Open Source Waifu2x Caffe AlternativesImage Upscaling Apps like Waifu2x Caffe

The best open source alternative to Waifu2x Caffe is Upscayl. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Waifu2x Caffe and 15 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Waifu2x Caffe are REAL Video Enhancer, waifu2x, Video2X and Waifu2x-Extension-GUI.

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  1. Upscayl icon

    Upscayl

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    Open source desktop tool using advanced AI to enlarge and enhance images without loss of quality, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Linux-first development gives early access to Linux users. Requires Vulkan compatible GPU for upscaling.

    81 Upscayl alternatives

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    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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  2. REAL Video Enhancer icon

    REAL Video Enhancer

     30 likes

    Cross-platform tool offering advanced video upscaling and frame interpolation using RIFE, RealESRGAN, Waifu2x, and IFRNET, with scene change detection, instant preview, Discord integration, and ability to enhance local files or YouTube videos on major operating systems.

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    • Flathub
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  4. waifu2x icon

    waifu2x

     59 likes

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

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • JP flagJapan
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  5. Video2X icon

    Video2X

     30 likes

    Video2X is a video/GIF/image upscaling software based on Waifu2X, Anime4K, SRMD and RealSR written in Python 3. It upscales videos, GIFs and images, restoring details from low-resolution inputs. Video2X also accepts GIF input to video output and video input to GIF output.

    30 Video2X alternatives

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    • Docker
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  6. Waifu2x-Extension-GUI icon

    Waifu2x-Extension-GUI

     12 likes

    Video, Image and GIF upscale/enlarge(Super-Resolution) and Video frame interpolation. Achieved with Waifu2x, Real-ESRGAN, Real-CUGAN, SRMD, RealSR, Anime4K, RIFE, CAIN, DAIN, and ACNet.

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • CN flagChina
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  8. chaiNNer icon

    chaiNNer

     9 likes

    A flowchart/node-based image processing GUI aimed at making chaining image processing tasks (especially upscaling done by neural networks) easy, intuitive, and customizable.

    60 chaiNNer alternatives

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  10. Scapix icon

    Scapix

     15 likes

    An image, gif and video upscaling and denoiser app developed with electron, react, waifu2x and ffmpeg.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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    Scapix 2.0
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  11. RealScaler icon

    RealScaler

     6 likes

    RealScaler is a Windows app based on Real-ESRGAN AI to enhance, enlarge and reduce noise in photographs and videos.

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    • Open Source (MIT)

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  12. final2x icon

    final2x

     5 likes

    2^x Image Super-Resolution ??.

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  13. Upscaler icon

    Upscaler

     4 likes

    Upscaler is a GTK4+libadwaita application that allows you to upscale and enhance a given image. It is a front-end for Real-ESRGAN ncnn Vulkan.

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    • Flathub
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  14. FreeScaler icon

    FreeScaler

     4 likes

    Simple free and open source tool used to upscale your low resolution images using advanced AI models

    68 FreeScaler alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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