LibreSprite vs Pixen
LibreSprite
libresprite.github.ioPixen
pixenapp.comSide by side
| Figure | LibreSprite | Pixen |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Pixel Art Software | 8.9 (#2) | 8.0 (#23) |
| Animation | It includes real-time animation previews and onion skinning. | It can import animated GIFs, animated PNGs, and sprite sheets, and export animations as GIFs, PNGs, movies, image sequences, and sprite sheets. |
| Drawing tools | It provides tiled drawing mode and pixel-precise tools such as filled contour, polygon, and shading mode. | Its tools include Pencil, Eraser, Brightness, Text, Eyedropper, Zoom, selections, Magic Wand, Lasso, Move, Fill, Line, Rectangle, and Ellipse. |
| Palettes | The program includes ready-made palettes and tools to create custom palettes. | Pixen imports and exports palettes in Adobe Color Table, Microsoft Palette, JASC Palette, and GIMP Palette formats. |
| What it does | LibreSprite is a free, open-source application for creating and animating sprites. | Pixen is a native pixel art editor for low-resolution raster art such as 8-bit video game sprites. |
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.