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Real-ESRGAN vs Waifu2x-Extension-GUI: catalog facts
Real-ESRGAN	Waifu2x-Extension-GUI
Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.	Freemium Free for personal use under the project licence. Commercial use requires the paid Premium…
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows
Dedicated model variants tuned for anime versus photo content BSD-licensed and widely reused inside other tools and GUIs	It bundles several upscaling and frame-interpolation engines behind one Windows interface and works with AMD, Intel and…
Core project is a command-line library rather than a polished GUI app No repository update reflected since mid-2024	The licence permits personal use only, so commercial use requires buying the Premium build, and the code is…
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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