EffectCraft

by ArtCraft (storytold)

The open-source After Effects alternative, rewritten in Rust: compositions, keyframes, 306 effects, expressions and 3D.

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What it does

Compositions, text, shape and footage layers, animated with keyframes
306 effects, layer styles, expressions, 3D cameras and lights
Video or Lottie export, render queue, and an MCP server so an agent can drive it

! Still alpha, not a full After Effects replacement: young and already usable, but not complete. Keep your original files and work on copies. Stars and version come from the repo, not tested by PixDig.

Install it

Requirements: No account. Linux: AppImage, .deb, .rpm or Flatpak; Mac: disk image; Windows: .msi or portable zip.

Download the installer for your machine (AppImage, .deb, .msi, .dmg) from the releases page

https://github.com/storytold/effectcraft/releases/latest

Check the file's hash against the SHA256SUMS.txt published with the same release

sha256sum -c --ignore-missing SHA256SUMS.txt

The prompt for your agent

Paste it into your coding agent: it checks the requirements and installs it for you.

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Prompt

Install EffectCraft (https://github.com/storytold/effectcraft) on my machine.
1. Check the requirements: No account. Linux: AppImage, .deb, .rpm or Flatpak; Mac: disk image; Windows: .msi or portable zip. If anything is missing, tell me before installing anything.
2. Follow the official method:
- see https://github.com/storytold/effectcraft/releases/latest
- Check the file's hash against the SHA256SUMS.txt published with the same release: sha256sum -c --ignore-missing SHA256SUMS.txt
3. Check that it works, then explain how to launch it and where to start.

Always review what your agent is about to run, especially install commands.