The is a collection of scripts from the Aseprite community, originally collected by @JJHagger from the Aseprite forums.
Aseprite is working on an official database of scripts and extensions (including a store). In the meantime, this is the unofficial home of this collection.
If you have a script that you'd like to contribute, complete the form to submit a script.
Touch Toolbar helper by dacap (Link to file)
A simple example script that shows how to create a dialog with buttons on it.
example
Slice a sprite by cell size or by count. Similar to the slice tool in the Unity sprite editor.
sprite sheet
Displacement by heidi (GitHub)
A script for tile randomization that randomly moves about pixels as per given probabilities.
tile
Timer script by goustkor (GitHub)
A counter to time how long it took to create a sprite.
Multi Color Replacer by goustkor (GitHub)
Select multiple color replacements (from and to) and perform them all at once.
palette
Pixel Stats by haloflooder (GitHub)
Calculates and summarizes the total number of pixels for each color (including %).
metrics
NxPA Studio by Kacper Woźniak aka thkaspar (Demo (on twitter))
This is a powerful script suite that consists of:
- Scale: a script that allows for upscaling pixel art without introducing new colors using a variety of algorithms: Nearest Neighbor, Eagle, Scale2x and a custom algorithm named Hawk.
- Tween: a script for effortless animation inbetweening based on position.
- Note: a to-do list app inside Aseprite.
transform tween
Various Aseprite scripts by Chris Anselmo aka christopherwk210 (GitHub)
- image/color-overlay.lua: Overwrites all non-transparent pixels in the current layer with any given color/opacity. Can be applied to the current layer or to a new layer.
- image/stroke.lua: Outlines all non-transparent pixels in the current layer with any color and width. Can be applied to the current layer or to a new layer.
- timeline/add-frame-background.lua: Adds a new frame to the timeline, copying cels from every layer but the active one. Useful when working on animations with a background.
- misc/midi.lua: Generates a piece of music based on the colors in the current cel image, and outputs the result into a midi file (midi demo)
outline audio
Generate normal map by Rucho/るっちょ @ruccho_vector (Demo (twitter), for one frame, for all frames)
Generates a normal map automatically from one frame or from all frames of selected layers.
normal map
Parallax tool by Hazel Quantock aka TekF (Demo (twitter), GitHub)
Shows controls to move layers in the editor to give a parallax effect. By default each layer moves twice as fast as the one below, but this can be customized.
parallax
Isometric Box Generator by Kamil @darkwark (Demo (twitter), GitHub, itch.io)
Generate isometric boxes at custom sizes, either filled or wireframe. Select colors for each of the sides, set a highlight and stroke color and corner style (2px and 3px).
isometric
C64 helper scripts by Viza74 (GitHub)
A collections of scripts, including:
- Various checks to ensure the sprite meets C64 multicolor rules
- Various checks to ensure the sprite meets C64 hires rules
- Importing and exporting Koala format
c64 export import
Color, Hue and Shade Scripts by aquova (GitHub)
- Color Compliment: Asks for a single color and returns the HSV color compliment according to the color wheel.
- Hue Generator: Asks for two colors and the number of intermediate colors you wish to generate. The script will then give a window with a range of colors between the two that were given.
- Shade Generator: Will give a range of shades brighter and darker than the color that is given, ranging from black up to white.
color
Antialias and Outline by rikfuzz (GitHub)
- Antialias: Antialiases inside the foreground colour anywhere it touches the background colour (Link to file)
- Outline: Outlines current layer with 1px of fg colour (Link to file)
antialias outline
Various scripts by Cotu41 (GitHub)
- Fill non-transparent: Fills all the non-transparent pixels in a layer with the current foreground color (Link to file)
- Moving scanlines: Scanline effect (Link to file)
Various scripts by alexpennells (GitHub)
- Image border: Creates a new layer with a 1 pixel wide border around the current image for all frames (Link to file)
- Layer border: Creates a new layer with a 1 pixel wide border around the current image for all frames (GitHub)
- Group border: Creates a new layer with a 1 pixel wide border around the current image for all frames (GitHub)
- Save all frames: Exports all frames as images, grouped by tag (GitHub)
outline export
APNG reader/decoder by kettek (GitHub)
Not currently working. APNG reader and writer
import export
Isometric Guidelines by oscb (GitHub)
Generates isometric guidelines and adds them to a new layer
isometric guide
Mask layer-like extensions by masakazu-k (GitHub)
Adds the mask layer-like functionality to Aseprite. Use the MergedCopy function to cut out the mask area specified in the mask layer.
