How AI apps are offering free substitutes for Big Tech software
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Atlanta-based software engineer Brandon Thomas has rebuilt the Adobe Creative Suite, which normally costs $779.99 a year or $69.99 a month, as a free package called ArtCraft. Using Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 and the Rust programming language, Thomas reverse engineered Photoshop and Adobe PDF into free services named PhotoCraft and PdfCraft, and has since released WordCraft, DeckCraft and GridCraft, copies of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel. The programmes are available worldwide, and Thomas, a self-described 15-year industry veteran, says the project is not a "flash in the pan".
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