# lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe

waifu2xのCaffe版

Repository: https://github.com/lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/waifu2x-caffe
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-03-25T13:22:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 56/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4115, "days_push": 161, "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 8221, forks 826 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:19.655565+00:00)

## What it is
A Windows GUI/CLI application that reimplements the waifu2x image upscaling and noise-reduction tool using the Caffe deep learning framework. It supports CUDA/cuDNN GPU acceleration as well as CPU-only conversion, with multilingual GUI support.

## Use cases
- upscale anime images without losing quality
- remove JPEG noise from pictures
- enlarge low-resolution images with AI
- batch convert a folder of images to higher resolution
- denoise scanned artwork
- upscale images using GPU acceleration

## When to choose
- you are on Windows and want a ready-to-use GUI for waifu2x
- you have an NVIDIA GPU and want fast CUDA/cuDNN-accelerated upscaling
- you need batch processing of images or folders with configurable output formats
- you want noise removal and upscaling in one tool

## When to avoid
- you need Linux or macOS support
- you want to integrate upscaling into your own code as a library
- you have no NVIDIA GPU and need maximum conversion speed
- you need a cross-platform or scriptable pipeline outside Windows

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: image-processing, machine-learning, gui, cli
- domain: image-processing, deep-learning, windows
- platform: windows
- tags: waifu2x, super-resolution, upscaling, noise-reduction, anime-images, cuda, cudnn, caffe, gpu

## Member repositories
- lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe (main) score 56

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:19.655565+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 2026-08-29T17:29:31.721414+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:19.655565+00:00, sha d8c74324310f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.