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View 6 business solutionsBrowse free open source Pixel Art software and projects for Linux below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Pixel Art software by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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Aseprite
Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool
Aseprite is a program to create animated sprites. Sprites are composed of layers & frames as separated concepts. Support for color profiles and different color modes: RGBA, Indexed (palettes up to 256 colors), Grayscale. Animation facilities, with real-time preview and onion skinning. Copy & paste. Drag & drop. Resize palette. Palette entries with alpha value. Select color harmonies. Create light and shadows with the shading ink. Create perfect strokes for pixel-art. Avoid extreme pixel distortions when rotating tiny sprites. Create patterns repeating the image in a 3x3 grid. Create custom brushes for dithering. Composite layers to create color effects. Open or save a sequence of images. Create animations and save them as .gif files. Export your work to sprite sheets in .png and .json files. Recovery your sprites in case of crash. Integrate Aseprite in your assets pipeline with the command-line interface (CLI). Store several animations in one texture atlas. -
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LibreSprite
Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool
LibreSprite is a free and open-source program for creating and animating your sprites. Sprites are composed of both layers & frames. Tiled drawing mode, useful to draw patterns and textures. Pixel precise tools like filled contour, polygon, shading mode, etc. Several file types are supported for your sprites and animations. LibreSprite originated as a fork of Aseprite, developed by David Capello. Aseprite used to be distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2, but was moved to a proprietary license on August 26th, 2016. This fork was made on the last commit covered by the GPL version 2 license and is now developed independently of Aseprite. This program is distributed under the GNU General Public License Version 2. As LibreSprite has a newly budding community, we need help building the infrastructure of our development, support, and news networks. -
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Pixelorama
A free & open-source 2D sprite editor, made with the Godot Engine
Pixelorama is a free and open-source pixel art editor, proudly created with the Godot Engine, by Orama Interactive. Whether you want to make animated pixel art, game graphics, tiles and any kind of pixel art you want, Pixelorama has you covered with its variety of tools and features. Free to use for everyone, forever. A variety of different tools to help you draw, with the ability to map a different tool in each left and right mouse buttons. Are you an animator? Pixelorama has its own animation timeline just for you! You can work at an individual cel level, where each cel refers to a unique layer and frame. Supports onion skinning, cel linking, motion drawing and frame grouping with tags. Custom brushes, including random brushes. Create or import custom palettes. Import images and edit them inside Pixelorama. If you import multiple files, they will be added as individual animation frames. Importing sprite sheets is also supported. -
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Piskel
A simple web-based tool for Spriting and Pixel art
Piskel is a free, open-source online editor tailored for creating animated sprites and pixel art directly in the browser. Designed with simplicity and accessibility in mind, it offers a user-friendly interface that caters to both beginners and experienced artists. Piskel supports real-time previews, layers, and a variety of tools to streamline the pixel art creation process. -
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PixelIt
ESP8266/ESP32 and WS2812B LED Matrix based PixelArt display
PixelIt is an open-source firmware and hardware project designed to drive LED matrix displays using the ESP32 microcontroller. It's tailored for DIY enthusiasts and makers who want to create pixel art displays, show scrolling text, and integrate data from various APIs like weather or news. The project emphasizes customization and ease of use, allowing users to control displays via a web interface or REST API. -
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Pixel It
Create pixel art from an image
Pixel It is a JavaScript library that converts images into pixel art. It allows users to define pixel sizes, apply color palettes, and convert images to grayscale, providing a simple way to create pixelated versions of images for various applications. -
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PixiEditor
PixiEditor is a Universal Editor for all your 2D needs
PixiEditor is a free, open-source pixel art editor designed for creating and editing sprites and images. It offers a user-friendly interface with features like layer management, color tools, and support for various file formats, catering to both novice and professional artists. -
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Luna Paint
A raster image editor extension for VS Code
Luna Paint is a lightweight image editor built directly into Visual Studio Code, designed for quick pixel art and sprite editing. It integrates seamlessly with the VSCode workflow, making it ideal for developers working on game assets or simple image edits without leaving their coding environment. -
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Pixel Profile
Generate a pixel art style profile card from your GitHub data
Pixel Profile is an open-source tool that generates pixel art-style profile cards from your GitHub data. It automates the creation of visually appealing, retro-themed cards that showcase your GitHub statistics, making your profile stand out. With easy integration and customization options, it's a fun way to personalize your GitHub presence. -
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Pixeler
CLI image renderer
Pixeler is a command-line image renderer that transforms images into pixelated representations using UTF-8 characters. It's a handy tool for developers who want to display images directly in the terminal, offering a unique way to visualize graphics without a GUI. -
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Tilf
Tilf (Tiny Elf) is a free, simple yet powerful pixel art editor
