Pigmi
Pigmi is a desktop editor for texture palettes, gradient atlases, and PBR material maps, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
What Pigmi is
Pigmi is a desktop editor for texture palettes, gradient atlases, and PBR material maps, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Its gradient tools include linear, radial, and conic styles, editable color stops and opacity, stepped rows and columns, and RGB or HSL interpolation. Palette items can be grouped in nested folders, selected together, reordered, hidden, isolated, copied, pasted, or found by name. Material settings include albedo, roughness, metallic, emission, clearcoat, and clearcoat roughness. Enabled maps can be exported as PNG or WebP, and Pigmi can make a packed MRC map; edits update the document and exports together. Palette generation uses Huemint and retains locked color stops. Three optional Blender add-ons support palette UV mapping, vertex-color painting, and attaching mesh parts to faces or edges. Editing and exporting occur locally, while palette generation sends constraints to Huemint. A local STDIO MCP adapter allows compatible AI clients to inspect and edit the open document and requires Node.js. The free plan costs nothing. The source license restricts using the software to provide a competing product or service without a separate license.
Good
- Supports linear, radial, and conic gradients.
- Exports enabled maps as PNG or WebP.
- Editing and exporting work locally.
- Free plan costs nothing.
Watch out
- Palette generation sends constraints to Huemint.
- AI adapter requires Node.js.
- License restricts competing-product use without a separate license.
- Windows signing and Apple notarization are absent.
Who it suits
Pigmi suits artists and developers building texture palettes, gradient atlases, and PBR maps, particularly those using Blender add-ons. Its local editing and export workflow may also suit users who want those tasks performed on their own computer.
Verdict
Pigmi brings palette, gradient, material, and export tools into a desktop workflow, with optional Blender add-ons. Note that palette generation uses Huemint and the source license restricts competing-product use.
Plans and prices
From Pigmi's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free to use · macOS, Windows, Linux |
The facts
Each one read from Pigmi's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI integration
- A local STDIO MCP adapter lets compatible AI clients inspect and edit the open document; the adapter requires Node.js.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Blender add-ons
- Three optional Blender add-ons support palette UV mapping, vertex-color painting, and attaching mesh parts to faces or edges.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Build signing
- The current release configuration uses ad-hoc macOS signing, has no Windows Authenticode signing, and is not notarized by Apple.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Exports
- Pigmi exports enabled maps as PNG or WebP and can produce a packed MRC map; synchronized edits update the document and exports automatically.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Gradients
- It supports linear, radial, and conic gradients, stepped rows and columns, RGB and HSL interpolation, editable color stops, and opacity.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Layers
- Palette items can be organized into nested folders with multi-selection, ordering, visibility, isolation, copy and paste, and name search.checked 8 Oct 2026
- License
- The source is available under PolyForm Perimeter License 1.0.1, which restricts using it to provide a competing product or service without a separate license.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Local files and network
- Editing and exporting work locally; palette generation sends palette constraints to Huemint and update checks contact GitHub Releases.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Materials
- Material properties include albedo, roughness, metallic, emission, clearcoat, and clearcoat roughness.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Palette generation
- Palette generation uses Huemint and preserves locked color stops.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Pigmi is a desktop editor for texture palettes, gradient atlases, and PBR material maps.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker invites questions and bug reports through a personal Telegram contact and accepts donations to support hosting and development.checked 8 Oct 2026
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