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Pixen vs Pixelorama: catalog facts
Pixen	Pixelorama
Paid Pixen is sold through its website.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. Steam and itch.io listings exist as a way to…
macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Web
Includes pixel-art drawing tools, layers, filters, and color palettes Creates animations and imports or exports sprite sheets	Animation timeline with onion skinning and sprite sheet export built in Tilemap and tileset tools for game art, not just single sprites
Available for macOS	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
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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