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akai-katto/dandere2x

Dandere2x - Fast Waifu2x Video Upscaling. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/akai-katto/dandere2x · homepage · C++ · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2752
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1112
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1508 stars · 74 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Dandere2x is a tool that speeds up waifu2x video upscaling by exploiting temporal redundancy in anime footage, using P-frame compression so only unique frames need GPU processing. It is written in C++ and available as a desktop application with a GUI as well as a Docker image.

Use cases

  • upscale anime videos to higher resolution with waifu2x
  • speed up waifu2x video processing
  • denoise and upscale low-resolution anime episodes
  • batch upscale anime-styled video files
  • upscale videos using a GPU without processing every frame

When to choose

  • you want to upscale anime-styled video much faster than frame-by-frame waifu2x
  • your footage has lots of static scenes or temporal redundancy typical of anime
  • you want a ready-made GUI or Docker workflow for waifu2x upscaling

When to avoid

  • you need to upscale live-action video where P-frame matching works poorly
  • you need real-time upscaling
  • you need actively maintained software with recent updates
  • you want to upscale non-anime images rather than video

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

video-processing image-processing machine-learning compression image-processing machine-learning media windows cross-platform waifu2x anime-upscaling video-upscaling super-resolution ffmpeg gui video linux docker gpu

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
akai-katto/dandere2xmain23

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