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Photo library manager and raw image developer. Version 0.18.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Photo library manager and raw image developer
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Project history and usage
LightCraft is an open-source photo library and nondestructive raw-image developer built in Rust. It combines cataloguing, fielded search, raw decoding, tonal and color adjustments, masks, presets, and local export without requiring a cloud account.
Project history
LightCraft was created by the ArtCraft team as an open-source, clean-room photo-library manager and raw developer written in Rust. The project implements its own raw support and a scene-referred, wide-gamut, 32-bit floating-point development pipeline while leaving original photographs untouched.
Adoption history
LightCraft is distributed for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with a browser build, native packages, and a headless CLI. The supplied package metadata records its availability through the Homebrew cask `lightcraft`.
How it is used
Users can manage a persistent photo library, import folders, rate and organize photographs, apply nondestructive adjustments and masks, and export developed images. The application also exposes a CLI, JSON control channel, and MCP server for batch processing and agent-driven workflows.
Why package nerds care
LightCraft is notable for packaging a broad photographic workflow—raw decoding, cataloguing, nondestructive development, masking, metadata, GPU rendering, CLI automation, and an MCP interface—inside a native Rust workspace. Its local-only model also avoids account, cloud, telemetry, and subscription dependencies.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02: The official GitHub release history records LightCraft v0.1.0.
- 2026-10: Official distribution covered native desktop packages, a command-line renderer, and a WebAssembly build.
Related projects
- LightCraft is part of ArtCraft's Crafting Apps family with PhotoCraft, VectorCraft, FilmCraft, PdfCraft, EffectCraft, and DesignCraft. It occupies the photo-catalogue and raw-development role in that suite.
Sources
- Official Crafting Apps overview: https://getartcraft.com/apps
- Official product page: https://getartcraft.com/apps/lightcraft
- Official releases: https://github.com/storytold/lightcraft/releases
- Official repository and README: https://github.com/storytold/lightcraft
- Package provenance: source_facts.package-manager and source_facts.provenance
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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for lightcraft. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lightcraft/ (default: ~/.config/lightcraft/)- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/LightCraft/- Windows
%APPDATA%\LightCraft\
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| No executable data was present. | |||
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Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version0.18.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/storytold/lightcraft
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/storytold/lightcraftnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:lightcraft |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.18.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/lightcraft |
| Homepage | https://getartcraft.com/apps/lightcraft |
| Repository | https://github.com/storytold/lightcraft |
| Upstream docs | https://getartcraft.com/apps/lightcraft |
| Source archive | https://github.com/storytold/lightcraft/releases/download/v0.18.0/lightcraft-0.18.0-macos-universal.dmg |
| SHA-256 | f3cb326a202a2d6f89bd2d08ccd8b108e8efe103bb9da88c2a38e52a29f93e5a |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | lightcraft |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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