06 / EffectCraft · In DevelopmentAlternative to Adobe After Effectsgithub.com/storytold/effectcraft

Grafica animata ed effetti visivi open source realizzati in puro Rust.

Compositing a nodi e livelli, editor di curve spline, particelle ed effetti visivi con calcolo GPU tramite shader WGSL.

01 / Fluid Spline Editor

Speed & Value Graph

Fine-tune acceleration, deceleration, and custom bezier easing curves with instant responsive feedback. Say goodbye to After Effects' clunky graph editor.

02 / WebGPU Compute Shaders

Hardware Acceleration

GPU-accelerated particle systems, chromatic aberration, glows, and displacement maps written in standard WGSL for cross-platform Metal and Vulkan execution.

03 / Smart RAM Preview

Zero-Stutter Caching

Parallelized background tile composition caches rendered frames in GPU memory for real-time 60 FPS playback on 4K multi-layer animations.

02 / Breakdown

EffectCraft vs. Adobe After Effects

MetricEffectCraft (Pure Rust)Adobe After Effects
Pricing100% Free Forever (Open Source)$263.88 / year single app
Rendering EnginePure Rust wgpu compute pipelineLegacy 32-bit/64-bit hybrid architecture
Browser PortabilityCompiles to WebAssembly (WASM)Desktop only, heavy installation
ExtensibilityWGSL shaders & JSON control APILegacy ExtendScript & expensive plugins
03 / Downloads

Direct Release Packages for All Platforms

Direct Cloudflare R2 binary distribution with 1-year immutable caching and GitHub fallback.

macOS

macOS Universal

Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) & Intel 64-bit.

Download .dmg
Windows x64

Windows 64-bit MSI

Standard Windows 10 & 11 installer package.

Download .msi
Windows Portable

Portable ZIP (No Install)

Zero admin rights needed. Unzip and run.

Download .zip
Windows ARM64

Windows on ARM

Native build for Surface & Copilot+ PCs.

Download .msi