Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/slint-ui/slint/vs/storytold/photocraft
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/slint-ui/slint/vs/storytold/photocraft.md
Description: slint and photocraft share 6 technologies: Tokio, objc2-foundation, objc2-app-kit, muda, image, and log. Both are written in Rust.

# slint vs photocraft

slint and photocraft share 6 technologies: Tokio, objc2-foundation, objc2-app-kit, muda, image, and log. Both are written in Rust.

- [slint-ui/slint](https://seerepo.com/r/slint-ui/slint): Slint is an open-source declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces for Rust, C++, JavaScript, or Python apps.
- [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-foundation, objc2-app-kit, muda, image, log
- Only in slint: objc2-quartz-core, pulldown-cmark, tracing
- Only in photocraft: skrifa, wgpu, parley, x11rb, rfd, winit, rmcp, roxmltree, resvg, jxl-oxide, plist, png, schemars

## Side by side

| | slint | photocraft |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 508,135 lines written, 585 code files | 860,770 lines written, 1,249 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 51.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 20,885 commits, 24,376 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 6,289 commits, 76,898 stars |
| Tests | 316 test files. 12.3% 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, slint or photocraft?

photocraft, with 860,770 lines written; slint has 508,135.

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

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

photocraft, with 76,898 stars; slint has 24,376.

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

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

photocraft, with 825 test files; slint has 316.

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

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

photocraft: an AI signed 51.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin; in slint, 0.9%.

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

## Sources

- slint-ui/slint: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 9fb8599 (https://github.com/slint-ui/slint/tree/9fb859998e1d4768243e9dcd9637dd2b837fd1fa)
- 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.