mask
aseprite-xcolor by steven-kraft (GitHub)
An external color picking script for Aseprite using xcolor by Soft. Allows you to pick colors from outside of the Aseprite application. Currently only tested on Linux.
color
Aseprite-Export-Tags by StarJackal57 (GitHub)
Exports the tags of the active Aseprite sprite and exports as a horizontal png strip. The file is labeled with the proper suffix to make import into Game Maker projects much simpler.
export
PixeLips by BoThompson (GitHub)
An Aseprite Script Plugin to support Papagayo files to animate Lipsyncing
animation
Color Shading by domjohn (GitHub)
An Aseprite Script to open a dialog with relevant color shades.
color
Export sprite’s layers as individual images by Gaspi (Github)
Scripts to export layers or slices on a sprite as individual png images with their own name and on a specific folder.
export
Listing and removing all slices by Jonathan Smårs (jsmars on twitter) (GitHub)
Creates a list of all the slices in your document and allows you to delete them (even corrupt slices that do not show up in the view)
Screen color picker for Windows by endlesstravel (Project, Download)
Needs .Net 4.6.1+. Escape to exit, mouse click to pick color (change bg, change fg, add color to palette).
palette
1-Point Perspective Helper by GunTurtle (itch.io) (itch.io)
A lua script for Aseprite that quickly generates single point perspective.
perspective guide
Export to PSD by Tsukina_7mochi (twitter) (GitHub)
This script is used to export to Photoshop’s .psd format from Aseprite If you have problems opening the exported PSD, you can try using this revision of the script file (right click on the link and choose “save link as”).
export
Cycling keyboard shortcut by Gasparoken
You can associate a keyboard shortcut to a script, and you can also make that script cycle between tools, brushes, etc. How to create a cycling keyboard shortcut
Export Tags to Gif by ThunderFD (GitHub) It exports all tags as individual gifs
export
Bulk rename Tags by Arkogelul, dacap, JJHaggar (Link to file)
This script can find & replace strings, and add prefixes or suffixes for tags in ase files.
Change the palette of several sprites by dacap
Before using these scripts create a backup of your sprites.
palette
Copy Merged Scaled by YellowAfterlife
Copy a merged version of the sprite layers and also scale it up so that you can paste it wherever to show it to people
transform
Rotation tweening by Gasparoken (Demo (YouTube), File (itch.io))
rotation animation
Mark cels based on frame duration or manually by libroumque (twitter)
Original tweet, view it on github or download the script. UPDATE: GitHub Link’s dead, but script was rescued thanks to V972 here - link to Google Drive here.
editor
Record by sprngr (itch.io, GitHub)
A suite of LUA scripts for taking incremental snapshots of your sprite for the purpose of making a time lapse/progress gif.
record
Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer by themrcul
Gets art directly and immediately from Aseprite to the Mega Drive (to be exact, to a Mega Everdrive X7 connected via USB). Links: MegaDriveDraw Release 1.zip and MegaDriveDraw Release 2.zip.
export
Center the current selection on the sprite by tuxpup (Repo)
Takes the current selection and centers it on the current canvas.
editor
Reduce the bit-depth of the palette by sandor (GitHub)
Reduces the bit-depth of the palette colors.
palette
Import tags from exported JSON by jest (GitHub)
Imports existing tags from the exported JSON. That’s useful so you don’t have to re-tag every animation for similar sprites.
import
EGA dithering script by Dan_Beeston (Demo (YouTube), Download (zip) )
Sets your image to a blended EGA palette then dithers it to the original EGA palette.
palette
Export to GameBoy format by boombuler (GitHub)
Exports the current sprite to gameboy assembly.
export
Path Animator by Gasparoken (GitHub)
A tool for animating an image (multi-layer allowed) according a desired path.
animation
Merge All tabs by jest (GitHub)
It will just combine all your open tabs into 1 spritesheet.
editor
non-empty cels counter by Unknow0059 (Script)
Displays the total number of non-empty cels from visible layers. Or, in naive terms, the total frame count.
metrics
Perlin Noise Generation by Ondrej_Pokorny (GitHub)
Generates perlin noise, that can be used for water/clouds textures. Script for generation of normal maps is in repository as well.
drawing
Various scripts by David_Barker (GitHub)
- Ghost Images : Animation effect similar to onion skinning. The script will generate a new layer containing a number of ‘Ghosts’ of previous frames.
