# Install artcraft-launcher with Homebrew Cask Installer and updater for the Craft App Suite. Version 0.14.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install cask:artcraft-launcher ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew Cask (100%): ```sh brew install --cask artcraft-launcher ``` Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** cask:artcraft-launcher - **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.14.0 - **Source summary:** Installer and updater for the Craft App Suite - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-11-04T12:20:42+00:00 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-11-04 - Package-manager version: 0.14.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/storytold/craft-launcher - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage ArtCraft Launcher is the official native installer, updater, and application launcher for the Craft App Suite of open-source creative tools. ### Project history ArtCraft Launcher was created by the ArtCraft team as the official native launcher for the Craft App Suite. The project credits several earlier community launchers for ideas involving installation detection, update checks, checksum verification, interruption recovery, and desktop integration. The launcher and its web build are written in Rust. The desktop application uses a native interface rather than Electron or a web view, while the web build exposes the same application catalog without host installation capabilities. ### Adoption history The launcher is distributed for macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and the web. Its official documentation still labels it early alpha, so broad platform availability is established but long-term adoption is not yet demonstrated. ### How it is used Users select Craft applications in one interface; the launcher chooses the appropriate package for the operating system and processor, verifies it against the release checksum, installs or updates it, and opens installed applications. It can remain in the menu bar or system tray to check for updates. ### Why package nerds care ArtCraft Launcher packages an entire creative-application suite behind one native installer and updater. Its package-management interest lies in selecting platform-specific artifacts, verifying published checksums, recognizing existing installations, and avoiding replacement of running applications. ### Timeline - 2026: ArtCraft Launcher entered public early-alpha distribution. - 2026: The official launcher supported native releases across macOS, Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD, plus a catalog-only web build. ### Related projects - The launcher directly manages the Craft App Suite, including PhotoCraft, VectorCraft, FilmCraft, LightCraft, PdfCraft, EffectCraft, DesignCraft, FigCraft, WordCraft, SoundCraft, DeckCraft, CADCraft, and GridCraft. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for artcraft-launcher. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Linux: ~/.local/share/ai.storyteller.artcraft-launcher/app.ron - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/ai.storyteller.artcraft-launcher/app.ron - Windows: %APPDATA%\ai.storyteller.artcraft-launcher\app.ron ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew cask API - **Tap:** homebrew/cask - **Full Token:** artcraft-launcher - **Names:** ArtCraft Launcher - **Artifacts:** App: 1, Target: 1, Uninstall: 1, Zap: 1 - **Auto Updates:** yes - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no ## Related links - [Homebrew Cask packages](https://pkg.so/homebrew-cask-packages/) - Generated from Homebrew Cask package-manager metadata. - [Homebrew Cask applications](https://pkg.so/homebrew-cask-applications/) - Cask artifact metadata includes an app bundle. - [photocraft](https://pkg.so/cask/photocraft/) - ArtCraft Launcher explicitly installs, updates, and opens PhotoCraft, the suite's layered image editor. Sources: · - [pdfcraft](https://pkg.so/cask/pdfcraft/) - ArtCraft Launcher explicitly manages PdfCraft, providing a direct installation and update path for the suite's PDF workbench. Sources: · ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/artcraft-launcher.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/artcraft-launcher.yml) ## Sources - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph