Image and video
Pixlr alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
nhn/tui.image-editor★7,660 GitHub starsMIT licenceA full-featured browser image editor with canvas tools, filters, layers-like operations, and export options.Open on GitHub ↗snapotter-hq/SnapOtter★2,169 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceSelf-hosted file-processing UI and REST API for conversion, OCR, and running local AI on media files.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Scale and user-base (large global user volume and trust)
- Priority generation queue, unlimited tiers and large bundled credit economies
- Access to Pixlr’s curated model mix and private-mode integrations
- All-in-one polish across image/video/audio with many specialized tools
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Pixlr, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.