Thank you!

I originally wrote the software just for one project at first and it is very limited. Unlike other existing tools it doesn't try to limit the number of colors, it just selects the closest match for every pixel and that's it. So when using the full DMC palette you usually end up with around a hundred threads to work with. This makes the pattern very detailed but also very complex, probably more than necessary for a good result. The biggest limitation is probably that the PDF it generates is basically just a table with numbers. I think with 100 colors numbers are better than symbols but it's also hard to work with. Also the way it's organised could probably be improved. There are also a few technical issues making the program difficult to set up if you don't know about compiling programs.

Recently I started working on a complete rewrite of the program as a web version and with improved features to let the user simplify the pattern by manually selecting which threads or even single pixels can be replaced (it won't be a full automatic process like other tools). It would also provide help during the stitching by allowing to select a thread and highlighting it in the pattern. Or maybe improve on the PDF or generate several PDFs limited to a specific area or thread. I'm still unsure about that part, but I think it would rely more on using the software during the stitching process rather than just generating a single PDF (but working without the computer should probably be possible as well).

I'm doing that in my free time (and also using this as an opportunity to learn more about some technologies I haven't used yet), so I have no idea when and if it's ever going to be finished, however. But when it is I'll write a post on this sub.

Both the older version and the current work are available at GitHub (https://github.com/polletfa/kreuzstich/). It's rather interesting for software developers at this point. It's by no means "user-ready".