Alternatives to LibreSprite

A pixel art and sprite animation editor, forked from the last version of Aseprite that was still GPL. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as LibreSprite.

  • Pixelorama

    A pixel art editor for sprites, tiles and animation, built in Godot and running on desktop, Android and the web.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidWeb

    Pixelorama is MIT licensed and adds tilemap tools, sprite sheet export and web builds, though its documentation is still incomplete and the download is larger.

  • PixiEditor

    Create pixel art, illustrations and animations in one editor.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    PixiEditor combines raster and vector tools for pixel art and illustration under LGPL-3.0, but drops Android and some animation features are still on the roadmap.

  • Aseprite

    An animated sprite editor and pixel art tool with layers, frames, onion skin and sprite sheet export.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Aseprite is the paid, closed-source upstream LibreSprite forked from, with years of newer development, pixel-perfect strokes, RotSprite and sprite sheet export with JSON data.

Also worth comparing

These listings name LibreSprite as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Piskel

    A free, open-source editor for pixel art and animated sprites, online or offline.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxWeb

    LibreSprite is a GPL-2.0 fork of Aseprite for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, adding layers and tiled drawing, though development has been slow since 2023.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.