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 27 cartoon style transfer frameworks tracked. 2 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	kaonashi-tyc/zi2zi Learning Chinese Character style with conditional GAN	50	Established	2,717	Python
3	mnicnc404/CartoonGan-tensorflow Generate your own cartoon-style images with CartoonGAN (CVPR 2018), powered...	44	Emerging	933	Python
4	manicman1999/StyleGAN2-Tensorflow-2.0 StyleGAN 2 in Tensorflow 2.0	43	Emerging	482	Python
5	yunxiaoshi/Neural-IMage-Assessment A PyTorch Implementation of Neural IMage Assessment	41	Emerging	582	Python
6	ajbrock/Neural-Photo-Editor A simple interface for editing natural photos with generative neural networks.	39	Emerging	2,083	Python
7	Mukosame/Anime2Sketch A sketch extractor for anime/illustration.	38	Emerging	2,092	Python
8	TobiasSunderdiek/cartoon-gan Implementation of cartoon GAN [Chen et al., CVPR18] with pytorch	37	Emerging	61	Jupyter Notebook
9	mxgmn/TextureSynthesis Texture synthesis from examples	34	Emerging	985	C#
10	keijiro/Pix2Pix Real-time pix2pix implementation with Unity	33	Emerging	1,043	C#
11	isaaccorley/deep-aesthetics-pytorch PyTorch implementation of "Photo Aesthetics Ranking Network with Attributes...	32	Emerging	34	Jupyter Notebook
12	ashut0sh75/Cartoon This Project is using the tflite model to convert the image in its cartoon form.	32	Emerging	20	Kotlin
13	baoqianyue/GANCalligraphy :pencil2:A Chinese calligraphy learning App based on deep learning,...	28	Experimental	57	Java
14	thiagoambiel/NeuralAtlases 📺 NeuralAtlases - A Pytorch implementation of the paper "Layered Neural...	28	Experimental	34	Python
15	ChasonJiang/Face2Parameter The project aims to use deep learning methods to modeling facial parameters...	24	Experimental	17	Python
16	Abdesol/Cartoonify-Image Cartoonify an image using clustering algorithm in python.	24	Experimental	17	Jupyter Notebook
17	Atharva-Phatak/AnimeME Apply anime style to your images	23	Experimental	1	Python
18	sergeproximal430/ZLabs-RoundPix-12px Provide a 12px rounded pixel font designed for simplified Chinese characters...	22	Experimental	—	Python
19	ryogrid/anime-illust-image-searcher Anime Style Illustration Specific Image Search App with ViT Tagger x BM25/Doc2Vec	21	Experimental	8	Python
20	gazolla/Photo2Cartoon Very simple app that uses CoreML model to transform image to anime style image.	20	Experimental	14	Swift
21	zjwfufu/Face-Editing-Pipeline A simple pipeline for face editing	18	Experimental	26	Python
22	KaeBee2003/Cartoonizer Cartoon-style image generator using OpenCV and K-Means clustering for colour...	15	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
23	mohanishdc7/CartoonGAN It is an android application in view to create realtime cartoon sketches of...	14	Experimental	1	Java
24	KathySwe/AnimeSketchPictureColorization Colorize the sketch anime image by choosing the color from palette.	14	Experimental	1	JavaScript
25	zheedong/Ani2Pok Diffusion-based style transfer by giving a picture of an animal to a Pokémon	12	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
26	mehrdad-dev/Portrait-Painting-Recommendation PPR - Portrait Painting Recommendation System - Using Deep Learning...	12	Experimental	3	PureBasic
27	JDatPNW/TeamBappiTeam A style transfer GAN	11	Experimental	—	Python