https://github.com/foxnne/pixi

Pixel art editor made with Zig.
https://github.com/foxnne/pixi

2d animation cross-platform editor gamedev imgui mit-license pixelart zig ziglang

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Pixel art editor made with Zig.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/foxnne/pixi
• Owner: foxnne
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-06-17T17:43:39.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-29T03:15:21.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-29T07:58:03.350Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: 2d, animation, cross-platform, editor, gamedev, imgui, mit-license, pixelart, zig, ziglang
• Language: Zig
• Homepage: https://foxnne.github.io/pixi/
• Size: 12.7 MB
• Stars: 598
• Watchers: 11
• Forks: 18
• Open Issues: 12
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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# 

**Pixi** is an cross-platform open-source pixel art editor and animation editor written in [Zig](https://github.com/ziglang/zig).

#### Check out the [user guide](https://github.com/foxnne/pixi/wiki/User-Guide)!

![pixi_explanatory_workflow](https://github.com/foxnne/pixi/assets/49629865/51e16f4d-634e-461d-ba5e-41cc4fa8229e)





[![ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/img/githubbutton_sm.svg)](https://ko-fi.com/R5R4LL2PJ)

## Features planned for 0.1

- [x] Typical pixel art operations. (draw, erase, color select)

- [x] Create animations and preview easily, edit directly on the preview.

- [x] View previous and next frames of the animation.

- [x] Set sprite origins for drawing sprites easily in game frameworks.

- [x] Import and slice existing .png spritesheets.

- [x] Intuitive and customizeable user interface.

- [x] Sprite packing

## User Interface

- The user interface is driven by [Dear Imgui](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui) which should be familiar to many.

- The general layout takes many ideas from VSCode, as well as general project setup using folders.

## Planned Features

- Export/import options.

    - Possibly .pyxel and .asesprite import

    - Export to .zig to directly use in Zig frameworks

    - .gif support

- [x] Palettes

- Tiles 

- Possibly much more

## Compilation

- [Linux] Ensure `gtk+3-devel` or similar is installed (for native file dialogs).

- Install zig using [zigup](https://github.com/marler8997/zigup) `zigup 0.13.0-dev.351+64ef45eb0` or manually and add to PATH.

- Zig version required is latest mach nominated version, find [here.](https://machengine.org/about/nominated-zig/#202450-mach)

- Clone pixi.

- Build.

    - ```git clone https://github.com/foxnne/pixi.git```

    - ```cd pixi```

    - **Dawn** ```zig build run```

    - **sysgpu** ```zig build run -Duse_sysgpu=true```

## Credits

- The wonderful [Dear Imgui](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui) used for almost all of the user interface.

- [michal-z](https://github.com/michal-z) for all the help and [zig-gamedev](https://github.com/michal-z/zig-gamedev).

- [slimsag](https://github.com/slimsag) for all the help and [mach-core](https://github.com/hexops/mach-core).

- [prime31](https://github.com/prime31) for all the help.

- Any and all contributors