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Upscayl vs Waifu2x-Extension-GUI: catalog facts
Upscayl	Waifu2x-Extension-GUI
Free Free and open source under the AGPL. There is no paid tier and no per-image cost.	Freemium Free for personal use under the project licence. Commercial use requires the paid Premium…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
Runs entirely on your own machine, so no images are uploaded anywhere Batch processing for whole folders	It bundles several upscaling and frame-interpolation engines behind one Windows interface and works with AMD, Intel and…
Needs a Vulkan-compatible GPU; the project warns many integrated chips will not work Slow on weaker hardware, and memory-hungry on large images	The licence permits personal use only, so commercial use requires buying the Premium build, and the code is…
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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