Pigmi review
A free, cross-platform editor for lightweight PBR palette and texture work.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Pigmi is a free desktop editor for creating texture palettes, gradient atlases, and PBR material maps. It is aimed at game, rendering, UI, and low-poly workflows across Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its core workspace combines layered palette editing with nested folders, visibility controls, isolation, drag-and-drop ordering, and linear, radial, conic, or stepped gradients. Color controls cover HSV, HSL, RGB, HEX, alpha, and eyedropper input.
The product’s strongest fit is lightweight material authoring. Each item can carry albedo, roughness, metallic, emission, clearcoat, and opacity settings, while automatic synchronization keeps project JSON files and enabled texture maps aligned. Export supports PNG, WebP, and packed MRC textures, giving users several ways to move palette and material data into downstream workflows. The feature set favors organized map and palette editing over direct painting, baking, or procedural material creation.
Pigmi also offers an optional automation path through MCP for inspecting and editing active documents. Listed integrations include Blender, Codex, Claude Desktop, and other MCP-compatible clients, with Blender-focused companion add-ons included in its positioning. Choose Pigmi if you want a free, cross-platform editor centered on layered palettes, PBR properties, synchronization, and texture export. Choose another tool if your workflow depends primarily on direct painting, baking, or procedural materials.
Pigmi pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Layered palette editing with folders, visibility, isolation, and reordering
- Per-item PBR controls for albedo, roughness, metallic, and emission
- PNG, WebP, and packed MRC export across Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Where it doesn't
- Focused on palette and map editing rather than direct painting
- Baking and procedural materials are not part of its verified workflow
- MCP automation is optional and depends on compatible clients
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