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Image Cockpit

dreiachse-cyber

Local GUI for OpenAI Codex image workflows: pixel art, sprite sheets and frame animation via a file inbox/outbox handoff.

210 stars(as of 2026-07-11)View on GitHub

What is Image Cockpit?

A local TypeScript workspace that pairs with the Codex CLI for image generation rather than calling any API directly: it writes generation jobs to an inbox folder, Codex picks them up, and results land in an outbox. It covers pixel-art prompting, rectangular-region image edits with annotation, and sprite-sheet plus GIF/WebP animation export, with a procedural PNG fallback when no model result is available.

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Runs entirely local; no direct API keys, works through the Codex CLI you already have
  • Focused on a real niche (pixel art, sprites, frame animation) rather than generic imagegen
  • MIT-licensed and actively released (v0.1.5)

Cons

  • Tightly coupled to OpenAI Codex; not a general-purpose image tool
  • The file inbox/outbox handoff is clever but more fragile than a direct API
  • Early v0.1.x and a new, low-profile owner account

License

MIT (OSI-open)

When it is interesting

You drive Codex locally and want a GUI for pixel-art and sprite-sheet iteration.

When it is too early

If you don't use Codex, or want direct model-API image generation.

This repo featured in the 2026-07 edition of the Open-Source AI Radar.