Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/storytold/photocraft/vs/tangency-labs/solidcraft
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/storytold/photocraft/vs/tangency-labs/solidcraft.md
Description: photocraft and solidcraft share 14 technologies: egui, eframe, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, wgpu, x11rb, rfd, muda, winit, image, ttf-parser, png, schemars, and log. Both are written in Rust.

# photocraft vs solidcraft

photocraft and solidcraft share 14 technologies: egui, eframe, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, wgpu, x11rb, rfd, muda, winit, image, ttf-parser, png, schemars, and log. Both are written in Rust.

- [storytold/photocraft](https://seerepo.com/r/storytold/photocraft): PhotoCraft: An open-source, photo editor written by scratch in pure Rust
- [tangency-labs/solidcraft](https://seerepo.com/r/tangency-labs/solidcraft): SolidCraft: an open-source parametric 3D CAD application built in pure Rust. Desktop, web, and automation through MCP.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: egui, eframe, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, wgpu, x11rb, rfd, muda, winit, image, ttf-parser, png, schemars, log
- Only in photocraft: photocraft-engine, Tokio, skrifa, photocraft-ui-egui, craft-ui, parley, egui_extras, kurbo, 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, zune-core, craft-pdf, jpeg-encoder, resvg, zune-jpeg, craft-jpeg, heic-rs, image-webp, imagesize, jxl-oxide, plist, zune-jpegxl
- Only in solidcraft: egui-wgpu, tiny-skia, keyring, quick-xml, zip, pillow, gltf, harfrust

## Side by side

| | photocraft | solidcraft |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 969,012 lines written, 1,324 code files | 1,090,697 lines written, 1,266 code files |
| Who writes it | 53.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin | 59.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Mistral Vibe, and Gemini CLI |
| Activity | Last push November 9, 2026, 7,520 commits, 78,116 stars | Last push November 8, 2026, 4,816 commits, 14,962 stars |
| Tests | 1,008 test files. 63.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 661 test files. 57.3% 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, photocraft or solidcraft?

solidcraft, with 1,090,697 lines written; photocraft has 969,012.

The proof: [tangency-labs/solidcraft's code at commit 419bbcd](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/tree/419bbcda0e90fa502506181f6a952935eda8310d)

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

photocraft, with 78,116 stars; solidcraft has 14,962.

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

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

photocraft, with 1,008 test files; solidcraft has 661.

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

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

photocraft: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and solidcraft'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, photocraft or solidcraft?

solidcraft: an AI signed 59.3% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Mistral Vibe, and Gemini CLI; in photocraft, 53.3%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in tangency-labs/solidcraft](https://seerepo.com/r/tangency-labs/solidcraft/ai)

## Sources

- storytold/photocraft: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit 1372bae (https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/tree/1372bae3ea5bd9525811d974efeedbc64edad7b7)
- tangency-labs/solidcraft: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 419bbcd (https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/tree/419bbcda0e90fa502506181f6a952935eda8310d)

## 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.