# lospec/pixel-editor

An online canvas based Pixel Art creation tool for Lospec.com

Repository: https://github.com/lospec/pixel-editor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pixel-editor
Homepage: https://Lospec.com/pixel-editor
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: pixel-art, editor, webapp, pixel-editor, palette
Last push: 2024-06-29T21:32:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2717, "days_push": 795, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1121, forks 78 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:39.939794+00:00)

## What it is
A free browser-based pixel art editor built for Lospec.com, offering pencil, eraser, fill, eyedropper, zoom, and palette tools on an HTML canvas. It is now deprecated and no longer in development, though it remains available online.

## Use cases
- create pixel art in the browser
- make 8-bit game sprites online
- draw pixel art with a custom color palette
- free online pixel art editor no install
- create game assets quickly in a web browser

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, no-install pixel art tool in the browser
- you want to use Lospec palettes directly while drawing
- you need a simple editor for quick 8-bit art or game sprites

## When to avoid
- you need advanced features like layers, tiled mode, or selection transforms
- you want actively maintained software with bug fixes
- you need mobile or touch support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, image-processing, gui
- domain: graphics, web-development, media
- platform: browser
- tags: pixel-art, canvas, drawing-tool, palette, deprecated, browser-app, game-development, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- lospec/pixel-editor (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.939794+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:41:01.067386+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lospec/pixel-editor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.939794+00:00, sha acd440d28b7b)
  - homepage: https://Lospec.com/pixel-editor (fetched 2026-08-29T12:44:45.526946+00:00, sha 9a6edd127b2c)
  - site_page: https://lospec.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:44:45.535737+00:00, sha d2ab2ef05a00)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.