PindouVerse - Bead Art Editor for VS Code

Open and edit .pindou bead art projects directly inside VS Code.

Features

• 295-Color MARD Palette — Full perler/fuse bead color set with search, filtering by group (solid, Morandi, pearlescent, special effects)
• Multi-Layer System — Independent bead layers with opacity, visibility, reorder, and duplicate
• Grid Overlay — Configurable 5x5 grouping with adjustable edge padding, line colors, and thickness
• Blueprint Mode — Color codes displayed in cells, mirror flip for viewing the back side
• Project Management — Save/load .pindou files, auto-save, version snapshots
• Keyboard Shortcuts — Ctrl+S save, Ctrl+O open, Ctrl+Z/Y undo/redo

Usage

1. Open any .pindou file — it opens automatically in the PindouVerse editor
2. Use PindouVerse: New Project from the command palette to create a new project
3. Pick colors from the palette on the right, draw with the pen tool
4. Save with Ctrl+S

Supported File Types

Requirements

No additional dependencies required. The extension works standalone.

About PindouVerse

PindouVerse (拼豆宇宙) is a cross-platform perler bead pixel art editor. This VS Code extension brings the full editor experience into your IDE. The desktop app (Windows/macOS/Linux) and mobile app are also available.

• GitHub Repository
• Report Issues

License

Non-commercial use only — source code is licensed under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 license, with an explicit carve-out: selling physical bead artwork you produced using this software is NOT considered Commercial Use.

Sample bead-art designs in samples/ are separately licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Releases through 0.8.9 inclusive remain available under MIT (irrevocable for those versions). 0.8.10 onward is non-commercial.

For commercial licensing, open a GitHub issue with the label commercial-license.

Development

See TESTING.md for the test suite (Playwright webview tests + @vscode/test-electron host smoke tests).