Tilf is a pixel art editor built with PySide6 for creating sprites, icons, and other small 2D assets.
It focuses on a lightweight workflow with essential drawing tools, image import and export, and a real-time preview panel, while also supporting offline use on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Provides pencil, eraser, fill, eyedropper, rectangle, and ellipse drawing tools.
- Supports creating new images with custom dimensions.
- Offers zoom controls from 1x to 50x for detailed editing.
- Includes an optional grid with customizable color.
- Lets users change the canvas background color, including alpha support.
- Includes undo and redo history with up to 50 states.
- Supports drag and drop for opening images.
- Shows a real-time preview in a movable side dock.
- Opens PNG, JPEG/JPG, and BMP images.
- Exports artwork to PNG, JPEG/JPG, and BMP formats.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/danterolle/tilf
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Developer: Dario Camonita
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Tilf is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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