Open Editor

Pixel-art editor · v0.1

A pixel-art editor
for the web.

Aseprite-compatible. Open source. Free. Make sprites, tilemaps, and animations in your browser. Save as .aseprite. Drop into your game. No account, no upload, no catch.

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Pincel is built for game developers and pixel artists who want a serious tool that runs in a browser tab. It reads and writes the Aseprite file format, so your work fits into existing pipelines. It supports tilemaps, slices, animation tags, palettes, and indexed color — the things you actually need. It runs offline as a PWA, and you can install it on iPad. It's open source under MIT or Apache 2.0, and it will stay that way.

What it does

Built for game-dev workflows.

Aseprite-Compatible

Read and write .aseprite files. Drop into your game pipeline.

Tilemaps

First-class tilemap layers with tilesets. Stamp, swap, edit in place.

Slices

Named regions, 9-patch, pivot points — for hitboxes, UI, and game logic.

Animation

Frames, tags, onion skin, ping-pong. Tag your states; export sheets.

Palette Workflow

Indexed color, palette swaps, named colors. Pixel-art done right.

Tablet & Pen

Pointer events with pressure, tilt, pinch-to-zoom. Pencil-friendly.

Offline PWA

Install it. Works without a connection. Your files stay on your device.

Embeddable

npm package. Drop into your tool. Same editor, in your app.

Open Source

MIT / Apache 2.0. Forkable, auditable, yours.

Honest comparison

Where it stands today.

FeaturePincelAsepritePiskel
Aseprite file format (read+write)✅✅ native❌
Tilemaps✅✅❌
Slices (9-patch, pivot)✅✅❌
Animation timeline + tags✅✅✅ basic
Tablet / pen support✅✅❌
Runs in browser✅❌✅
Native desktop app✅ Tauri✅✅ via NW.js, ageing
Embeddable as a library✅❌❌
Lua scripting / extensions❌ Phase 2✅❌
Custom brushes❌ Phase 2✅✅
PriceFreePaidFree
Open source✅ MIT/Apache✅ EULA-restricted✅ Apache 2.0
Active development✅✅🟡 modernization in progress

Pincel is new and Aseprite has 14 years of features. We're catching up where it matters for game-dev workflows. Where it doesn't, we're not.

In three steps

How it works.

  1. 1. Open

    Drag in a .aseprite file or start fresh.

  2. 2. Edit

    Paint, animate, build tilemaps, define slices.

  3. 3. Save

    Save back to .aseprite. Your engine hot-reloads.

Open Editor

Or: npm install @amigo-labs/pincel to embed it →