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PaintCraft

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Summary

Paint.NET and MS Paint workflows in Rust, with layers, brushes, selections, Classic skins and a tabbed Studio workspace.

Description

A Rust reimplementation targeting Paint.NET and MS Paint drawing and editing workflows. Classic offers Windows 7, 10 and 11 skins; Studio adds document tabs and floating panels. Desktop, browser and CLI interfaces provide brushes, shapes, text, selections, layers and undo/redo. Projects use the native PCND format, with PNG, JPEG and BMP image exchange, still GIF import and single-page TIFF import. MCP tools expose headless painting operations.

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Screenshots

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PaintCraft: drawing canvas in the Windows 11 theme.

PaintCraft: drawing canvas in the Windows 10 theme.

Compatibility and scope

Status and compatibility are maintainer-reported. Inclusion is not an independent verification or certification.

Development status: Experimental
Compatibility: Partial (claimed)
Languages: Rust
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, Web
License: MIT

Known limitations

Early preview; full feature parity is not claimed. PDN and PAINT support is limited to structural inspection, without layered project decoding or preserving saves. GIF import is still-image only and TIFF import is single-page; their frontend exports are disabled.