Multimedia & graphics macOS
LibreSprite for macOS
Draw pixel art and animate sprites on Mac with LibreSprite, a free, open-source editor with layers, frames, onion skinning and tiled drawing.
- Operating system
- macOS; minimum version for this v1.3 package not established
- Architecture
- Apple Silicon (arm64)
- Download package
- DMG disk image
Selected download is libresprite-v1.3-macos-arm64.dmg. A separate Intel x86_64 DMG is listed in the publisher release; no installation or compatibility test was performed.
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What is LibreSprite?
LibreSprite is a pixel-art and sprite-animation editor for making characters, objects, patterns and textures. Work with layers and frames, compare adjacent animation frames with onion skinning, and check motion with real-time previews. Built-in palettes and pixel-precise drawing tools support small, deliberately placed details.
Tiled drawing mode helps with repeating patterns and textures, while multiple open sprites let you work across related assets. LibreSprite is developed independently from Aseprite after forking its last GPLv2-licensed commit. It is not the current proprietary Aseprite release.
This entry links to the publisher's version 1.3 DMG for Apple Silicon Macs. Intel Macs have a separate x86_64 package on the same release page; choose the package for your processor. Layer groups in imported .ase files are flattened rather than preserved as editable groups, so projects that depend on nested layer organization need particular care. The screenshot illustrates the editor with the optional Neutral Dark theme; its operating system and application version are not established by the publisher image.
What it offers
- Build sprite animations using layers and frames, with real-time previews and onion skinning.
- Use built-in color palettes or create your own.
- Draw repeating patterns and textures in tiled drawing mode.
- Edit multiple sprites at once using pixel-precise tools such as filled contour, polygon and shading modes.
Good to know
- Imported .ase layer groups are flattened; LibreSprite does not preserve editable layer-group structure.
- The linked DMG is for Apple Silicon (arm64), not Intel Macs; the publisher offers a separate x86_64 DMG.
Product images
Sources
References used for this listing. Retrieval dates do not indicate hands-on testing.
- LibreSprite for Mac - Download — discovery and gallery ↗Retrieved
- LibreSprite official repository — introduction, features and license ↗Retrieved
- LibreSprite v1.3 — official release and Mac assets ↗Retrieved
- Flatten layer groups when loading .ase files — publisher limitation ↗Retrieved
- LibreSprite publisher resources — Neutral Dark theme preview ↗Retrieved
- Neutral Dark — theme authorship and repository license ↗Retrieved
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