Updated GUI packer and unpacker for Kodi texture files
Current release: v3.2.0 — Security, Stability & Interface
- 🔒 HTTPS certificate verification restored for the auto-updater, with SHA-256 checksum verification on every downloaded update
- 🛡️ Command-injection flaw fixed — file/folder paths are no longer passed through a shell
- 🐛 Multiple crash/freeze fixes (background job cleanup races, silent Get Info crashes, hangs on heavy-warning texture files)
⚠️ Operations that used to silently report "complete" while actually failing (uppercase-extension images skipped, partial compiles, empty output) are now detected and reported as errors- ⚡ "Get Info" is roughly 3x faster on large texture files
- 🌌 New "Glass Midnight Navy" interface — a frosted, translucent theme over a deep navy gradient, replacing the earlier flat grey/Nord look
- 🔎 Image previewer now zooms up to 8x with panning, instead of cropping to a fixed center
- 💾 Window size/position, divider positions, zoom level, PDF paper choice, and dialog sizes are all remembered between runs via
config.ini - 📄 PDF export now supports light or dark paper themes, with a checkerboard transparency mat so pale artwork is never invisible
Core feature set
- 🌐 Unicode-aware logic for filenames, metadata, and UI
- 🈚 Enables seamless handling of non-ASCII characters, emoji glyphs, and multilingual assets
- 🧾 Prevents corruption, fallback artifacts, and encoding mismatches across platforms
- ✅ Fully rewritten in Python using PySide6 for modern GUI skinning
- 🪟 Familiar Windows-style menu system with categorized recent items
- 🕘 Intelligent Recent Files/Folders tracking (last 8) with reload and clear options
- 🔐 Interlocked execution prevents invalid output without required runtimes
- 📦 Includes silent Visual C++ 2010 x86 runtime installer with UAC elevation, and auto-detects whether it needs installing or reinstalling
- ✨ Robust log viewer with HTML formatting, color-coded messages, and clipboard export
- 🗺️ Streamlined GUI layout with drag-and-drop support for files and folders
- 📋 Viewable local changelog and Markdown-based help system
- 🚫 No installer needed — fully portable folder mode
- 🎨 Output window with status color accenting and real-time progress updates
- ⏫ Fully operational auto-updater with changelog preview and ZIP extraction
- 🧼 Deprecated modes removed & improved .xbt status updates
- 📁 Moves working files to system
\tempfor cleanup on exit - 🖼️ Built-in image previewer with search, navigation, and metadata display
- 📄 PDF export of texture info with gallery layout and Kodi branding
- 🧪 Dev Mode toggle with command preview and diagnostic logging
- 🔍 Searchable Help Dialog with TOC, Markdown rendering, and font controls
- 🧰 Internal file integrity checks for required DLLs and executables
- 🧠 Smart fallback for missing dependencies with graceful error handling
- 🧵 Thread-safe architecture using QThread and QObject workers
- 🧼 Cleans up orphaned subprocesses on exit to prevent file locking
No installation required.
Simply run the .exe — available in both x86 and x64 builds — from any folder.
Zero registry writes. Zero fuss.
This tool is designed exclusively for Windows 7/10/11.
Due to deep integration with Windows-specific APIs, GUI frameworks (PySide6), and runtime dependencies, cross-platform support is not feasible.
Attempts to run on macOS or Linux — including via Wine or emulation — are unsupported and may result in unpredictable behavior or failure to launch.
Developers are welcome to explore the source code, but official support remains Windows-only by design.
Currently supports U.S. English only.
Multi-language support is on the roadmap. Stay tuned!
A modernized continuation of SUUP’s original work.
Proudly updated for compatibility with Windows 10/11 platforms.
📚 Visit the Kodi forum thread:
🔗 Texture Tool on Kodi Forum
This tool — and its texture assets — are provided strictly for non-commercial use.
Please honor the license terms when redistributing or modifying.
For help, bug reports, and ongoing discussion, please use:
- 📣 Kodi Forum Support Thread (Basic reporting)
- 🐞 GitHub Issues Page (All operational issues)
Forum reporting helps consolidate fixes and avoid duplicates — thank you for keeping things tidy!