Free desktop app · macOS and Windows

Big ideas.
Small pixels.

Your workspace between the first idea and the next game asset. Pixel Studio brings the PixelLab API, local projects and your creative workflow together.

Get Pixel Studio See the workflow

The app is free. Generation uses your own PixelLab account; API charges follow your PixelLab plan.

Pixel Studio with image tools, local gallery and a pixel-accurate forest wizard preview. — Actual Mac capture · Pixel Studio 0.4.26 English interface · 6 November 2026

Your projects stay local.

Your key stays in the system store.

No app telemetry.

From first draft to export

Your next step is already here.

A reference becomes an image. A result becomes a starting point. Separate files become a project you can return to tomorrow.

01
Give your idea a home.
Create a local project, import references and connect your PixelLab account. Drafts and results stay together.
02
Take your asset further.
Create images, prepare character views and animations, or continue editing a result. Project style and local previews keep the work connected.
03
Take your work with you.
Export originals, spritesheets, GIFs or PNG/JSON packages. Reopen a complete project ZIP on another device.

Local before-and-after view of an enlarged pixel art character. — Look closely. Originals stay unchanged.

One connected workspace

More than an image on demand.

PixelLab handles generation. Pixel Studio connects the work before, between and after those requests.

Seven creative areas

Images, characters, animation, worlds and tiles, editing, refinement, UI and fonts.

A shared project style

Size, view, outlines, palette and local style references as a common starting point.

Characters and clips

Keep views and variants together, arrange frames, set timing and review with onion skin.

Your assets, organised

Names, favourites, tags and collections. Large previews, transparency grid and zoom stay close at hand.

Follow your requests

Saved history and supervision of known jobs. Failed generation submissions are never automatically repeated.

Seven interface languages

German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Greek and Portuguese.

Project style with palette, view, outlines and style references. — A shared style. Apply it to drafts deliberately.

Export choices for originals, spritesheets, GIFs, project ZIPs and optional Unity packages. — Your format. Ready for the next step.

Actual Mac app captures, version 0.4.26. Unity export hands over existing sprites and clips; Pixel Studio is not a world or level editor.

Your work. Under your control.

Free app.
Clear boundaries.

No RIFFSOURCE account, app subscription or usage analytics. A clear boundary between your local project and what you send to PixelLab.

Free to download and use: Pixel Studio itself is free. AI generation requires your own PixelLab account and API key. PixelLab may charge requests under your plan.
Store locally, send deliberately: Projects and downloaded results stay on your device. Explicit API requests send prompts and selected references or masks to PixelLab, which may store account resources.
Credentials in the system store: Your API key is held in macOS Keychain or Windows Credential Manager. It is excluded from projects and project ZIPs.
No app telemetry: No advertising, usage analytics or automatic project sync by RIFFSOURCE. Update checks contact riffsource.com without project content or API keys; you control their frequency.

Ready for your next idea?

Your pixels.
Your studio.

0.4.26 Preview release · 6 November 2026

Download the app directly from RIFFSOURCE. No sign-up form and no download tracking.

Available now

macOS

Apple Silicon

Download for macOS

DMG · Version 0.4.26 · Developer ID signed and Apple notarised app.

Open the DMG and drag Pixel Studio into Applications. An Intel Mac download is not available for this version yet.

File and SHA-256 checksum

Pixel-Studio-0.4.26-macOS-AppleSilicon.dmgb32fe7f8fc4d255a3df854debadd49c9fc83104cde59b0f0bf3afebd526c1751

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Windows

A current Windows build is in preparation. The download will appear here when its installer is ready for distribution.

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FAQ

One more thing?

Is everything really free?

The app is free, without a RIFFSOURCE subscription. AI processing runs on PixelLab using your own account. Its API plan and possible charges apply independently of Pixel Studio.

Can I keep working offline?

You can open, organise, inspect and export existing local projects. New AI generations and PixelLab library requests need a connection to PixelLab.

Is Pixel Studio made by PixelLab?

Pixel Studio is developed independently by RIFFSOURCE and uses the official PixelLab API. PixelLab provides the models and API service. You manage your account and API key with PixelLab.

How are projects and updates kept separate?

Projects are stored locally on your device; credentials are in the system store. The app checks only signed, newer updates and installs after your click. Update checks send no projects or API keys. Local project files are not additionally encrypted by the app.