storytold/artcraft

What ArtCraft Does

ArtCraft is a desktop tool for AI-assisted image, video, music, and 3D creation. Rather than starting and ending with a prompt, it lets you build a scene first: compose layers on a 2D canvas, stage objects and characters in 3D, pose characters, and set camera positions before generating the final output. This is aimed at artists, designers, and filmmakers who need control over composition, character identity, and camera placement.

Generation is handled by multiple model providers through one interface. The README lists 62 ArtCraft-hosted models across images, video, music and sound, 3D meshes, and Gaussian-splat worlds, plus integrations with Grok, Midjourney, Sora, and World Labs provider table. Some models are marked disabled or restricted and therefore unavailable in the desktop app catalog.

Getting Started

Stable builds for Windows and macOS are distributed through the project site, while the latest builds appear on GitHub Releases download options:

1. Download a stable build from the ArtCraft download page, or pick the newest build from GitHub Releases.
2. Install and launch the desktop app.
3. Choose a model provider, start with a text prompt to explore an idea, then refine it using canvas and scene tools.

Linux users must build from source; the development setup guide covers that path. A two-minute demo video shows the interface and scene-building workflow.

Constraints and Availability

Desktop distribution covers Windows and macOS; Linux is source-build only. Model availability changes inside the app: the catalog marks some models with a dagger as currently disabled and others as restricted, so not every listed option can be used. Use of provider models may involve those providers' own accounts or terms, though the README does not detail pricing or account requirements. The project is dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0 at your option, with third-party notices in the NOTICE file license.

HotRepo's take

GitHub star counts for this repository went from 6,611 on 2026-10-08 to 26,882 on 2026-10-14, with daily gains between 1,465 and 4,106, before reaching 38,677 stars by the November Rust monthly ranking, where it placed fourth. It has no recorded position on the all-language daily ranking. The project also drew several small Show HN posts in early 2026 and one in October; the single comment links to an essay on world models for film. The data shows a sharp attention spike during a single week, but the README only documents the desktop workflow and model catalog, not how the hosted generation layer is implemented or operated.