Tilf (Tiny Elf) is a lightweight, cross-platform pixel art editor developed in Python with PySide6, designed for simplicity, speed, and freedom from account systems or installation overhead. It focuses on enabling artists to create sprites, icons, and small 2D assets quickly, without requiring setup, dependencies, or internet connectivity. Tilf provides a familiar drawing environment with essential tools—such as pencil, eraser, fill, eyedropper, rectangle, and ellipse—along with zoom, grid display, real-time preview, and undo/redo capabilities. It supports importing and exporting images in PNG, JPG, and BMP formats, including transparency options. With its single-executable builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux, Tilf can be run instantly and is ideal for both hobbyist pixel artists and developers needing a quick sketching tool for sprite work. The project emphasizes accessibility and minimalism over complexity, making it approachable even for users with no technical background. -
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Unity Aseprite Importer
An aseprite-file importer for unity written in C#
Unity Aseprite Importer is a Unity editor extension that enables developers to import Aseprite files (.ase and .aseprite) directly into Unity projects. It streamlines the 2D animation workflow by preserving layers, frames, tags, and metadata from Aseprite, making it easier to manage sprites and animations without manual exports. -
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PyxleOS
Open Source Pixel Editor
PyxleOS is an open source Java based pixel editor. Why is it special? Because it is written in Java, it is inherently cross platform. This means any computer running Java (JVM) can run PyxleOS! While it is currently in very early Alpha, PyxleOS hopes to compete with current goto pixel editors such as http://pyxeledit.com/ . Why the name PyxleOS? Pyxle(pixel) OS(open source). -
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DeadSimple Pixel Perfect Camera
An exceedingly easy-to-use pixel perfect orthographic camera script
DeadSimple Pixel Perfect Camera is a Unity script that ensures crisp and clean pixel rendering for 2D games. It eliminates jitter and blur caused by scaling issues, making it ideal for developers working on retro-style pixel art games who need a plug-and-play solution. -
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Float-ditherer
A dithering software based around floats
Float-ditherer is a tool that converts images into pure 1-bit images using a user specified palette tailored to convert images,textures and sprites using a float-based sampling method and float matrix. The software is meant to be lightweight and for power-users -
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Frontend Park
Frontend projects and experiments
frontend-park is a collection of engaging frontend projects and experiments, showcasing various web technologies. It includes examples ranging from pose and face recognition using TensorFlow.js to WebRTC-based video calls and Three.js 3D animations. This repository serves as a playground for exploring and learning modern frontend development techniques. -
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GB Studio Community Assets
A repository of user-submitted original assets usable in GB Studio
GB Studio Community Assets is a curated collection of free and open-source assets for use in GB Studio, a visual game development tool for creating Game Boy-style games. The repository includes characters, tilesets, UI elements, and music, all compatible with the Game Boy hardware style. -
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GIMP Plugin Pixel Art Scalers
Gimp plugin for scaling / rescaling images
The GIMP Plugin: Pixel Art Scalers is a tool for rescaling images using algorithms optimized for pixel art, such as HQX, XBR, and ScaleX. These scalers resize graphics while preserving the sharpness and clarity of pixel art, avoiding blurring and pixelation. The plugin integrates into GIMP's interface, providing users with options to adjust scaling parameters and improve the quality of upscaled images. -
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GoWall
A tool to convert a Wallpaper's color scheme / palette, image to pixel
Gowall is a versatile command-line tool for processing images, initially created to convert wallpapers to match specific color schemes. It has evolved to include features like image-to-pixel-art conversion, color palette extraction, background removal, and more, making it a powerful utility for image manipulation. -
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Illu Pix
Pix is an online pixel art community
Pix is an online pixel art community application built with React Native for iOS devices. It provides a 16x16 canvas for users to create and share pixel art, fostering creativity and collaboration among artists. The app emphasizes simplicity and ease of use, making pixel art accessible to everyone. -
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Image Maker
PNG Pixel editor
Image Maker is a small Java pixel-editor. Users can load .PNG files, edit them by-the-pixel + manipulate them in various ways, and save the edited image. Images are resized as you edit them to accomodate what you draw. -
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Libre Office Calc Pixel Art
Using Libre Office Calc for Pixel Art with conditional format
This simple project aims to create a Libre Office calc model to use it as a pixel art canvas. Colors are applied by using numbers (from 0 to 16) and formating conditions (calling styles for cells). -
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MetaSprite
A fast, self-contained, highly customizable Aseprite-to-Unity importer
MetaSprite is a Unity plugin that enables developers to import Aseprite's .ase files directly into Unity as Mecanim animation clips and controllers. It supports rich metadata, allowing for manipulation of colliders, transforms, and message sending within Aseprite, streamlining the workflow for 2D game development. -
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MiniPixel
A tiny pixel art editor
MiniPixel is a minimalistic pixel art editor written in Zig. It's designed for simplicity and efficiency, providing essential tools for creating and editing pixel art without the overhead of more complex software. -
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Obelisk.js
Build pixel isometric graphics with HTML5 canvas
Obelisk.js is a JavaScript library for creating pixelated isometric graphics using HTML5 canvas. It provides a simple and flexible API to render isometric elements like bricks, cubes, and pyramids, making it ideal for developing retro-style games and visualizations.
