Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/jub0t/Concat/vs/storytold/photocraft
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/jub0t/Concat/vs/storytold/photocraft.md
Description: Concat and photocraft share 11 technologies: objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, Tokio, wgpu, rfd, image, png, resvg, ttf-parser, schemars, and log. Both are written in Rust.

# Concat vs photocraft

Concat and photocraft share 11 technologies: objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, Tokio, wgpu, rfd, image, png, resvg, ttf-parser, schemars, and log. Both are written in Rust.

- [jub0t/Concat](https://seerepo.com/r/jub0t/Concat): Beta: The truly free, open-source, local-first, cross-platform video editor. Scriptable through a JSON-RPC API & MCP.
- [storytold/photocraft](https://seerepo.com/r/storytold/photocraft): PhotoCraft: An open-source photo editor written from scratch in pure Rust

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, Tokio, wgpu, rfd, image, png, resvg, ttf-parser, schemars, log
- Only in Concat: Jetpack Compose, clru, core-ktx, fontdb, write-fonts, i-slint-core-macros, wgpu-hal, Slint, skia-safe, i-slint-core, objc2-metal, objc2-quartz-core, tiny-skia, glow, glutin, i-slint-common, lyon_path, softbuffer, wayland-client, ort, tokenizers, whisper-rs, read-fonts, rustybuzz, android_logger
- Only in photocraft: photocraft-engine, egui, eframe, skrifa, photocraft-ui-egui, craft-ui, parley, x11rb, egui_extras, kurbo, muda, winit, hmac, rmcp, heic-rs, photocraft-affinity, photocraft-codecs, photocraft-doc, photocraft-format, photocraft-raster, photocraft-raw, photocraft-text, craft-pcraft-format, roxmltree, exr, tiff, craft-print, zune-core, craft-pdf, jpeg-encoder, zune-jpeg, craft-jpeg, image-webp, imagesize, jxl-oxide, plist, zune-jpegxl

## Side by side

| | Concat | photocraft |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 165,559 lines written, 221 code files | 1,019,141 lines written, 1,300 code files |
| Who writes it | 66.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex | 53% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin |
| Activity | Last push November 8, 2026, 1,280 commits, 15,408 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 8,362 commits, 78,885 stars |
| Tests | 6 test files. 6.8% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,167 test files. 64.9% 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, Concat or photocraft?

photocraft, with 1,019,141 lines written; Concat has 165,559.

The proof: [storytold/photocraft's code at commit 7ca5a9c](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/tree/7ca5a9c40f8088c949007905c533b5ff9cd1b624)

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

photocraft, with 78,885 stars; Concat has 15,408.

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

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

photocraft, with 1,167 test files; Concat has 6.

The proof: [storytold/photocraft's code at commit 7ca5a9c](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/tree/7ca5a9c40f8088c949007905c533b5ff9cd1b624)

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

photocraft: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and Concat'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, Concat or photocraft?

Concat: an AI signed 66.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex; in photocraft, 53%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in jub0t/Concat](https://seerepo.com/r/jub0t/Concat/ai)

## Sources

- jub0t/Concat: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit c6be3e0 (https://github.com/jub0t/Concat/tree/c6be3e05493759b9329de01bda27b4686bf1efa0)
- storytold/photocraft: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 7ca5a9c (https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/tree/7ca5a9c40f8088c949007905c533b5ff9cd1b624)

## 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.