Ditther vs Phoenix Code

Ditther lets designers stack retro and graphic effects on photos or short clips in the browser, then export watermark free images at up to 4K.

Phoenix Code is the free, open-source successor to Brackets. A modern code editor with live preview, Git integration, and extensions for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development.

About Ditther

Ditther is an online photo and video effects editor that runs in the browser with nothing to install. It offers more than 160 effects across pixel art, dithering, ASCII, halftone, glitch, light, print and distortion styles, all rendering live on images or clips up to ten seconds long. Up to five effects can be stacked and reordered, or connected node by node in a Graph view, and each has adjustable controls plus shuffle and remix options. A library of more than 700 backgrounds and saved projects round it out. Exports reach 4K for images and 60 FPS for video, with no watermark. Pro plans add an MCP connection to Claude.

About Phoenix Code

Phoenix Code is the free, open-source successor to Brackets. A modern code editor with live preview, Git integration, and extensions for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development. Select any element in Live Preview and the Styles Bar gives you direct controls for fonts, colors, spacing, and layout. Create rich Markdown documents with images, tables, code blocks, and diagrams. Run commands right next to your code in the new built-in terminal. Phoenix Code is used by developers, students and educators in more than 180 countries and over 1,600 schools and businesses worldwide.