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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





 Contents

- 👨‍💻 Installation
  - 🐧 Linux
  - 🍎 macOS
  - 🐌 Windows
- 👨‍🏫 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

  
    
  

  
    
  

  
    
  

  
    
  

  
    
  

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

1. Go to releases section or our official website.
2. Download the upscayl-x.x.x-linux.AppImage file.
3. 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)


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1. Go to releases section or our official website.
2. Download the upscayl-x.x.x-mac.dmg file.
3. Double click dmg, drag Upscayl icon into Applications folder.
4. Open Finder, click 'Applications' tab in the left sidebar. Find Upscayl and right click on it. Select 'Open'.
5. In the window that appears, press 'Open' yet again.

 🍺 Homebrew

brew install --cask upscayl

 🐌 Windows
(Windows 10 and later)

1. Go to releases section or our official website.
2. Download the upscayl-x.x.x-win.exe file.
3. Double click exe file to launch.
4. If you get a SmartScreen warning - click 'More Info' and then 'Run Anyway' OR press 'YES' on the unverified publisher dialog.
5. Follow the installation steps.
6. Profit!

 👨‍🏫 Documentation - Tutorials and Guides

Check out our Documentation here.

- Try out even more new models!
- Convert your own models
- Compatibility List
- Troubleshooting

 ⚖️ 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 fir

Top issues

Discussions

Latest release

🎉 Upscayl v2.15 New Year Update! 🥳 
      

I'm a chill kinda guy

 [!IMPORTANT]
 If you downloaded or updated Upscayl a few hours ago, and the new 'High Fidelity' model is not working, please download v2.15.0 again for your device below. The issue has been fixed and the build has been updated again, sorry for the inconvenience.

 🚨 What's Changed 
 A new updated interface for the 500th time! 💅🏻
 Upscayl now supports multiple languages! SAY WHAT!? 🤯
 Introducing an all new model - High Fidelity! 🎉
 English, Russian, Japanese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Indonesian and