Weaver Editor
A downloadable tool for Windows and Linux
Weaver is a free and open source tool for creating sprites for games. It's going to be more than that, but that's all we have right now.
- Import PNGs as a spritesheet, or create a new sprite with your own dimensions.
- Create brushes and patterns for easy dithering.
- Make animations through creating frames. You can even draw on your sprite while an animation is playing!
- Export your spritesheet and animation data as a JSON or Lua file. (GIF exporting does not exist yet)
- Free and open source! Weaver is MIT licensed, and created with the Love2D framework. Look at the repository here!
The long-term goal of Weaver is to help with automating the asset pipeline. Basically, Weaver will eventually become a sandbox for experimenting with exporting assets for my projects.
As alpha software, it's very unstable. Make sure to save often.
Read the documentation here.
Download
Install instructions
Windows
Run 'weaver.exe' inside of the downloaded folder. Is it blurry? Check the documentation!
Linux
First, make sure you have executable permissions on the .AppImage.
chmod +x ./the_app_image.AppImage
Now try to run it. If there are still any issues, follow the OSX instructions below. (Don't worry!)
OSX
Download/compile Love2D. Also download the '.love' file from the repository release section (on the right sidebar), and run it:
love ./the_love_file.love
You can make it standalone by following the game distribution guide on Love2D's wiki.
Any weird problems?
Report issues on the repository or in the discussions below.
Development log
- v2025.8a - Rotations, a new layout, and general fixes18 days ago
- v2025.6a - What, why, and where we're going65 days ago
