---
title: Software can be generated
author: Brünner, Ebner, Schön, Hoffmann, Ortner, Leitner
date: 2026-10-09
url: https://postgenerative.at/indications/2026-10-09/5-software-can-be-generated
lang: en
type: Indication
summary: "Artcraft: a developer uses AI to build open-source Adobe alternatives."
tags:
  - Software
  - Culture
sources:
  - title: "Proschofsky, Andreas (2026): Von Adobe genervter Entwickler baut Photoshop, Premiere und Co mit KI als Open Source nach [Developer fed up with Adobe uses AI to rebuild Photoshop, Premiere and co. as open source]. derStandard.at, 8 October 2026."
    url: https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000343256/von-adobe-genervter-entwickler-baut-photoshop-premiere-und-co-mit-ki-als-open-source-nach
translatedBy: Brünner, Ebner, Schön, Hoffmann, Ortner, Leitner
license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
alternate:
  de: https://postgenerativ.at/indizien/2026-10-09/5-software-wird-erzeugbar
---

# Software can be generated

Artcraft: a developer uses AI to build open-source Adobe alternatives. Still an early alpha with missing and broken features. derStandard.at reports on emerging possibilities in software development.

*Indication 05 of the poster “Post-Generative – A concept for our present” (9 October 2026).*