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Pixel Art Editor is a web-based drawing tool built with ClojureScript and Om, designed for creating pixel art. It launched in 2014 and runs in the browser, making it accessible to anyone interested in pixel-based… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pixel Art Editor built with ClojureScript/Om launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    It requires no registration, no installation, and no configuration. Just run it on any computer and start drawing freely.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A flat pixel art editor. Contribute to maierfelix/poxi development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A purpose-built drawing tool for pixel artists

    2017 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

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    Pixellate▲102

    A simple and easy-to-use pixel art creator with offline mode

    2021 · pixelated.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Pixelixe▲120

    Create beautiful & unique graphics in minutes

    2019 · pixelixe.com · its alternatives →

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    Create designs in no time & enjoy our massive assets library

    2020 · artify.co · its alternatives →

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    An amazing pixel art editing tool for iOS!

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Create pixel art live with friends

    2022 · pixelart.liveblocks.app · its alternatives →

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    tinykiwi▲406

    Simple yet powerful image editor, tailor-made for makers

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Pixelfy▲109

    Create stunning pixel art images with AI

    2023 · pixelfy.ai · its alternatives →

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    I'm working on a pure js webgl image editor with effects, filters, crop & perspective correction, etc. My goal is to give the community an opensource solution as unfortunately most comparable apps are closed sources. https://mini2-photo-editor.netlify.app to try it out (https://github.com/xdadda/mini-photo-editor)

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A image editor in browser using JavaScript canvas. Contribute to victorqribeiro/photoEditor development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lightcube is a pixel art editing tool for game developers and artists that make quality game assets, animations and awesome art.

    2024 · lightcube.art · its alternatives →

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    Pixel art search engine for opengameart. Contribute to emnh/PixelArtSearch development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! 2d spritesheets for game development are often distributed as a PNG image, sometimes with a separate JSON or XML metadata document describing the layout, including any animation sequences within the sheet. Sometimes there is no metadata document and you have to work it out and manually write custom code to chop up the spritesheet and reference the sprites you want. I think it would be good if it became standard practice to distribute spritesheet PNGs with the metadata inline inside a PNG "chunk" so the whole thing is self-contained. That way artists can just distribute one file, and…

    2019 · mccormick.cx · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I'm excited to share a project I've built: PixelateImage.org. Instead of being a traditional image editor, this is an *AI-powered tool that generates pixel art directly from your text prompts.* If you've ever wanted to create unique pixel art characters, scenes, or assets for games, art projects, or just for fun, but perhaps lacked the specific artistic skills or time, this might be for you. My goal was to make generating retro-style or modern pixel art more accessible. You can type in a description (e.g., "a brave knight in a dark forest," "a futuristic cityscape at night," "a cute…

    2025 · pixelateimage.org · its alternatives →

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    Powerful image editor with design templates and mockups

    2022 · apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I built a free pixel art editor that runs entirely in the browser — no install, no signup, no watermark. The frontend is open source (MIT): https://github.com/comficker/simplepixelart What it does: - Sprite editor with layers, selections, mirror drawing, and an infinite-canvas workspace (multiple boards on one desk) - Frame-by-frame animation with onion skin, per-frame duration, GIF and spritesheet export - Tileset builder that auto-generates Wang-16 and blob-47 terrain sets from a single base tile — exports Godot 4 TileSet, Tiled .tsx, or PNG+JSON — plus a tilemap…

    Aug 2026 · simplepixelart.com · its alternatives →

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    Draw pixel art with CSS!

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    We all need a swiss army knife for images. A tool for really getting in there and dealing with the pixels precisely. You might be combining images into a sprite sheet, you might be matting images to squares, cutting out solid backgrounds, re-tinting graphical elements. For a website, a video game, for an app. There's a million photo editors, there's a million design tools, and Mojave Paint can do those things in varying degrees but "graphical asset production" is its first and primary mission. It's cheap! $9.99 (one-time, sad I even have to say that) for the "Pro" version. It's Mac-only, and…

    Jul 2026 · mojavepaint.app · its alternatives →

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    Generate vibrant pixel art

    2024 · pixel-art.ai · its alternatives →

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    a user-friendly iOS app for creating pixel-perfect artwork

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    I got a bit carried away writing an editor so I could draw some pixel art for starting my blog and ended up with some pwsh spaghetti that's quite fun to use.

    2022 · shaunlawrie.com · its alternatives →

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    Inspired by pointillist painters; photos into pixel art

    2015 · josephwrigley.com · its alternatives →

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