2026-05-26
A new home for StarNet and DeepSNR! ✨
Welcome to the new unified StarNet Software website. StarNet and DeepSNR now live together in one place, with PixInsight module setup, command-line downloads, documentation, FAQ answers, and release notes organized around the way people actually use the tools.
This replaces the old split between starnetastro.com and deepsnrastro.com for the main website experience. Keeping the information together should make releases easier to publish, easier to find, and easier to keep current.
The new site also launches with StarNet2 2.5.0 and DeepSNR 1.2.0 for PixInsight, plus updated command-line packages. Current releases move away from the old TensorFlow/runtime repository path for new installs and use self-contained ONNX/ORT packages on Linux, Windows, and Intel Mac, and native CoreML packages on Apple Silicon Mac. StarNet2 also adds the unscreen star-layer output option.
2026-03-21
Adam Woodworth released a macOS StarNet GUI app with a signed DMG installer. The app is intended to make StarNet easier to install and use for people who prefer a native macOS interface.
The GitHub repository for the app is also public.
2025-01-05
New: StarNet PixInsight repositories are available for easier installation.
2024-12-21
All macOS code-signing issues for version 2.1.2 have been resolved.
2024-12-20
Updated the PixInsight module to version 2.1.2 for PixInsight 1.9.0 with the newly required signatures.
2023-03-04
Updated the PixInsight module to version 2.1. This update includes small bug fixes to improve memory usage and a new Command-line Tools page with more options.
This release was also built using a new pipeline that will make it easier to update StarNet in the future.
2023-02-12
Image Container PixInsight module update
This update solves the problem with Image Container not processing linear images correctly. The Linear data option relied purely on STF parameters set by the user, so when processing linear images using Image Container it did not stretch the images.
Now if you check Linear data but STF defines a set of identity transformations, it will auto-stretch an image instead. This addresses the Image Container issue.
For this auto-stretch, target background and shadows clipping parameters were introduced just like in STF, so the amount of auto-stretch can be fine-tuned. These values can only be changed by editing the instance source code.
2022-03-05
PixInsight module bug fixed
The bug with the sum of star_mask and starless image not yielding the original image for linear images has been fixed.
2022-02-16
Jean-Baptiste's StarNet analysis
Astrophotographer Jean-Baptiste created a detailed analysis of StarNet's performance. The related Cloudy Nights thread is also preserved here.
2022-02-07
Cross-platform GUI for StarNet
The official GUI for StarNet is only available for Windows, but there is also an unofficial cross-platform GUI developed by JJ Teoh.
The GUI supports drag-and-drop and batch processing.