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MyHeritage Photo Enhancer vs CodeFormer: catalog facts
MyHeritage Photo Enhancer	CodeFormer
Freemium Part of MyHeritage, which offers a paid Premium subscription.	Free Free to download and run from the GitHub repository.
Web	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Focused on restoring small, blurry faces Well suited to old scanned family photos	Restores heavily degraded faces Accepts video input as well as images
Enhances faces rather than the whole image Tied to the MyHeritage genealogy service	Needs Python, PyTorch and a CUDA setup License terms are not stated clearly on the GitHub page
Web application	Downloadable app
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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