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How to install PhotoCraft on Linux

PhotoCraft 0.7.0 ships for Linux as an AppImage, .deb, .rpm, Flatpak and tarball, for x86_64 and ARM64. The AppImage is the quickest way in.

Time: About 2 minutes64-bit Linux (x86_64 or ARM64)About 69 MB to downloadBased on PhotoCraft 0.7.0 · October 11, 2026
Download AppImage (69 MB)SHA256SUMS.txt
  1. 1

    Download the AppImage

    Download photocraft-0.7.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage (pick aarch64 on ARM64) and check it against SHA256SUMS.txt.
    sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt --ignore-missing
    The asset list on the GitHub release page with the x86_64 AppImage highlighted
  2. 2

    Make it executable and run it

    An AppImage needs no install. The first run registers a launcher icon and menu entry in ~/.local/share; set PHOTOCRAFT_NO_DESKTOP_INTEGRATION=1 to skip that.
    chmod +x photocraft-0.7.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage
./photocraft-0.7.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage
  3. 3

    Start editing

    Open an image with File › Open or Ctrl+O.
    PhotoCraft with an image open

Debian / Ubuntu (.deb)

sudo apt install ./photocraft-0.7.0-linux-x86_64.deb

Fedora / openSUSE (.rpm)

sudo dnf install ./photocraft-0.7.0-linux-x86_64.rpm
# openSUSE: sudo zypper install ./photocraft-0.7.0-linux-x86_64.rpm

Flatpak

The bundle needs the freedesktop runtime from Flathub, which flatpak offers to install with it.
flatpak install --user photocraft-0.7.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak
flatpak run ai.storyteller.photocraft

RISC-V

RISC-V gets photocraft-0.7.0-linux-riscv64.tar.gz only, built on Ubuntu 24.04 and needing glibc 2.39 or newer.

Troubleshooting

Dropping files on the window does nothing on Wayland

winit 0.30, the windowing library underneath, has no Wayland drag and drop yet. Use File › Open, or copy the image in your file manager and paste with Ctrl+V. Or start under XWayland: WAYLAND_DISPLAY= ./photocraft-…AppImage.

Pen pressure misbehaves on Wayland

This is a known issue (GitHub #2622). Use an X11 session when you need pressure.

Uninstall

AppImage: delete the file. deb: sudo apt remove photocraft. rpm: sudo dnf remove photocraft. Flatpak: flatpak uninstall ai.storyteller.photocraft.

Other systems

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