All tasks / Tools
Waifu2x-Extension-GUI
Windows desktop app for local image, GIF and video upscaling with Real-ESRGAN, Real-CUGAN, Waifu2x and RTX Super Resolution.
- Aaron Feng
- Local only
- Free tier · paid plans
Where it ranks
- –Upscaling & restorationApps · Local · no rated model available here yet
Tools without a benchmark of their own inherit the tier of the best model they offer.
Facts
- Vendor
- Aaron Feng
- Approach
- Apps
- Where it runs
- Runs only on your own hardware
- Interface
- Desktop app
- Skill level
- Beginner: works out of the box
- Price
- Free tier · paid plans
- Pricing notes
- Free for personal use; a Premium version is offered on Patreon; latest release v3.142.17-beta (2026-10-17). Source is on GitHub but the licence is not open source.
- Source code
- Closed source
- GitHub stars
- 17.1k (19 Oct 2026)
- Last verified
- 19 Oct 2026
Price from github.com, 19 Oct 2026.
Models it gives you
- –Real-ESRGAN v0.3.0Xintao Wang (Tencent ARC) · open weights