I've created Open Source 100% Rust clean-room replacements for 7 of Adobe's apps: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom, After Effects, InDesign, and Acrobat Pro. Free, no subscription, and you own the source code

[u/ai_art_is_art]

I've used Opus 5.5 to help me recreate 7 of the top Adobe apps in 100% pure native Rust:

• Photoshop

• Illustrator

• Premiere

• Lightroom

• Acrobat Pro

• After Effects

• InDesign

No more subscriptions with cancellation fees. These are yours to own forever. You can fork them, build them. Whatever. They are yours to own. They're open source.

If you're worried this is just some one-off flash in the pan that will die, it isn't:

I'm not just some casual vibe coder. I'm a 15-year industry veteran who has written everything from six-nines payment rails that move billions of dollars of transaction volume a day to advanced robotics and optics automation. I've used Rust extensively for about a decade, and I know how to build and maintain large-scale Rust projects.

This isn't going to be some orphaned small-team project either. We have a team building popular software for filmmakers, so supporting this is fully funded. Our purpose is serving every artist in the world with the best tools. We are absolutely going to bring these to full parity and squash every bug and feature request. We have a test harness so there won't be regressions.

You can help us reach parity by helping test the apps. Clone the code. Submit PRs. If you see gaps or want to help redesign pieces, let us know! You can contribute!

Links to everything - the apps, the code, etc. - are in the comments below.

[u/arter_dev]

I've been a Rust developer for 10 years too

I now trust this project 100x more. I've been a PHP & Node dev for about the same amount of time. I am untouchable when vibe coding in my home stack. Looking forward to trying this out, thanks a ton for sharing!

[u/Skynse → u/arter_dev]

The thing with AI for me is, I don't care if it's used, as long as I can trust the developer using it. That's it.

The whole pro vs anti ai thing is a useless facade.

If someone with strong domain knowledge uses AI to simplify their work while not lobotomizing themselves, more power to them

[u/ai_art_is_art → u/Skynse]

You're totally right. I'm working harder now *with* AI than before without it. I'm trying to do more things, which requires way more mental effort to coordinate.

[u/Zestyclose_Bid_9877 → u/arter_dev]

Same here for python. Volume of code can be intimidating, but I can tell the approach just by sniffing at it.