Adobe Clone (ArtCraft) + Claude with ArtCraft MCP is Insane!

Adobe charges about Rs 2,000 a month in India and $70 abroad. Now a small team has rebuilt its apps as free, open-source copies called ArtCraft: PhotoCraft for Photoshop, VectorCraft for Illustrator, FilmCraft for Premiere Pro, and more. In this video I install them, open a PSD, and connect VectorCraft to Claude through a local MCP server so the AI draws inside the app while I watch. I also show every problem I hit during setup, and give you one prompt that does the whole setup for you. 🔗 RESOURCES ➤ The setup prompt (copy and paste into Claude Code): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TStIqH44VmWygUEASddzre8m87D_OHWNkmAi40zHfF4/edit?usp=sharing ➤ ArtCraft apps: https://getartcraft.com/apps ➤ ArtCraft on GitHub: https://github.com/storytold ➤ VectorCraft releases: https://github.com/storytold/vectorcraft/releases ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 – Adobe got cloned 00:00:20 – 12 free apps and 24K stars on GitHub 00:00:47 – Photoshop to PhotoCraft: why people are switching 00:01:01 – Free and open source: what they actually charge for 00:01:26 – You can control it with AI (dragon demo) 00:01:59 – Adobe's stock: down 60% in five years 00:02:15 – Is it legal? Clean room, built in Rust, and the bugs 00:03:15 – Step 1: download the ArtCraft launcher 00:03:55 – PhotoCraft and opening a PSD file 00:04:17 – VectorCraft, the Illustrator one 00:04:43 – Why YouTube had no setup guide 00:05:03 – Connecting VectorCraft to Claude, problem by problem 00:06:12 – Claude draws live with Haiku 5.5 00:06:34 – Opus 5.5 draws a dragon from one image 00:07:08 – A ChatGPT logo becomes a vector SVG 00:07:50 – Open source is the future 00:08:12 – Final thoughts 📌 WHAT THIS VIDEO COVERS • What ArtCraft is and which Adobe app each one copies • What is free and what is paid (only the hosted AI generation) • How to install the launcher, PhotoCraft and VectorCraft • Opening a layered PSD file in PhotoCraft • Setting up the local VectorCraft MCP server for Claude Code and Claude Desktop • The three problems I hit: the CLI alone is not enough, the app must be installed, and it must be started with a control channel • Live drawing with Claude Haiku 5.5 and Opus 5.5 • Turning a flat logo into SVG, PDF and PNG files 🛠️ TOOLS USED • ArtCraft Launcher, PhotoCraft, VectorCraft • Claude Code and Claude Desktop (Haiku 5.5, Opus 5.5) • MCP (Model Context Protocol), local server • GitHub 👥 WHO THIS IS FOR Designers, video editors, freelancers and students who cannot justify an Adobe subscription, and anyone who wants to see an AI drive a real design app. Note: these apps are early. Expect bugs and missing features, keep backups, and test before using them for client work. Tomorrow: how reverse engineering like this is done. Subscribe so you do not miss it. 👋 WHO AM I? I'm Vivek Mishra — a performance marketing expert and trainer. I work with service-based and e-commerce brands and teach practical skills around marketing, AI tools, and digital systems. Everything I teach comes from doing it myself. 📩 Questions? Drop them in the comments — I personally reply. Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/vivekmishra.ai/ Discord : https://discord.gg/d2AJgeGN8x #ArtCraft #Adobe #VectorCraft #ClaudeAI #OpenSource