Hexcalibur vs Pyxel Art Forge
Hexcalibur
axidus.ioPyxel Art Forge
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| Figure | Hexcalibur | Pyxel Art Forge |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $2.42/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Pixel Art Software | 8.7 (#5) | 7.1 (#58) |
| Animation | The animation timeline supports onion-skin and named tags; exports include animated GIF, APNG, and sprite sheets, with additional formats listed for Pro. | Sprite mode includes a timeline, onion skinning, animation playback, and a preview window. |
| Intended users | The maker describes Hexcalibur as built for pixel artists and voxel game developers, including creators of Minecraft textures and voxel games using the listed engine exports. | The maker’s page tags the tool for 2D, animation, drawing, pixel art, sprites, tilemaps, tilesets, and Godot. |
Plans
In their own words
Hexcalibur
Hexcalibur is a browser-based pixel-art editor for textures used in voxel games. Its toolset combines a 3D preview, pack workflow, animation timeline, tilemap tools, and export presets for games and engines. The preview shows a texture on a rotating cube or an L-shaped stack to inspect how it wraps across faces. Packs group textures, a palette, and references, with the palette shared as users switch assets. Animation tools include onion-skinning and named tags; exports include GIF, APNG, and sprite sheets. Export presets cover Minecraft Java and Bedrock, Tiled, and a TexturePacker JSON-Hash atlas for Phaser, Babylon, Godot, Three.js, and Unity, alongside raw per-face ZIP and custom export. Free-plan art stays in the browser; Pro adds cloud sync that can be disabled per device. A free Axidus account is required, but no payment card is needed. It runs in modern desktop browsers on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chromebook; phones are unsupported, and tablet and touch support are on the roadmap. Free allows one pack and up to eight assets. Monthly Pro costs $5 a month.
Pyxel Art Forge
Pyxel Art Forge has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.