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CLUSTER RESOLUTION-IMAGES-DESKTOP · 11 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2023-12-23

Local AI upscaling tools

This cluster consists of desktop and local AI tools for upscaling images and videos using super-resolution models like RealESRGAN, often with batch processing, denoising, and face restoration. Dated entries before the index start show a sporadic pattern: two in late 2020 and early 2021, then no new entries until August 2023, followed by two more by February 2024. The strongest activity signal comes from ai-image-upscaler-2026 (7 stars), with AI-Image-Upscaler-for-Windows (5 stars) second.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

DEC 2020: 1FEB 2021: 1AUG 2023: 1DEC 2023: 1FEB 2024: 1DEC 2025: 1AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 1OCT 2026: 1
DEC 2020OCT 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 · 3 hand-coded · 8 unlabelled

Operator · 4 hobby · 6 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 11 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01AI-Image-Upscaler-for-Windows5★1 molivehobbyWindows application that uses artificial intelligence to upscale and enhance the resolution of images for better quality.
  2. 02ImageUpscaler2★2 dayslivehobbyPortable offline Windows app that uses AI to enlarge images up to 8× while preserving transparency.
  3. 03apskeyl0★1 mo—hobbyDesktop app that upscales videos to Full HD, 2K, or 4K locally using AI, with preview before rendering and a model catalog.
  4. 04ai-image-upscaler-20260★1 mo—Offline AI image upscaler that increases resolution eightfold, restores face details, and removes noise from photos.
  5. 05REAL Video Enhancer0★9 mostaleliveopen sourceDesktop application that upscales and enhances video quality with scene change detection to preserve sharp transitions.
  6. 06upscaler-hollowaykeanho0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceUpscales images and videos using AI to increase resolution and visual quality.
  7. 07waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application that upscales and denoises anime-style images using super-resolution processing.
  8. 08simplemediaupscalerlite-bin0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceUpscaling application with GUI and CLI that enhances images and videos using multiple algorithms.
  9. 09video2x0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceMachine learning framework for video upscaling and frame interpolation to enhance video quality.
  10. 10Upscayl0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceAI image upscaler that enhances photo resolution and quality using machine learning algorithms.
  11. 11Upscaler (Unofficial)0★unknownlivehobbyDesktop application that upscales and enhances images using an AI super-resolution model.

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