PixilArt AlternativesImage Editors & Digital Painting Tools like PixilArt

Apps similar to PixilArt include Pixelorama, which is open source and free for personal use. Other options are PixiEditor, Microsoft Paint, Aseprite and Tilf. You're spoiled for choice with Image Editors like PixilArt: we list more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and Android.

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  1. Pixelorama icon
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    Pixelorama is a free and open source sprite editor, ideal for pixel art. In this page you'll be learning about the latest added features, as well as its features in general. It's made with Godot Engine, using GDScript.

    53 Pixelorama alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Steam
    • itch.io
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  2. PixiEditor icon
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    Create pixel-perfect sprites, raster paintings, and scalable vector graphics with a unified open-source editor featuring frame-by-frame animation, a node-based workflow, custom shaders, procedural art tools, anti-aliased brushes, and versatile export options.

    48 PixiEditor alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Steam
    • Flatpak
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  3. Microsoft Paint icon
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    Windows-bundled image editor for basic painting and raster editing tasks, supporting bitmap, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF. Offers layer support, offline access, no registration, and dark mode. Lightweight and ad-free, ensuring minimal resource use.

    130 Microsoft Paint alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  4. Aseprite icon
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    Aseprite (previously ASE, aka Allegro Sprite Editor) is a program to create animated sprites & pixel art. Sprites are little images that can be used in your website or in a video game. You can draw characters with movement, intros, textures, patterns, backgrounds, logos...

    56 Aseprite alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Source Available

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Tilf icon
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    Tilf (Tiny Elf) is a simple yet powerful pixel art editor built with PySide6. It’s designed for creating sprites, icons, and small 2D assets with essential drawing tools, live preview, undo/redo, and export options.

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  6. LibreSprite icon
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    LibreSprite is a free and open source program for creating and animating your sprites.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Grafx2 icon
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    GrafX2 is a bitmap paint program inspired by the Amiga programs Deluxe Paint and Brilliance. Specialized in 256-color drawing, it includes a very large number of tools and effects that make it particularly suitable for pixel art, game graphics, and generally any detailed...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. pixie.haus icon
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    Generate, refine, and animate pixel sprites in minutes. pixie.haus combines AI with a pixel-art-specific workflow to drastically speed up asset creation.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  9. PikoPixel icon
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    PikoPixel is a free, open-source Mac application for drawing & editing pixel-art images. PikoPixel also runs on other Unix-like platforms (Linux, BSD), using the GNUstep framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. Resprite icon
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    Resprite is a powerful 8bit image painter and pixel art studio. It provides a powerful set of pixel art editing tools, an advanced layer and timeline system, and a high-performance rendering engine, which can help you create fascinating pixel art, exquisite spritesheet...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  11. The Lospec Pixel editor is a free pixel art program that you can use right here in your web browser. Our goal was to create an easy to use, intuitive and unobtrusive pixel art application that you can use anywhere.

    39 Lospec Pixel Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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