InCard-Editor

InCard Editor

InCard Editor — free, open-source collectible card editor.

I created this project to quickly and comfortably create, edit and export character cards with images, stats and simple template settings. The app is written in Python (with a modern GUI) and runs on Windows as well as on other systems that support Python.

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✅ Key features

• Easy to modify, split into frames/modules: WelcomeFrame, IntermediateFrame, EditorFrame, FinishFrame, ConfigFrame ⚙️
• Create a session with any number of cards (1–999) 💠
• Card fields (I plan to add more customization later): Name, Rarity, Type, Property, Accuracy 🔤
• Icon selection and editing:
  • Supports common formats (PNG, JPG, BMP, WebP, (SVG planned later)) 🖼️
  • Preview, drag to position and zoom (drag & zoom) ✔️
• List of saved cards with thumbnails and quick load for editing 📋
• Light and Dark themes and language files in settings/lang/ — you can add your own translations 🌗
• Configurable values: rarity, types, properties in settings/config.json (I’m working on changing this in the app) 🔧
• Temporary NDJSON storage (cache/cards.ndjson) and final export to cache/cards.json with icons saved to cache/icons/ 🗂️
• Restore an interrupted session (restore) ⚠️
• Compatibility with multiple systems: Windows, Linux, macOS

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🔜 Project status — important

This project is in progress and not yet finished, but it is usable for testing and for quickly validating the card-creation workflow (alpha/beta). I plan to actively add features such as export to PNG/PDF and UX improvements. Right now the app exports cards.json and icons to an icons/ folder; later it will be able to convert this data into ready-to-print card templates.

🌍 Language support

I plan to support 20 languages — currently I use language files in settings/lang/ (Polish), and I will add translations progressively. If you want to help, add a translation file and open an issue.

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🚀 Quick start (how I run it)

1. Requirements:
   • Python 3.8+
   • Pillow (pip install pillow)
   • Tkinter (usually included with Python)
   • If you miss a dependency (I sometimes add new ones), install it with pip install <package>
   • You can install requirements library from file install.bat or install.sh
2. Run:
   • Windows: double-click start.bat or run python main.py
   • Other systems (Linux, macOS): ./start.sh or run python3 main.py
3. Quick workflow:
   • New project → enter the number of cards → Next
   • In the editor pick an icon, set position/zoom, fill in information as needed and click Save and next
   • After saving all cards close the session — cache/ will contain cards.json and an icons/ folder with PNGs
   • To edit a saved card: open All cards (menu All cards), select the card you want to edit, make changes and save — you’ll continue from where you left off.

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📁 Project structure (important files)

• main.py — app launcher
• config.py — settings, languages, helper functions
• paths.py — constants and sizes
• frames/ — app sections and editor UI
• settings/ — config samples and translations
• assets/ — images and templates
• cache/ — temporary and output files

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💡 Customization & development (how you can help)

• Edit settings/config_sample/config.json to add custom rarities, types and properties.
• Add translations in settings/lang/ (JSON) — I welcome contributions.
• If you have ideas for new features, please suggest them via an issue.

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⚠️ Limitations

• Currently the app saves data to JSON and icons as PNG; there is no automatic export to PDF/print sheets yet.

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🤝 Contact & support

• YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@InGraw
• To report bugs or suggest features: please open an issue on GitHub