Upscayl
🆙 Upscayl - #1 Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler for Linux, MacOS and Windows.
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🆙 Upscayl
Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler
Upscayl lets you enlarge and enhance low-resolution images using advanced AI algorithms. Enlarge images without losing quality. It's almost like magic! 🎩🪄
https://upscayl.org
<video src="https://github.com/upscayl/upscayl/assets/25067102/ad2453b1-3c5a-4eb2-b992-4cf10e6a49f5" autoplay muted loop /> </div>Contents
- 👨💻 Installation
- 👨🏫 Documentation - Tutorials and Guides
- ⚖️ Demo Results (Before and After)
- 🤫 Roadmap
- 🛠 Developing Upscayl
- 🤓 FAQ
- 🎁 Donate and support the project
- ❤ Credits
👨💻 Installation
[!IMPORTANT] You'll need a Vulkan compatible GPU (Graphics Card) to upscale images. Many iGPUs (integrated graphics) do not work but, no harm in trying :)
🐧 Linux
<a href="https://flathub.org/apps/org.upscayl.Upscayl"> <img src="https://dl.flathub.org/assets/badges/flathub-badge-en.svg" height="50px"/> </a> <a href="https://appimage.github.io/Upscayl/"> <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/25067102/191270389-9de37c0f-39a8-41f1-a659-8dd4e7b8ac28.png" height="50px"/> </a> <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/upscayl-bin"> <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/25067102/191269445-87050a77-c304-4284-9ea0-699721309c59.png" height="50px"/> </a> <a href="https://snapcraft.io/upscayl/"> <img src="https://snapcraft.io/static/images/badges/en/snap-store-black.svg" height="50px"/> </a> <a href="https://github.com/MrPenguin07/ebuilds"> <img src="https://github.com/upscayl/upscayl/assets/25067102/322aebc5-91aa-4fc6-ac3a-d5a054449554" height="50px"/> </a>Upscayl should be available on the software listings of most Linux operating systems. Your distro's Store app might also support the Flatpak or Snap version.
💼 Portable Method
- Go to releases section or our official website.
- Download the
upscayl-x.x.x-linux.AppImagefile. - Right Click AppImage -> Go to Permissions tab -> Check 'allow file to execute' and then double click the file to run Upscayl.
You can also choose to install using other formats like RPM (Fedora), DEB (Debian/Ubuntu based), and ZIP (Any x86 Linux OS).
🍎 macOS
(MacOS 12 and later)
<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/upscayl/id6468265473?mt=12"> <img src="https://www.upscayl.org/appstore.svg" height="60px"/> </a>- Go to releases section or our official website.
- Download the
upscayl-x.x.x-mac.dmgfile. - Double click dmg, drag Upscayl icon into Applications folder.
- Open Finder, click 'Applications' tab in the left sidebar. Find Upscayl and right click on it. Select 'Open'.
- In the window that appears, press 'Open' yet again.
🍺 Homebrew
brew install --cask upscayl
🐌 Windows
(Windows 10 and later)
- Go to releases section or our official website.
- Download the
upscayl-x.x.x-win.exefile. - Double click exe file to launch.
- If you get a SmartScreen warning - click 'More Info' and then 'Run Anyway' OR press 'YES' on the unverified publisher dialog.
- Follow the installation steps.
- Profit!
👨🏫 Documentation - Tutorials and Guides
Check out our Documentation here.
⚖️ Results
Check out Upscayl before/after comparisons here.
🤫 Roadmap
You can track all the progress here: https://github.com/orgs/upscayl/projects/1
- Fix bugs
- Make the whole world use FOSS (WIP 🚧)
🛠 Development
I recommend using Volta: https://volta.sh for installing Node.js.
Download and install volta, then do: volta install node.
🏃 Running
[!NOTE] If you are not willing to install git, you can skip the first line, download the source zip and extract it to
upscaylinstead and carry on with the rest of the instructions.
git clone https://github.com/upscayl/upscayl
cd upscayl
# INSTALL DEPENDENCIES
npm install
# RUN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVER LOCALLY
## YOUR LOGS WILL NOW APPEAR IN THE TERMINAL
npm run start
🏗️ Building
# INSTALL DEPENDENCIES
npm install
# PACKAGE THE APP
npm run dist
# PUBLISH THE APP, MAKE SURE TO ADD GH_TOKEN= IN SHELL
# ONLY DO THIS IF YOU'RE A MAINTAINER
npm run publish-app
🤓 FAQ
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