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CLUSTER ART-EDITOR-PIXEL · 29 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2019-08-25

Pixel art editors

This cluster comprises pixel art and graphics editors, mostly browser-based or desktop, featuring grid-based drawing, palettes, and some node-based or modal workflows. Dated entries are sparse before 2019, with a small cluster in 2019 and a few in 2025-2026, totaling 15 dated entries before the index start. Traction leaders are XSTeditor, pixelart, and PixiEditor, all with 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

OCT 2010: 1MAR 2018: 1AUG 2019: 1SEP 2019: 2JAN 2021: 1JUN 2022: 1SEP 2024: 1FEB 2025: 1APR 2025: 1JUN 2025: 1JAN 2026: 1MAR 2026: 1MAY 2026: 2AUG 2026: 6SEP 2026: 4OCT 2026: 4
OCT 2010OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 5 ai-built · 5 hand-coded · 10 unlabelled

Operator · 10 hobby · 1 commercial · 6 open source · 3 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01asepix2★13 days—hand-codedhobbyTool that cleans AI-generated pixel art by aligning it to a grid and resizing tilesets to game-ready dimensions.
  2. 02Fossprite0★9 days—ai-builthobbyBrowser-based pixel-art editor that runs offline and supports drawing, animation, import/export, and keyboard shortcuts.
  3. 03rupa0★6 days—hobbyBrowser-based design editor for creating graphics on a drag-and-drop canvas with templates and PNG/PDF export.
  4. 04PixelCAD0★20 days—hobbyOpen-source design studio for creating and editing pixel-based technical drawings and blueprints, with all actions replayable from GUI or command line.
  5. 05BlazeMapper0★9 days—Browser-based pixel map editor for Pixelblaze LED platforms, letting users place LED strips on a canvas and export JSON mappings.
  6. 06cu-pixel-art-studio0★2 days—AI tool that generates consistent game-ready pixel art sprites for game developers.
  7. 07pixpoint0★26 dayslivehobbyLocal desktop tool that picks pixel coordinates from images, provides zoom and magnifier, exports annotations as JSON, and creates Excel pixel art.
  8. 08XSTeditor0★20 days—hand-codedcommercialBrowser-based editor for opening, previewing, and transforming painting stroke files used by a digital painting application.
  9. 09PixiEditor0★1 moliveopen sourceA graphics editor for creating pixel art, painting, and vector drawing through a node-based workflow for non-destructive editing.
  10. 10pixel-duet0★27 days—hobbyInteractive pixel-art canvas where an AI model and a person take turns drawing and editing in a browser.
  11. 11pixelart0★1 moliveai-builthobbyWeb-based editor for creating pixel art images through a grid-based drawing canvas.
  12. 12dot-art-editor0★8 mostaleliveai-builthobbyBrowser-based editor for creating pixel and dot art images on a canvas for hobbyist artists.
  13. 13rx-bin0★2 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceAn extensible pixel editor for creating digital art.
  14. 14mindsquare-png-editor0★5 mo—hand-codedhobbyOnline PNG editor for cutting, resizing, and drawing on images.
  15. 15steam-grunge-editor0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceAn editor for creating grunge-style artwork for Steam library covers and icons.
  16. 16PyDPainter0★8 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourcePixel art paint program that lets users create and edit low-resolution pixel art with a Deluxe Paint-inspired interface and modern usability features.
  17. 17animated-pixel-forge0★1 yrabandonedliveai-builthobbyWeb-based editor that lets users design and animate pixel art graphics for creative projects.
  18. 18ui-pixel-artist-tool0★1 yrabandoned—ai-builtPixel art editor for creating UI graphics and icons for design projects.
  19. 19toph0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourcePixel editor for creating and editing sprite-style images with an extensible plugin system.
  20. 20Processing IDE0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceOpen-source IDE for creating visual art and interactive applications with the Processing language.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.