- Layer Transition : Generates a new layer with a simple transition effect between two existing layers.
- Load Palette From CSV : Load a palette from a CSV file with red, green, blue, alpha columns.
- Save Palette To CSV : Save current palette To CSV file with red, green, blue, alpha columns.
- Selected Pixel Count : Counts the number of pixels in an arbitrary shaped selection.
animation palette metrics
MSX image file import v1.0 by NataliaPC (GitHub)
Imports MSX image files.
import
PalRowMax by BraidAcer (Google Drive)
Scans an indexed color image and tell you if you’ve used more than X palette colors in a single pixel height horizontal line.
palette
Simple Color Range Multi-Select Noodle – SCRMSN by J19
It lets you select colors continuously instead of one-by-one like you had to do with the built-in tool: select-> color range. Available (for free) on itch.io. UPDATE: GitHub Link’s dead, but script was rescued thanks to V972 here - link to Google Drive here.
editor
Create a new layer and scatter it with single pixel dots in your current foreground color. You can control the density with the first script option (higher numbers = LOWER density). Even better, if you want to create noise using a brush, all you have to do is choose the “Use current brush” checkbox and the script will apply the brush anywhere it would have created a speck of noise.
drawing
Find Orphan by shemake (GitHub)
Find orphan pixels.
drawing
Import Images from a folder Into New Layers by JJHaggar (GitHub)
Import images from a folder into new layers.
import
Auto Mirror by semplar (GitHub)
Helps with seamless tiles of any shape, like isometric ones.
drawing
Asesprite-TF-Atlas-Editor by CoolModder (GitHub)
Edit XML atlases for Towerfall.
export
Memo by CoolModder (GitHub)
Script for viewing txt, xml, and json files. Editing not supported.
editor
Aseprite Export Tooling by emscape (File on Patreon (free))
Extension for exporting spritesheets / frames + layers as seperate images.
export
Paint Drip by emscape (File on Patreon (free))
Create a Paint Drip animation.
animation
Emphasise layers by emscape (File on Patreon (free))
Emphasise your working layer within aseprite. With this you can finally see well what you’re doing when working with complex sprites.
editor
Isometric Tiles by motero2k (GitHub)
Isometric "tiled mode". It clones the selection to see how the texture fits.
isometric tile
Palettize: Better control when applying a palette by Projectitis (GitHub)
Load a palette and preview your image. Adjust HSV sliders for each color channel to tweak the color mapping before applying it.
palette
DNS Exporter by TheSartremaster (GitHub)
This script allows automatically exporting of Aseprite files following the DOOM naming conventions. E.g. An image with 3 frames will be exported as POSSA0, POSSB0, POSSC0. Allows setting the sprite angles, mirroring, custom export range and starting letter.
export
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Download the script (scripts are files with .lua extension, so if you download them as a .zip file you will need to uncompress them)
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Open the user script folder 1.1k
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Copy the script in that folder (if you want you can also create folders there for organisation)
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Restart Aseprite
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Then you will be able to access to that script from the File > Scripts > YourScriptName menu option
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You can also create a Keyboard Shortcut for each script that you want from the Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts menu (type “script” in the search box to find them easily)
- You should know how to program a little bit, or at least don’t be scared of trying :)
- Learn a bit about Lua:
2.1 all you need to know about Lua.
2.2 online tester for normal Lua code. - Aseprite scripting API:
3.1 on GitHub
3.2 on Aseprite.org - Get help from a (free) LLM (they can teach you and also help you fix bugs):
4.1 Anthropic’s Claude
4.2 Google’s Gemini
4.3 OpenAi’s ChatGPT
4.4 Local (Open Source) models using Ollama
React
Typescript
Django
Laravel
Facebook
Microsoft
Google
Alibaba
D3
Tencent