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LibreSprite vs mtPaint: catalog facts
LibreSpritemtPaint
Free

Free and open source under the GPL 2.0.

Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Android Windows, Linux
  • Purpose-built for pixel art, with onion skinning and frame animation
  • Tiled drawing mode for building seamless textures
  • Edits indexed palette and 24-bit RGB images
  • Layers, channels and animation support
  • Last release was December 2023; development is slow
  • Aseprite has moved on considerably since the 2016 fork point
  • Basic tools compared with full photo editors
  • No release binaries published on the GitHub repository
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0 License: GPL-3.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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