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LibreSpritePixen
Free

Free and open source under the GPL 2.0.

 Paid

Pixen is sold through its website.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Android macOS
  • Purpose-built for pixel art, with onion skinning and frame animation
  • Tiled drawing mode for building seamless textures
  • Includes pixel-art drawing tools, layers, filters, and color palettes
  • Creates animations and imports or exports sprite sheets
  • Last release was December 2023; development is slow
  • Aseprite has moved on considerably since the 2016 fork point
  • Available for macOS
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: GPL-2.0 License not stated
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Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked October 8, 2026

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