Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/GraphiteEditor/Graphite/vs/storytold/photocraft
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/GraphiteEditor/Graphite/vs/storytold/photocraft.md
Description: 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.

# 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.

- [GraphiteEditor/Graphite](https://seerepo.com/r/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
- [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, skrifa, kurbo, wgpu, winit, parley, muda, rfd, image, plist, log
- Only in Graphite: Svelte, keyboard-types, ash, lyon_geom, objc2-metal, usvg, zip, tracing, fern, tracing-subscriber
- 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

| | Graphite | photocraft |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 322,843 lines written, 886 code files | 969,012 lines written, 1,324 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Gemini CLI and GitHub Copilot | 53.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin |
| Activity | Last push November 8, 2026, 3,377 commits, 27,867 stars | Last push November 9, 2026, 7,520 commits, 78,116 stars |
| Tests | 47 test files. 15% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,008 test files. 63.4% 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, Graphite or photocraft?

photocraft, with 969,012 lines written; Graphite has 322,843.

The proof: [storytold/photocraft's code at commit 1372bae](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/tree/1372bae3ea5bd9525811d974efeedbc64edad7b7)

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

photocraft, with 78,116 stars; Graphite has 27,867.

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

### 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](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/tree/1372bae3ea5bd9525811d974efeedbc64edad7b7)

### 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](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/commits)

### 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](https://seerepo.com/r/storytold/photocraft/ai)

## Sources

- GraphiteEditor/Graphite: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 9350e2f (https://github.com/GraphiteEditor/Graphite/tree/9350e2f3b21617e09b60e4b841dee895048f177f)
- storytold/photocraft: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit 1372bae (https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/tree/1372bae3ea5bd9525811d974efeedbc64edad7b7)

## 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.