Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A parallel raytracer written in TypeScript and running on WebGL launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   I've made a Monte-Carlo raytracer for glTF scenes in WebGPU▲131

   This is a GPU "software" raytracer (i.e. using manual ray-scene intersections and not RTX) written using the WebGPU API that renders glTF scenes. It supports many materials, textures, material & normal mapping, and heavily relies on multiple importance sampling to speed up convergence.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   a Rust ray tracer that runs on any GPU – even in the browser▲95

   I’ve been experimenting with Rust lately and wanted a project that would help me explore some of its lower-level and performance-oriented features. Inspired by Sebastian Lague’s videos, I decided to implement my own ray tracer from scratch. The initial goal was just to render a simple 3D scene in the browser at a reasonable frame rate. It evolved into a small renderer that can: • Run locally or on the web using wgpu and WebAssembly • Perform mesh rendering with a Bounding Volume Hierarchy (BVH) for acceleration • Simulate both direct and indirect illumination for photorealistic results • Be…

   Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3AO
   An open source WebGL renderer in 300 lines of JavaScript with 30 maps▲5

   2018 · comanche3d.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Dots UI▲96

   A React library for morphable particle interfaces

   19d ago · dotsui.dev · its alternatives →

5. 5AW
   A WebGL EWA Surface Splatting Renderer▲7

   2018 · willusher.io · its alternatives →

6. 6W1
   WebGL 1M particles▲8

   2017 · img42.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Lightweight 2D/3D engine in D with Raylib▲8

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8LS
   LightXLab – Simple Ray Optics Simulation Project▲7

   2018 · satu0king.github.io · its alternatives →

9. 9AR
   A React port of Sketch's grid system▲7

   2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

10. 10MJ
    Mini JavaScript WebGL lib for loading and animating textured 3D models▲5

    2017 · minigl.pro · its alternatives →

11. 11AT
    Attempting to use Norman Wildberger's rational trigonometry in WebGL▲8

    2016 · grondilu.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12OP
    Openbloc: playing with React, D3, SVG path animation and morphing▲8

    2017 · lab.openbloc.fr · its alternatives →

13. 13
    I'm developing a 3D engine in JavaScript and WebGL and video logging it▲6

    2020 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

14. 14GC
    GLSL Compiler - UglifyJS for WebGL▲6

    2012 · glslunit.appspot.com · its alternatives →

15. 15WV
    WebGL Voxel Game Demo (Pure JS/ThreeJS)▲8

    2016 · qake.se · its alternatives →

16. 16RM
    React-mosaic – A React tiling window manager▲9

    Open Source at Palantir

    2017 · palantir.github.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    WebGL particle life – lifelike GPU accelerated particles▲7

    2023 · webgl-particle-life.netlify.app · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Curveball, a microframework in TypeScript with AWS Lambda support▲7

    2020 · evertpot.com · its alternatives →

19. 19AA
    Array Animation Language▲7

    2018 · bagnalla.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20B3
    Beautiful 3D mapping engine using WebGL and Open Data▲5

    2019 · procedural.eu · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Shadergraph – Online Unity shader graph viewer▲7

    2020 · shadergraph.stelabouras.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Speck, atomistic system rendering with ambient occlusion in WebGL▲6

    2015 · wwwtyro.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23A3
    A 3D First-Person Shooter in WebGL in 24 hours▲9

    2012 · icecreamyou.github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24W3
    WebGL 3D Path Tracing Test▲5

    2014 · jonathan-olson.com · its alternatives →

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