Thirteen apps. One craft.
Thread poster: CafeTran Trainer
CafeTran Trainer
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Oct 16

Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics, page layout, interface design, word processing, audio, presentations, CAD and spreadsheets. Native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.

https://getartcraft.com/apps

https://www.zdnet.com/tech/free-microsoft-word-clone-alternative-linux-wordcraft/

wordcraft.jpg

https://github.com/storytold/wordcraft

https://getartcraft.com/apps/wordcraft

Next in line: CatCraft? Reverse-engineered Trados (or Déjà Vu): Trados (Déjà Vu) rebuilt in Rust, fast, stable and free.



[Edited at 2026-10-16 06:26 GMT]


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Asjad Aamir
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Looking forward to CatCraft Oct 16

An ambitious lineup — having one craft-oriented suite covering image, vector, video and layout work would be handy for translators who wear many hats. The CatCraft idea is the one I'd watch most closely, since lightweight CAT tools are exactly where many of us want to see innovation. How far along is the reverse-engineering effort, and is there an early build that translators could try?

 
CafeTran Trainer
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It was a question Oct 16

Asjad Aamir wrote:

An ambitious lineup — having one craft-oriented suite covering image, vector, video and layout work would be handy for translators who wear many hats. The CatCraft idea is the one I'd watch most closely, since lightweight CAT tools are exactly where many of us want to see innovation. How far along is the reverse-engineering effort, and is there an early build that translators could try?


I don't believe the development of CatCraft has started yet. However, there are alternatives, such as Simpelvertaler, Supervertaler, and some paid ones.


 
Rodolfo Raya
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Dreams Oct 16

The reality is that none of those apps is production-ready yet.

Rodolfo


 


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