PixelWright

Spec sheet

Purpose

PixelWright is a desktop tool for drawing and animating pixel art sprites for game characters, small pixel-art assets, and short looping animations.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Product

PixelWright is a desktop tool for drawing and animating pixel art sprites, including game characters, small assets, and short looping animations.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Intended users

The README describes the tool as useful for game characters, small pixel-art assets, and short looping animations.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Platforms

The README describes portable Linux AppImage and Windows ZIP release packages, and says neither requires Qt on the target machine.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support

The project provides a GitHub Issues page, which showed no open issues when viewed.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

PixelWright is released under the MIT license.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Animation

Users can add, duplicate, remove, and reorder frames, interpolate in-between frames, and preview animations with adjustable FPS and looping.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Author

The repository names Alejandro Mujica as the author.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Bone rigging

Users can build a hierarchical skeleton, attach pixels to bones automatically or manually, and pose characters by translating, rotating, or scaling bones.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Build requirements

Building from source requires CMake 3.16 or later, a C++17 compiler, and Qt 6 Widgets and Test components.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Downloads

The v1.0.0 release includes a Linux AppImage and a portable Windows build.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Editing tools

The editor includes full undo and redo, adjustable canvas size and zoom, a recent-colors palette, and a configurable background color.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Export

PixelWright can export an animation as a spritesheet or export a single frame as PNG or JPG.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Export and files

PixelWright can export an animation as a spritesheet, export a single frame to PNG or JPG, and save or load its own .pxdr format.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Layers

Its layered canvas lets users add, remove, rename, reorder, and show or hide layers independently.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Packaging

The repository says its Linux and Windows release packages are self-contained and do not need Qt installed on the target machine.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Project files

The application saves and loads work in its own .pxdr format.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Requirements

Building from source requires CMake 3.16 or later, a C++17 compiler, and Qt 6 Widgets and Test components.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support and integrations

The README describes build and test instructions but does not list integrations or a support channel.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Undo and redo

Undo and redo cover painting, layer and frame changes, bone edits, interpolation, and edits made on another frame.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Pixel Art Software#63 of 707.0