aseprite

Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool (Windows, macOS, Linux) (by aseprite)

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  • Aseprite: Revolutionizing Pixel Art and Animation
    1 project | dev.to | 22 Mar 2025
    View the Project on GitHub
  • Recursos para crear Juegos
    3 projects | dev.to | 24 Jul 2024
    Aseprite (Mi preferida)
  • Show HN: I made a pixel art editor for Windows desktop
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 May 2024
  • Paint.net
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Mar 2024
    Aseprite is free if you compile it yourself [0], and can still be used for commercial purposes if compiled this way [1]. But I recommend buying it anyway to support the project.

    [0]: https://github.com/aseprite/aseprite/

    [1]: https://www.aseprite.org/faq/#can-i-sell-graphics-created-wi...

  • Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise
    49 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Mar 2024
  • Monodraw
    14 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Mar 2024
    Nitpick: Aseprite is source-available, not open source by the Open Source Initiative's definition. From the Aseprite EULA [1]:

    > (g) Source code.

    > You may only compile and modify the source code of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT for your own personal purpose or to propose a contribution to the SOFTWARE PRODUCT.

    The OSI's definition of open source [2] requires distribution of unmodified and modified copies (with the exception of lone, unmodified copies; I read somewhere that writing a hello world program is a workaround):

    > 1. Free Redistribution

    > The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.

    ...

    > 3. Derived Works

    > The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original software.

    "free software" is ambiguous to English speakers/writers, but "open source" is ambiguous in its own way.

    [1] https://github.com/aseprite/aseprite/blob/main/EULA.txt

    [2] https://opensource.org/osd

  • Mindustry: Open-source automation tower defense game
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Dec 2023
    That's not because you didn't know about it that it is a "new trend"

    https://github.com/Poussinou/FLOSS-Games-on-Steam

    https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38475471-Libre-Open-S...

    It's nothing new, and also exist in the tooling side of things

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/431730/Aseprite/ - https://github.com/aseprite/aseprite

  • Automating sprite packing and flipbook creation in Unreal Engine (Aseprite + TexturePacker + Unreal)
    2 projects | /r/unrealengine | 9 Dec 2023
    This is specifically targeted for Aseperite users, and also makes use of a great tool called TexturePacker by CodeAndWeb. Andreas from CodeAndWeb always helps me out when I email them, and the software itself is awesome, so I figured I'd give it a boost.
  • Monetizing from open source games
    1 project | /r/gamedev | 6 Dec 2023
  • Why is this happening??? Whenever I paste an image into Aseprite the colors change to purple
    1 project | /r/aseprite | 15 Nov 2023
    Are you on macOS? There is a known issue that we've just fixed and released a new version with the fix today as v1.3-rc7 (we're going to publish some release notes in the following days).
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