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Pixed – pixel art editor

Pixed is a touch-friendly pixel art editor written in C# and .NET 9 using the Avalonia UI framework.

It is designed for creating and editing pixel-art images, and the repository provides desktop releases for Windows and Linux. The software works with its own Pixed project format and can also handle a range of image and palette file formats.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Opens Pixed project files.
  • Can open PixiEditor Pixi files.
  • Can open Piskel project files.
  • Supports PNG, ICO, and SVG formats.
  • Supports JSON custom palette files and GPL palette files.
  • Cross-platform support – runs under Linux and Windows.

Website: github.com/Mateusz-Nejman/Pixed
Support:
Developer: Mateusz Nejman
License: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1

Pixed in action

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