Pix8
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Pix8, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from Pix8's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Animation
- It supports sprite-sheet animation with a frame timeline, tag groups, playback controls, onion skinning, and GIF or SPX export.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dependency
- The project identifies JSZip as its only runtime dependency, used for SPX ZIP export.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Desktop downloads
- The project lists Windows installer and portable downloads; it says Linux and macOS have no prebuilt binaries and can be built from source.checked 11 Oct 2026
- File formats
- It imports or exports formats including BMP, PCX, PNG, GIF, ICO, PAL, and SPX, and uses .pix8 for native projects.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Image import
- It imports PNG, JPG, GIF, and WebP images using median-cut quantization and optional dithering.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- The listed formats include Pix8, BMP, PCX, PNG, GIF, SPX, ICO, and PAL; JPG and WebP are listed for import.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Known issue
- The project reports that Electron save and export dialogs do not work on KDE Plasma 6 with Wayland, and suggests using the browser version or running under X11.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Layers and documents
- It supports multi-document tabs with separate layers, palettes, undo histories, and zoom and pan states.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository lists an MIT license.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Palette
- Its palette has 256 usable color entries, with transparency represented separately.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Pix8 is a browser-based 256-color indexed pixel art editor inspired by VGA-era graphics tools.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Web access
- The editor runs at pix8.app in a browser without requiring a download to try it.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser access
- The project says pix8.app runs the same editor in the browser and requires no download to try.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Desktop platforms
- Windows installer and portable builds are listed; Linux and macOS have no prebuilt binaries and can be built from source.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Windows signing
- The listed Windows builds are unsigned and may show a SmartScreen warning on first run.checked 11 Oct 2026
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