What is pixelloid?

fulviuus/pixelloid — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-26

★ 13TypeScriptAudience · designerComplexity · 2/5LicenseSetup · moderate

Mindmap

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Detects hidden pixel grid
      Converts fake pixel art
      Runs locally offline
    Features
      Pixel editor tools
      SVG and PNG export
      Palette reduction
    Sampling modes
      Nearest mode
      Medoid mode
      Smart mode
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      React
      Tauri 2
    Use cases
      Clean up AI pixel art
      Create vector pixel art
      Edit pixel images

mindmap root((repo)) What it does Detects hidden pixel grid Converts fake pixel art Runs locally offline Features Pixel editor tools SVG and PNG export Palette reduction Sampling modes Nearest mode Medoid mode Smart mode Tech stack TypeScript React Tauri 2 Use cases Clean up AI pixel art Create vector pixel art Edit pixel images

What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Clean up AI-generated pixel art into genuine pixel-perfect images.

USE CASE 2

Export pixel art as crisp SVG vector paths for scalable graphics.

USE CASE 3

Edit converted pixel art with built-in pencil, fill, and eraser tools.

USE CASE 4

Reduce pixel art color palettes to 64 or 32 colors.

What is it built with?

TypeScriptReactTauri 2WebAssembly

How does it compare?

	fulviuus/pixelloid	abhi-arya1/riff	andersondanieln/hexllama
Stars	13	13	13
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript	TypeScript
Setup difficulty	moderate	hard	easy
Complexity	2/5	4/5	2/5
Audience	designer	developer	vibe coder

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Built with Tauri 2, so it requires installing Rust and Node.js toolchains to compile and run the desktop application locally.

You can use and modify the code, but if you distribute changes you must share them under the same license.

So what is it?

Pixelloid is a desktop application that converts "pseudo-pixel art" into genuine pixel-perfect images. AI-generated pixel art often only looks like it has crisp pixels. In reality, those apparent pixels are made from many smaller source pixels softened by blurring, color noise, or inconsistent edges. Pixelloid detects the hidden grid in these images, creates an image at the grid's native resolution, and resolves every logical cell into one real output pixel. The entire process runs locally on your computer, so no images are uploaded to the cloud. The application offers several sampling modes to determine the final color of each pixel. Nearest mode matches a specific FFmpeg point sampling method. Medoid mode chooses a complete color sample observed inside each inferred cell. Smart mode compares nearest, medoid, and dominant source colors inside every logical cell, keeping the result that reconstructs the cell with the least destruction. All modes are deterministic and never generate new artwork. Optional palette reduction can reduce the final image to 64 or 32 colors after downscaling. Beyond conversion, Pixelloid includes a pixel editor with pencil, fill, eyedropper, eraser, crop, and zoom tools. Users can compare the source and result side by side, and overlay the original image to check edits. The app supports exporting the final result as an indexed PNG or an SVG vector file. The SVG export works from the final true-resolution result, merging pixels of the same color into crisp vector paths without embedding any raster image data. It can import PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, AVIF, and BMP files. Pixelloid is built with TypeScript, React, and the Tauri 2 framework. The project includes background removal, grid detection, and pixelization logic in its source library. It vendors the open-source unfake.js WebAssembly core as a secondary scale detector. The project is currently in alpha, with limits on source image size and background removal capacity. It is available under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

I have an AI-generated pixel art image that looks slightly blurry. How do I use Pixelloid to detect its grid and convert it into a true pixel-perfect PNG?

Prompt 2

Using Pixelloid's Smart sampling mode, convert my fake pixel art to a real pixel image and explain how it picks the best color for each pixel cell.

Prompt 3

How can I export my final pixel art from Pixelloid as an SVG file with crisp vector paths and no embedded raster data?

Prompt 4

Help me use Pixelloid's built-in pixel editor to crop and recolor my converted pixel art, then compare it side by side with the original image.

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