Heads up, discontinued software!

Since the modern web does not rely on small bitmaps any more, SmartSprites becomes irrelevant. We're not planning any new releases, but feel free to fork and use the code if you find it useful.

SmartSprites: CSS Sprite Generator Done Right

CSS Sprites Generator Done Right. SmartSprites maintains CSS sprites in your designs, fully automatically. No tedious copying and pasting to your CSS when adding or changing sprited images.

Quick start

1. Download SmartSprites binaries

2. Run:

   smartsprites --root-dir-path test/real-world-example
   

3. Look in +test/real-world-example+ for the results.

Documentation

For more instructions on using SmartSprites and a detailed syntax reference, please see:

https://github.com/carrotsearch/smartsprites/wiki/Documentation

Bug tracker

http://issues.carrot2.org/browse/SMARTSPRITES

Source code

https://github.com/carrotsearch/smartsprites

Eclipse plugin

To run SmartSprites directly in your Eclipse IDE:

1. Install the Eclipse SmartSprites plugin from

   http://update.bitexpert.de/eclipse/3.5
   

2. Right-click your CSS file in Project Explorer and choose External Tools > Generate Spritemap to generate sprites.

Plugin source code: https://github.com/bitExpert/eclipse-smartsprites