more GitHub stars, Graphite or photocraft?
photocraft, with 78,116 stars; Graphite has 27,867.

The proof: storytold/photocraft on GitHub

Which has more tests, Graphite or photocraft?
photocraft, with 1,008 test files; Graphite has 47.

The proof: storytold/photocraft's code at commit 1372bae

Which was updated more recently, Graphite or photocraft?
photocraft: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and Graphite's on November 8, 2026.

The proof: storytold/photocraft's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, Graphite or photocraft?
photocraft: an AI signed 53.3% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin; in Graphite, 0.1%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in storytold/photocraft

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