StarNet Software

AI-powered software for star removal and noise reduction in astrophotography.

PixInsight Modules

This page describes the StarNet and DeepSNR PixInsight modules: which repository to add, what changed in the current backend/runtime setup, and where the shared installation instructions live.

PixInsight module releases

StarNet and DeepSNR are now installed in PixInsight through tool-specific repositories. Current releases use a single repository for each tool.

The old TensorFlow/runtime repository path is deprecated for new installs.

Release matrix

The PixInsight release matrix has four package lanes for each tool: Linux x64, Windows x64, macOS x64, and macOS ARM64. Each lane ships both StarNet2 and DeepSNR through the tool-specific PixInsight repositories.

Current ORT/CoreML PixInsight packages are self-contained per module. Users do not install a separate TensorFlow, Torch, or backend-runtime package.

Current PixInsight release matrix

Operating system Architecture StarNet2 version DeepSNR version Backend
Linux x64 2.5.0 1.2.0 ONNX/ORT
Windows x64 2.5.0 1.2.0 ONNX/ORT
macOS x64 2.5.0 1.2.0 ONNX/ORT
macOS ARM64 2.5.0 1.2.0 CoreML

The architecture column refers to the installed PixInsight architecture, not hardware architecture. PixInsight x64 installations on Apple Silicon Macs do not get GPU acceleration even when the hardware has an Apple GPU. For maximum StarNet2 and DeepSNR performance on Apple Silicon, install the PixInsight 1.9.4 ARM64 build.

Updates in the latest releases

Recent PixInsight module updates focus on simpler installation, current runtime backends, and clearer behavior:

  • TensorFlow packages are discontinued; remove old /tensorflow/ repository URLs or ignore errors from those old repositories.
  • Current packages use ORT/CoreML instead of TensorFlow: ONNX/ORT on Linux, Windows, and macOS x64; CoreML on macOS ARM64.
  • StarNet2 adds an unscreen star-layer output option.
  • StarNet2 2.5.0 also improves PixInsight console output with clearer backend and CPU/runtime information.

Installation information