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Aiarty Image EnhancerReal-ESRGAN
Paid

Commercial desktop software; the research does not list prices.

 Free

Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.

Windows, macOS Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Processing runs locally, so images are not uploaded
  • Denoise, deblur, sharpen and upscale in one tool
  • Dedicated model variants tuned for anime versus photo content
  • BSD-licensed and widely reused inside other tools and GUIs
  • Closed-source commercial software
  • No Linux or mobile version
  • Core project is a command-line library rather than a polished GUI app
  • No repository update reflected since mid-2024
Downloadable app Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: BSD-3-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 26, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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