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GrafX2 vs Pixelorama: catalog facts
GrafX2	Pixelorama
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 and CECILL-2.0 licences.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. Steam and itch.io listings exist as a way to…
Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Web
Built specifically for 256-color indexed images Suited to pixel art and palette-based drawing	Animation timeline with onion skinning and sprite sheet export built in Tilemap and tileset tools for game art, not just single sprites
Not meant for full-color photo editing The official website offers very little information	Aimed at pixel art; it is not a general image editor Documentation is explicitly still a work in progress with pages missing
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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