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Reimplements Adobe Photoshop
Part of ArtCraft Suite
PhotoCraft by ArtCraft independently implements Photoshop-style image editing, including layers, adjustments, selections and layered PSD documents.
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Reimplements Adobe Photoshop
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PhotoCraft by ArtCraft independently implements Photoshop-style image editing, including layers, adjustments, selections and layered PSD documents.
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Reimplements Autodesk Fusion
SolidCraft by Tangency Labs independently implements Fusion-style parametric CAD, with constrained sketches, solid modeling and a rebuildable feature timeline.
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Tool for ArtCraft Suite, LightCraft Classic, SolidCraft, MailCraft
OpenPlayground by Daijro runs ArtCraft implementations in the browser, adding optimized WebAssembly builds, compression, themes and clipboard workarounds.
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Reimplements Adobe Animate
An Animate-style animation application based on OpenToonz, with vector and raster drawing, timelines, rigging and effects. Imports Flash/Animate containers through native readers and offers optional Next2Flash tooling for SWF round-trips and ActionScript decompilation. Moho import reads structure, rigs and asset manifests.
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Reimplements Google Earth
A 3D globe explorer built in Rust targeting Google Earth-style navigation, with satellite/street/topographic imagery, place search, and animated fly-to. Offers support for more advanced workflows with full KML support, a geodesic ruler with precise coordinates and multiple units, sunlight simulation and PNG screenshots. Explorer tools add narrated tours and custom planet previews.
Read more…Reimplements NVIDIA ShadowPlay
Reimplements ShadowPlay-style instant replay using Windows screen capture, DirectX 11 and Media Foundation. Buffers hardware-encoded H.264 video with system audio and optional microphone input, then saves the recent recording as MP4 through a global hotkey. Uses generic GPU encoders rather than an NVIDIA-specific SDK.
Read more…Reimplements Windows desktop shell
Reimplements Windows desktop-shell workflows with a C# core, Win32 adapters and an HTML/CSS/JavaScript interface hosted in WebView2. Provides a taskbar, launcher, workspaces, tray handling, hotkeys and window management. Supports running alongside Explorer or registering as the user's replacement shell.
Read more…Reimplements Microsoft OneNote
A OneNote-style notebook with an Office-style ribbon, nested notebooks, sections and pages stored as folders and HTML or Markdown files. Provides formatted editing, movable page containers, tags, equations, attachments, search, autosave and CLI/MCP access. A partial ONE section-file reader is implemented.
Read more…Reimplements Microsoft OneNote, Samsung Notes
A Flutter notebook targeting Samsung Notes-style inking and OneNote-style organization. Implements pressure-sensitive pens, highlighters, stylus erasing, palm rejection, stroke and area erasers, lasso transformations and undo/redo. Native storage saves pages in its own JSON-based format.
Read more…Reimplements SideFX Houdini
Targets Houdini's procedural geometry workflows with a Rust SOP engine, node graphs, a Tauri desktop viewport and a command-line interface. Implements a subset of SOPs, VEX expressions, geometry formats and HIP scene import. Also includes experimental Endorphin scene reading and passive ragdoll simulation.
Read more…Reimplements Quixel Bridge
An independent Quixel Bridge-style asset workflow targeting Fab and Megascans. Its current Rust CLI searches the Fab catalog and signs in to user accounts. The planned desktop application covers browsing, downloads and export to content-creation tools.
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Add a projectIndependent recreation of the discontinued game's observable battle-royale rules and client/server interactions, using independently licensed assets and no proprietary server code.
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Independent implementation of the original game's real-time strategy rules, maps and multiplayer behavior, requiring independently licensed content or user-supplied authorized assets.
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Self-hosted mailbox, calendar, contacts and synchronization behavior using documented Exchange protocols and compatible client-facing interfaces.
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