LibreSprite vs PixelWright
LibreSprite
libresprite.github.ioPixelWright
github.comSide by side
| Figure | LibreSprite | PixelWright |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · Pixel Art Software | 8.9 (#2) | 7.0 (#63) |
| Animation | It includes real-time animation previews and onion skinning. | Users can add, duplicate, remove, and reorder frames, interpolate in-between frames, and preview animations with adjustable FPS and looping. |
| Build requirements | Source builds require CMake 3.4 or newer, Ninja and MSYS2 on Windows. | Building from source requires CMake 3.16 or later, a C++17 compiler, and Qt 6 Widgets and Test components. |
| Platforms | The project lists downloads for Linux, macOS, Windows, and Android. | The README describes portable Linux AppImage and Windows ZIP release packages, and says neither requires Qt on the target machine. |
| Purpose | LibreSprite is a free and open source program for creating and animating sprites. | PixelWright is a desktop tool for drawing and animating pixel art sprites for game characters, small pixel-art assets, and short looping animations. |
Plans
In their own words
LibreSprite
LibreSprite is a free, open-source program for creating and animating sprites. It provides real-time animation previews and onion skinning, with sprites arranged in layers and frames. Users can edit multiple sprites at once, draw in tiled mode, and use pixel-precise tools such as filled contour, polygon, and shading mode. The program includes ready-to-use palettes and supports creating custom ones. Listed export formats include PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP, PCX, TGA, ICO, FLI/FLC, WebP, and ASE; sprite-sheet export is also listed. Scripting methods cover loading palettes, cropping and resizing sprites, and saving them. LibreSprite is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. The project developed independently after originating as a fork of an Aseprite commit covered by GPL version 2. Version 1.0 is listed as supported, and the project security page reports no published advisories. The plan is free.
PixelWright
PixelWright has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.