chaiNNer AlternativesImage Upscaling Apps like chaiNNer

chaiNNer is described as 'A flowchart/node-based image processing GUI aimed at making chaining image processing tasks (especially upscaling done by neural networks) easy, intuitive, and customizable' and is a Image Upscaling app in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to chaiNNer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, Linux and Android apps. The best chaiNNer alternative is Upscayl, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like chaiNNer are A1111 Stable Diffusion WEB UI, waifu2x, Comfy and Topaz Gigapixel.

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  1. Upscayl icon

    Upscayl

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    Open source desktop tool using advanced AI to enlarge and enhance images without loss of quality, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Linux-first development gives early access to Linux users. Requires Vulkan compatible GPU for upscaling.

    70 Upscayl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Online
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    • Upscayl is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to chaiNNer.

    • Upscayl is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to chaiNNer.

    • Upscayl is Freemium and Open SourcechaiNNer is Free and Open Source
  2. A1111 Stable Diffusion WEB UI icon

    A1111 Stable Diffusion WEB UI

     32 likes

    AUTOMATIC1111's Stable Diffusion web UI provides a powerful, web interface for Stable Diffusion featuring a one-click installer, advanced inpainting, outpainting and upscaling capabilities, built-in color sketching and much more.

    98 A1111 Stable Diffusion WEB UI alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  4. waifu2x icon

    waifu2x

     55 likes

    Image Super-Resolution [upscaling] for Anime-style [low detail] art or images using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks.

    68 waifu2x alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
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  6. Comfy icon

    Comfy

     18 likes

    ComfyUI is an open-source, node-based workflow engine that empowers creators to design, customize, and run complex generative AI pipelines across images, video, audio, and more.

    18 Comfy alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  7. Topaz Gigapixel icon

    Topaz Gigapixel

     29 likes

    Upscales images by 16x with AI, perfect for large prints. Enhances realistic textures, clears pixelation, and retains details in low-res photos. Versatile for photographers and artists aiming for high fidelity or creative flexibility.

    53 Topaz Gigapixel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe Photoshop
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    Comments about Topaz Gigapixel as an Alternative to chaiNNer
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    UI is nicer, great models inside, but does not work on linux :'(

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    • Topaz Gigapixel is the most popular commercial alternative to chaiNNer.

    • Topaz Gigapixel is Paid and ProprietarychaiNNer is Free and Open Source
  8. NodeTool icon

    NodeTool

     4 likes

    NodeTool is a playground for AI that uses a visual canvas to connect different AI tools - like GPT, image creators, and video generators - into one seamless workflow. Instead of jumping between five different apps to write a script, generate an image, and turn it into a video...

    17 NodeTool alternatives

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    • Linux
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  11. Scapix icon

    Scapix

     14 likes

    An image, gif and video upscaling and denoiser app developed with electron, react, waifu2x and ffmpeg.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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  12. Upsampler icon

    Upsampler

     8 likes

    Offers enhanced image upscaling to high resolutions with region-based creativity, preservation of facial features, Smart and Dynamic Upscale for detail and composition, generative fill for fixes, precise content control, and minimized manual workflow throughout the process.

    26 Upsampler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  13. Waifu2x-Extension-GUI icon

    Waifu2x-Extension-GUI

     10 likes

    Video, Image and GIF upscale/enlarge(Super-Resolution) and Video frame interpolation. Achieved with Waifu2x, Real-ESRGAN, Real-CUGAN, SRMD, RealSR, Anime4K, RIFE, CAIN, DAIN, and ACNet.

    47 Waifu2x-Extension-GUI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  14. Waifu2x Caffe icon

    Waifu2x Caffe

     23 likes

    Waifu2x Caffe rewrites only the conversion function of the image conversion software "waifu2x" using Caffe and is software developed for Windows. Although it can convert with CPU, using CUDA (or cuDNN) can convert faster than CPU.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  15. Topaz Bloom icon

    Topaz Bloom

     1 like

    Online image upscaler tailored for AI art, allowing up to 8x enlargement, creativity controls for either preserving or adding detail, instant preview, support for multiple formats, and one-click creation of four variation outputs to expand both resolution and style.

    31 Topaz Bloom alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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