Graphite vs ImageToolbox
Graphite and ImageToolbox are both image editing software. Graphite is open source under Apache-2.0, with 28k GitHub stars. ImageToolbox is open source under Apache-2.0, with 15k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Graphite when
- You want to experiment with procedural, non-destructive 2D design in an open-source tool.
- Pick ImageToolbox when
- You want one free Android app for nearly every image manipulation task.
Side by side
A browser-based vector and raster graphics editor that combines layers with a node-based procedural engine for design, digital art and motion graphics.
An Android image toolbox for cropping, drawing, filters, EXIF editing, background removal, OCR, format conversion and PDF tools.
Still alpha with no tagged releases; not yet a replacement for Illustrator or Photoshop.
Feature density makes the interface busy.
Experimental
Production-ready
Cloud service and desktop app
Mobile app
Rust, Svelte and TypeScript
Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive) (both)
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice. (both)
28k GitHub stars
15k GitHub stars
Established: started 6 years ago, no tagged release yet.
Established: started 4 years ago, latest release 4.2.0.
Other comparisons
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.