Cartoon Style Transfer ML Frameworks

Tools and models for converting images or videos into cartoon, anime, or sketch artistic styles using neural networks and computer vision techniques. Does NOT include general image generation, style transfer for non-cartoon artistic effects, or image editing tools without style transformation focus.

There are 26 cartoon style transfer frameworks tracked. 4 score above 50 (established tier). The highest-rated is minivision-ai/photo2cartoon at 51/100 with 4,018 stars.

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#	Framework	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	minivision-ai/photo2cartoon 人像卡通化探索项目 (photo-to-cartoon translation project)	51	Established	4,018	Python
2	mnicnc404/CartoonGan-tensorflow Generate your own cartoon-style images with CartoonGAN (CVPR 2018), powered...	51	Established	933	Python
3	manicman1999/StyleGAN2-Tensorflow-2.0 StyleGAN 2 in Tensorflow 2.0	50	Established	482	Python
4	kaonashi-tyc/zi2zi Learning Chinese Character style with conditional GAN	50	Established	2,717	Python
5	yunxiaoshi/Neural-IMage-Assessment A PyTorch Implementation of Neural IMage Assessment	48	Emerging	582	Python
6	ajbrock/Neural-Photo-Editor A simple interface for editing natural photos with generative neural networks.	46	Emerging	2,083	Python
7	Mukosame/Anime2Sketch A sketch extractor for anime/illustration.	45	Emerging	2,092	Python
8	TobiasSunderdiek/cartoon-gan Implementation of cartoon GAN [Chen et al., CVPR18] with pytorch	44	Emerging	61	Jupyter Notebook
9	mxgmn/TextureSynthesis Texture synthesis from examples	41	Emerging	985	C#
10	keijiro/Pix2Pix Real-time pix2pix implementation with Unity	40	Emerging	1,043	C#
11	isaaccorley/deep-aesthetics-pytorch PyTorch implementation of "Photo Aesthetics Ranking Network with Attributes...	39	Emerging	34	Jupyter Notebook
12	ashut0sh75/Cartoon This Project is using the tflite model to convert the image in its cartoon form.	39	Emerging	20	Kotlin
13	thiagoambiel/NeuralAtlases 📺 NeuralAtlases - A Pytorch implementation of the paper "Layered Neural...	35	Emerging	34	Python
14	baoqianyue/GANCalligraphy :pencil2:A Chinese calligraphy learning App based on deep learning,...	35	Emerging	57	Java
15	Abdesol/Cartoonify-Image Cartoonify an image using clustering algorithm in python.	31	Emerging	17	Jupyter Notebook
16	ChasonJiang/Face2Parameter The project aims to use deep learning methods to modeling facial parameters...	31	Emerging	17	Python
17	Atharva-Phatak/AnimeME Apply anime style to your images	27	Experimental	1	Python
18	gazolla/Photo2Cartoon Very simple app that uses CoreML model to transform image to anime style image.	27	Experimental	14	Swift
19	zjwfufu/Face-Editing-Pipeline A simple pipeline for face editing	25	Experimental	26	Python
20	sergeproximal430/ZLabs-RoundPix-12px Provide a 12px rounded pixel font designed for simplified Chinese characters...	22	Experimental	—	Python
21	KathySwe/AnimeSketchPictureColorization Colorize the sketch anime image by choosing the color from palette.	21	Experimental	1	JavaScript
22	mehrdad-dev/Portrait-Painting-Recommendation PPR - Portrait Painting Recommendation System - Using Deep Learning...	19	Experimental	3	PureBasic
23	KaeBee2003/Cartoonizer Cartoon-style image generator using OpenCV and K-Means clustering for colour...	17	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
24	wendyminai/Image-Toonification This Image-Toonification was done using GANS - A generative model that is...	12	Experimental	6	Jupyter Notebook
25	generic-github-user/neural-illustration Generating images using a recurrent neural network trained with...	11	Experimental	—	Python
26	Anannyap7/Photo-to-Sketch-Coversion-using-Federated-Learning Photo to Sketch Coversion using Federated Learning and Autoencoder with...	10	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook

Comparisons in this category

CartoonGan-tensorflow and cartoon-gan (51 vs 44)