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effectcraft

by storytold

EffectCraft is an open-source motion graphics and compositing tool built in Rust, offering a professional-grade environment for creating animations and visual effects.

Check firstUnusual star pattern. Look at its issues and recent activity before relying on it.

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Stars
8k +315 a day, est.
Licence
Apache-2.0
Runs on
A small server
Setup
Moderate
Language
Rust
Age
25 days

This is one of 9 projects from storytold that each passed 5,000 stars within weeks of launch (170.8k stars in total). That pattern can come from bought or automated stars. How star watch works.

What you can do with it

  • Create animations and visual effects
  • Import and export Lottie animations
  • Work with layers, keyframes, and effects

Ways a business could use it

  • Save costs by using a free, open-source alternative to commercial software
  • Customize and integrate with other tools through scripting

Can you use it commercially?

Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.

Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.

Getting it running

Install via Docker or from source code

Follow the official instructions in the project README.

Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.

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