An open-source, lightweight alternative to Canvas built entirely in PySide6.
The core purpose of building CanixPy is to provide an ultra-fast, offline-first graphic canvas and photo editor that completely bypasses the overhead of modern web-based design platforms.
Instead of waiting for heavy browser engines to load, managing cloud accounts, or configuring complex backends, CanixPy allows users to simply launch CanixPy.exe and start editing immediately. It brings the speed and simplicity of traditional desktop utilities back to creative canvas tools.
- Zero Overhead: No backend, no server setups, and no web-browser bloat. Just pure, native desktop execution.
- Instant Utility: Double-click, drop an image or layout onto the canvas, edit quickly, and export.
- Extremely Low Resource Footprint: Leverages C++ under the hood via Qt/PySide6 to deliver smooth rendering and precise control while keeping RAM and CPU usage exceptionally low.
Install dependencies, then launch from the project root:
pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m src.mainThis project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0) to align with the open-source PySide ecosystem while keeping this tool free and accessible for everyone.