Alternatives to PixiEditor
Create pixel art, illustrations and animations in one editor. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
PixiEditor
Create pixel art, illustrations and animations in one editor.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as PixiEditor.
Pixelorama
A pixel art editor for sprites, tiles and animation, built in Godot and running on desktop, Android and the web.
Pixelorama is an MIT-licensed pixel art editor with an animation timeline, tilemap tools and sprite sheet export, also running on Android and the web.
LibreSprite
A pixel art and sprite animation editor, forked from the last version of Aseprite that was still GPL.
LibreSprite is a GPL sprite animation editor forked from Aseprite with onion skinning and Android builds, but its last release was December 2023.
Krita
A free digital painting program built for illustrators, with over a hundred brushes ready to use.
Krita is a GPL painting program with over 100 brushes and vector and text tools, suited to illustration rather than dedicated pixel art.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Pencil2D
A small, approachable program for traditional hand-drawn 2D animation, mixing bitmap and vector layers.
Inkscape
A free vector editor that works natively in SVG, for logos, diagrams and illustration.
Synfig Studio
Vector 2D animation software that tweens between keyframes instead of making you draw every frame.
Drawpile
Draw and animate together on a shared canvas.
OpenToonz
Professional 2D animation software, based on the Toonz version used by Studio Ghibli.
