Talk:Aseprite

Libresprite should not be included.
I have removed all mentions of Libresprite from this article and from the Pixel art article. I have found this topic to be the cause of slight controversy in the past (As it happened last year when Libresprite was added to the list of Pixel art software), so I'm submitting this section to clarify why Libresprite does not belong in either article.

The only source provided for Libresprite redirects to a GitHub repository, which is one of the 1600 forks of Aseprite. Why should this specific fork be showcased? Libresprite is not the only one, the oldest, and there's no proof of it being the most popular. Even if it was, many applications have similar alternative unofficial versions: This is not relevant information. If there is a good reason, no sourced justification has been provided, specially for the amount of importance that it is given (Mentioned 3 times here, and twice in the Pixel art article!)

There was also a strange phrasing in the opening paragraph about how Aseprite "is not free/libre" before the mention of Libresprite, which is unnecessary. The normal approach is to just write where the software is available (Steam and Itch in this case), not where its not. To me this seems like a strange attempt to bring exposure to a specific Aseprite fork (One of many) for no given reason. It almost feels like saying "This product is not free, here's one!" which is not appropriate for this encyclopedia.

Before undoing these edits, please make sure to provide a source that justifies its addition.

Cheers. ReffPixels (talk) ReffPixels (talk) 18:47, 11 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Pointing out the "1600 forks" number is dishonest. Anyone who uses GitHub often enough will know that people fork projects all the time instead of staring them. Those forks are made and abandoned. And of all the forks of Aseprite, none are anywhere near as popular as LibreSprite. According to GitPop2, the most (direct) popular fork has a whopping 12 stars. LibreSprite has 2,800.
 * Also, searching GitHub for "aseprite" and sorting by stars lists LibreSprite as #2 (#1 being Aseprite itself). None of the other projects on the first ten pages are forks.
 * That sounds like proof of popularity to me. --Hexware (talk) 17:56, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Allegro
We should explain why this program was formerly called "Allegro Sprite Editor". I'd guess that it was initially intended to be a utility for people developing in the Allegro (software library) ecosystem? It appears in the allegro project's directory of resources - https://www.allegro.cc/resource/Tools/Graphics/AllegroSpriteEditor

But we should have a proper reliable source for that, and ideally an explanation of when, and why, it was renamed. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 17:12, 6 September 2023 (UTC)


 * https://community.aseprite.org/t/meaning-of-the-name-aseprite/2183/3 2803:9800:9802:4450:34F1:ED41:97B8:BB62 (talk) 00:37, 29 November 2023 (UTC)