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Pixvael
Turn any image into pixel art — free, private, no upload
Pixvael turns any photo into crisp pixel art right in your browser. Pick a block size, choose Full color / PICO-8 / Game Boy palettes, add Floyd-Steinberg dithering, and export a sharp PNG — plus a Minecraft build planner with material counts. 100% client-side, your images never leave your device.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I'm the maker of **Pixvael** — a free, private, in-browser image-to-pixel-art converter.
**The problem:** every online pixel-art tool I tried either made me draw block by block (slow), or required uploading my photos to some server (creepy). I wanted to drop a photo in, get crisp pixel art out, and trust the image never left my laptop.
**What Pixvael does:**
- Converts any image to pixel art in under a second, entirely client-side
- Full color, PICO-8, or Game Boy palettes + Floyd-Steinberg dithering
- A Minecraft build planner that exports a PNG grid, a coordinate blueprint, and a materials CSV — so you can actually rebuild it block by block
**The privacy bet:** the whole thing runs on Canvas + Web Workers. Open DevTools → Network while you convert an image — you'll see zero upload requests. Your photos stay on your device.
It's 100% free, no account, no watermark, no export limits.
I'd love to hear what you'd convert first — pet photos? game sprites? a Minecraft build? What palette would you want next? 🎨
The PICO-8 and Game Boy palette options are a really thoughtful touch, and the Floyd-Steinberg dithering setting at the right block size produces genuinely clean results. Love that the Minecraft planner is tucked in there too, that's a clever use of the same pixel data.
The PICO-8 palette with dithering on a landscape photo gave me that exact nostalgic crunch I was hoping for, and the Minecraft material counts are a surprisingly handy bonus.
About Pixvael on Product Hunt
“Turn any image into pixel art — free, private, no upload”
Pixvael was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #63 on the daily leaderboard. Pixvael turns any photo into crisp pixel art right in your browser. Pick a block size, choose Full color / PICO-8 / Game Boy palettes, add Floyd-Steinberg dithering, and export a sharp PNG — plus a Minecraft build planner with material counts. 100% client-side, your images never leave your device.
Pixvael was featured in Design Tools (261.3k followers), Photography (143.1k followers) and Photo editing (1.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 53.7k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Pixvael?
Pixvael was hunted by bruce huang. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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