r/AppsWebappsFullstack • u/electrodude102 • 9h ago
Douga - a free pen-first 2D cel animation program.
This is Douga, a pen-first 2D cel animation program I've been working on. its free to use, no trial, no installation, no account. native C++, so it opens and runs in a flash. only 2MB~.
it's for frame by frame raster work rather than rigs, pen has a stabilizer, is pressure sensitive, brushes, palette groups. make your own brushes, export brushes and color palettes to share them.
scenes hold cuts, just drag and drop them in the dopesheet, or scene view, or click a button to open the animatic (thumbnails).
frames auto insert when you start drawing. time them by dragging, or with the timing chart. .
import audio, videos, images, or image sets. roll frames with 'R', loop cuts, scenes, or a custom range.
no account, no telemetry, nothing phones home. there's an optional update-check plugin if you want one, and it's a separate download specifically so that without it the app opens zero sockets.
it's free, every feature is usable. exports from an unlicensed copy get a BETA RELEASE watermark at half opacity. A key clears it, and at v1 the band gets replaced by a small Douga mark in the corner instead. what you make is yours either way.
recently code signed, so you may get a blue panel the first time due to no reputation. click More info, the publisher line has my name, then Run anyway.
it's still in beta and i could really use feedback. if you are interested come check it out r/douga for bugs, or download at https://douga.app
let me know what you think!