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Real-ESRGANVanceAI
Free

Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.

 Freemium

Credit-based subscriptions; the VanceAI Cloud desktop client is free.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Web
  • Dedicated model variants tuned for anime versus photo content
  • BSD-licensed and widely reused inside other tools and GUIs
  • Wide range of image and video enhancement tools in one place
  • Local desktop app for processing on your own machine
  • Core project is a command-line library rather than a polished GUI app
  • No repository update reflected since mid-2024
  • Most processing consumes paid credits
  • Web tools upload files to VanceAI servers
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Downloadable app, Web application
Open source Closed source
License: BSD-3-Clause License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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