Real-ESRGAN
Open source AI model for upscaling and restoring images and video.
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About Real-ESRGAN
Real-ESRGAN is a practical image and video restoration toolkit that upscales and cleans up photos and anime artwork using enhanced ESRGAN models. It ships with dedicated model variants for anime images and video, and includes online demo links for trying it without installing anything.
Strengths
- Dedicated model variants tuned for anime versus photo content
- BSD-licensed and widely reused inside other tools and GUIs
Limitations
- Core project is a command-line library rather than a polished GUI app
- No repository update reflected since mid-2024
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Developer
- Xintao Wang and contributors
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Self-hosted
- Best suited for
- Open source AI model for upscaling and restoring images and video
- Categories
- Image editors
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (AI); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.