# giventofly/pixelit

Create pixel art from an image

Repository: https://github.com/giventofly/pixelit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pixelit
Homepage: https://giventofly.github.io/pixelit/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: javascript, pixel-art, pixelart
Last push: 2026-05-09T09:23:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 59/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2642, "days_push": 116, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1751, forks 246 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:31.158280+00:00)

## What it is
Pixel It is a JavaScript library that converts images into pixel art on an HTML canvas, with configurable pixel scale, color palettes, and grayscale options. It also ships with a live web playground for trying the conversion in the browser.

## Use cases
- convert an image to pixel art in the browser
- apply a limited color palette to an image
- create grayscale pixel art from photos
- generate retro-style sprites from images
- let users upload images and pixelate them on a website

## When to choose
- you need client-side pixel art generation with a small dependency-free JS library
- you want palette-based color quantization and grayscale conversion
- you want a quick interactive demo page for image pixelation

## When to avoid
- you need server-side or batch image processing at scale
- you need advanced image editing beyond pixelation and palettes
- you require GPU-accelerated or WebGL-based processing

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, graphics
- domain: image-processing, graphics, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: pixel-art, canvas, color-palette, image-conversion, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- giventofly/pixelit (main) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:31.158280+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 2026-08-30T03:28:33.234512+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/giventofly/pixelit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:31.158280+00:00, sha f1469e716333)
  - homepage: https://giventofly.github.io/pixelit/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:06:44.032020+00:00, sha f75687e08ca5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.