AI-assisted disclosure: I used an AI assistant to help structure this write-up. Every number comes from my own runs on my Mac or from the sources linked at the end.

Short answer: yes, FilmCraft is free. It's open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0), it rebuilds Adobe Premiere Pro from scratch in pure Rust, and it costs $0. Premiere Pro costs US$22.99/month on the annual plan.

But is a free Premiere clone actually usable ? I gave FilmCraft 0.9.0 real jobs on a Mac mini M4 (16 GB) and scored it against Premiere in 10 rounds.

📺 Full video (5:38): https://youtu.be/0moxAPMMego

What FilmCraft is

A clean-room reimplementation of Premiere Pro : same panels, workspaces, tools and keyboard shortcuts (with shortcut presets for Premiere, Final Cut Pro and Avid).

Pure Rust, no FFmpeg inside. It ships its own H.264, HEVC, ProRes and AAC codecs.

From the ArtCraft team.…