🗃️ TextureUnpacker

Overview

TextureUnpacker is a Node.js tool written in TypeScript which can be used to unpack .png sprite sheets packed with TexturePacker into separate sprites if provided with corresponding .json or .plist data file.

Supported data formats:

• JSON (Array)
• JSON (Hash)
• Phaser (JSONArray)
• Phaser (JSONHash)
• Phaser 3
• PixiJS
• Cocos2d-x
• Cocos2d
• Cocos2d v2 (old, CocoStudio)

Installation

# install globally (optional, requires npm permissions)
npm install -g texture-unpacker

# or add to a project and run the tool locally
npm install texture-unpacker

Usage

Command-line

# Display the built‑in help

texture-unpacker --help

# Usage: texture-unpacker [options]
#
# Options:
#   -s, --sheet    Directory or sprite sheet path/name      [string] [default: ""]
#   -f, --format   Data format type ('json' or 'plist')     [string] [default: ""]
#   -d, --data     Custom data file path                    [string] [default: ""]
#   -o, --output   Custom output directory path             [string] [default: ""]
#   -c, --clean    Clean the output directory before unpacking
#                                                       [boolean] [default: false]
#   -v, --version  Show version number                                   [boolean]
#   -h, --help     Show help                                             [boolean]

Programmatic API

Use the package from JavaScript or TypeScript:

// CommonJS
const { unpack } = require('texture-unpacker');

// ES module
import { unpack } from 'texture-unpacker';

// TypeScript will pick up the included declarations automatically
// and exposes the `UnpackOptions` interface:
import type { UnpackOptions } from 'texture-unpacker';

// example call showing all options
unpack('assets/Sprite.png', {   // Directory or sprite sheet path/name
    format: 'json',             // Data format type ('json' or 'plist')
    data: 'assets/Sprite.json', // Custom data file path
    output: 'assets/sprites',   // Custom output directory path
    clean: true                 // Clean the output directory before unpacking
} as UnpackOptions
).then(() => {
    console.log('Texture unpacked.');
});

Example

A comprehensive usage example has been moved to a dedicated repository. Visit texture-unpacker-example for detailed instructions, sample assets, and step‑by‑step walkthroughs.

The example repo contains the same sprite sheets and data files previously included here, along with additional notes and demonstrations.

Contributing

If you have noticed a bug or would like us to support additional data formats, feel free to open an issue describing said bug or requested format (and provide matching sprite sheet and data files), or even better open a pull request with code changes which fixes the bug or adds support for new data format.

Dependencies

• sharp
• plist.js
• TypeScript
• Node.js

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Originally ported from onepill/texture_unpacker_scirpt archive written in python.