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ESRGAN Alternatives

ESRGAN is described as '(Description from https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai-neural-networks-being-used-to-generate-hq-textures-for-older-games-you-can-do-it-yourself.88272/)' and is a Image Upscaling app in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ESRGAN, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac and PyTorch. The best alternative is waifu2x, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to ESRGAN are Upscayl, Anime4K, QualityScaler and RealESRScaler.

ESRGAN alternatives are mainly Image Upscaling Apps but may also be Image Editors or Video Editors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of ESRGAN.
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  1. waifu2x icon

    waifu2x

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    • Online
    45 alternatives to waifu2x 

    Image Super-Resolution [upscaling] for Anime-style [low detail] art or images using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks.

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  2. Upscayl icon

    Upscayl

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    45 alternatives to Upscayl 

    Upscayl is a cross-platform application built with the Linux-first philosophy. This means that we prioritize Linux builds over others but that doesn't mean we'll break things for other OSes :)

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  4. Anime4K

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    10 alternatives to Anime4K 

    Anime4K is a set of open-source, high-quality real-time anime upscaling/denoising algorithms that can be implemented in any programming language.

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  5. QualityScaler icon

    QualityScaler

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    • Windows
    49 alternatives to QualityScaler 

    Qualityscaler is a Windows app that uses BSRGAN Artificial Intelligence to enhance, enlarge and reduce noise in photographs and videos.

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    1.  Ad-freeQualityScaler doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
    2.  Works OfflineQualityScaler can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
    3.  PortableQualityScaler can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
    4.  LightweightQualityScaler consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
    5.  No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in QualityScaler without registration.
    6.  Dark ModeQualityScaler supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
    7.  Live PreviewInstantly see what your files and documents look like as you create them.
    8.  Support for 4KQualityScaler supports watching, rendering or exporting 4K content (also know as UHD or Ultra HD).
    9.  Batch EditingQualityScaler allows you to select multiple items (tasks, files, images etc) and edit their properties all at once.
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  6. RealESRScaler icon

    RealESRScaler

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    • Windows
    49 alternatives to RealESRScaler 

    ReSR.Scaler is a Windows app that uses Real-ESRGAN artificial intelligence to enhance, enlarge and reduce noise in photographs and videos, compatible with any gpu.

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    1.  Ad-freeRealESRScaler doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
    2.  PortableRealESRScaler can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
    3.  LightweightRealESRScaler consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
    4.  Support for 4KRealESRScaler supports watching, rendering or exporting 4K content (also know as UHD or Ultra HD).
    5.  No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in RealESRScaler without registration.
    6.  Dark ModeRealESRScaler supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
    7.  Works OfflineRealESRScaler can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
    8.  Batch EditingRealESRScaler allows you to select multiple items (tasks, files, images etc) and edit their properties all at once.
    9.  Non Destructive EditingRealESRScaler allows you to make changes to a file without overwriting the original data, which remains available in case you want to revert to it.
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  8. Anime4KCPP icon

    Anime4KCPP

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    10 alternatives to Anime4KCPP 

    Anime4KCPP provides an optimized algorithm version 0.9, and it also provides its own CNN algorithm, it provides a variety of way to use, including preprocessing and real-time playback, it aims to be a high performance tools to process both image and video.

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  9. RealSR

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Vulkan
    • PyTorch
    11 alternatives to RealSR 

    Recent state-of-the-art super-resolution methods have achieved impressive performance on ideal datasets regardless of blur and noise. However, these methods always fail in real-world image super-resolution, since most of them adopt simple bicubic downsampling from high-quality...

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  10. BasicSR icon

    BasicSR

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Linux
    15 alternatives to BasicSR 

    Open Source Image and Video Restoration Toolbox, especially for Super-Resolution, including EDSR, RCAN, SRResNet, SRGAN, ESRGAN, EDVR, etc. Also support StyleGAN2, DFDNet.

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    Cupscale

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    Image Upscaling GUI based on ESRGAN.

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    MMEditing

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • PyTorch
    8 alternatives to MMEditing 

    MMEditing is an open source image and video editing toolbox based on PyTorch. It is a part of the OpenMMLab project.

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