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An Image Upscaler with WebGPU

An Image Upscaler with WebGPU

by hirako2000·Feb 17, 2026·2 points·0 comments

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The Take

This ships a tiny 22MB CNN that runs entirely in the browser using WebGPU/ONNX — impressive engineering that delivers instant, private 4x upscaling with a WebAssembly fallback. The UI is minimal but functional (drag-and-drop, GPU/CPU toggle, quantized mode), though the feature set is thin: max 1024px, no batch processing, and little info about model trade-offs or sample comparisons.

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Target Audience

Photographers, designers, hobbyists, web developers and privacy-conscious users who need quick, local image upscaling

Post Description

DistillSR is a CNN model that restore damaged photos and upscales 4x with no hallucination, it is a 22MB weight model than runs on the browser via WebGPU thanks to ONNX

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