Besprited

Spec sheet

Purpose

Besprited is an application for creating and animating 2D sprites and pixel art.Read 11 Oct 2026 · besprited.veritaware.com

Audience

The maker describes Besprited as intended for artists and developers and says the LibreSprite community is part of its audience.Read 11 Oct 2026 · veritaware.com

Founded

2026Read 28 Sep 2026 · github.com

Animation

It supports layers and frames, onion skinning, and real-time animation previews.Read 11 Oct 2026 · besprited.veritaware.com

Drawing tools

Features include a stabilized pencil, Shading Ink, custom brushes, RotSprite rotation, and layer blend modes.Read 11 Oct 2026 · besprited.veritaware.com

File formats

The repository says it opens and saves Aseprite .ase/.aseprite files and supports GIF, PNG sequences, sprite sheets with JSON data, WebP, QOI, BMP, TGA, PCX, ICO, and FLI/FLC; some newer Aseprite features are not supported yet.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Multiple sprites

Users can work on several sprites at once.Read 11 Oct 2026 · besprited.veritaware.com

Palettes and tiling

Users can make or use palettes and draw repeating patterns with canvas tiling.Read 11 Oct 2026 · besprited.veritaware.com

Platform security caveat

The guide says Windows executables are not code-signed and macOS builds are self-signed, so users may need to bypass platform security prompts to run them.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Platforms and packages

Releases are provided for Windows, macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon), and Linux, including AppImage, .deb, .rpm, and .tar.gz packages.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Release verification

The installation guide says each release package is signed with the maintainer's personal GPG key and gives steps to verify its signature.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Scripting and themes

The project supports JavaScript scripting and themes with custom fonts.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security reporting

The security policy asks users to report vulnerabilities through a new GitHub issue using the Code quality template and the security label.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support and community

The project directs users to its Discord community and GitHub issues for questions and issue reports.Read 11 Oct 2026 · besprited.veritaware.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Pixel Art Software#14 of 708.1