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Topaz GigapixelReal-ESRGAN
Paid

Commercial software sold by Topaz Labs, with cloud credits for cloud rendering.

 Free

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

Windows, macOS Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Upscaling up to 16x pixels
  • Face recovery for portraits and old photos
  • Dedicated model variants tuned for anime versus photo content
  • BSD-licensed and widely reused inside other tools and GUIs
  • Paid commercial software
  • Local rendering needs capable hardware
  • Core project is a command-line library rather than a polished GUI app
  • No repository update reflected since mid-2024
Downloadable app Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: BSD-3-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 26, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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