GraphiteEditor/Graphite

Health v2 · maintenance only

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26939 stars · 1240 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Graphite is a free, open source 2D graphics editor built in Rust that combines layer-based compositing with a node-based procedural graphics engine. It runs as a lightweight offline web app in alpha, with planned native desktop apps and roadmap features spanning photo editing, motion graphics, digital painting, and VFX compositing.

Use cases

• edit vector graphics and svg files nondestructively
• create procedural generative designs with a node graph
• do graphic design and digital art in a free open source tool
• make 2d motion graphics and animations
• edit photos with layer-based raster tools
• composite vfx-style layered images procedurally

When to choose

• you want a free, open source alternative to Illustrator or Photoshop with a procedural workflow
• you prefer nondestructive, node-based editing for 2D graphics
• you want a lightweight offline web app for vector art and design
• you're interested in creative coding with a visual node graph

When to avoid

• you need a mature, production-stable editor — it's still in alpha with limited raster tooling
• you need desktop publishing, digital painting, or VFX compositing today — those are roadmap features
• you require native desktop apps right now — only the web app is available
• you need live collaboration — that's planned but not yet shipped

Facets

application · maturity experimental

image-processing graphics animation ui-components graphics web-design image-processing cross-platform rust wasm vector-graphics raster-editing node-graph procedural-design motion-graphics graphic-design nondestructive-editing svg-editor creative-coding photo-editing game-development web-server

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