| # Bilta Gilata1 launch kit |
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| ## Short post |
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| I built Bilta Gilata1: a free local pixel-art generator for Apple Silicon. It supports reference images, reproducible seeds, 16–256 px output, and exact quantization to 65 Aseprite palettes—including PICO-8. No API key or credits. |
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| GitHub: https://github.com/Abd196-bit/bilta-gilata1 |
| Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/hyperpixel123/bilta-gilata1 |
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| ## Reddit / Discord |
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| **Title:** I made a free local pixel-art generator with 65 Aseprite palettes |
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| Bilta Gilata1 runs locally on Apple Silicon and turns text or a reference image into palette-locked pixel art. It exports 16, 32, 48, 64, 128, or 256 px PNGs, supports deterministic seeds, and includes PICO-8, DB16/DB32, Game Boy, NES, and dozens of other palettes. The CLI and installer are public; model weights download from their licensed upstream repositories on first run. Feedback and example prompts are welcome. |
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| ## Hacker News |
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| **Title:** Show HN: Bilta Gilata1 – local pixel-art generation with 65 Aseprite palettes |
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| The interesting part is the final palette constraint: after local generation, every output is nearest-color quantized against the selected Aseprite palette with dithering disabled, so the PNG cannot silently introduce off-palette colors. |
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| ## Suggested tags |
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| `pixelart` `gamedev` `aseprite` `pico8` `indiedev` `mlx` `apple-silicon` `opensource` `python` |
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| ## Launch checklist |
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| - Post one example and its exact prompt. |
| - Ask for palette and prompt requests instead of only announcing. |
| - Respond to every useful bug report with a tracked issue. |
| - Publish a small release every one or two weeks. |
| - Never describe upstream weights as original Bilta weights. |
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