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24 alternatives to An old Verlet demo in JS + Canvas that I'd almost forgotten creating

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. An old Verlet demo in JS + Canvas that I'd almost forgotten creating launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1IR
I recreated 90s Mode X demoscene effects in JavaScript and Canvas▲189
After 25 years of writing software, I was feeling nostalgic for the kinds of things that got me into programming in the first place: the old DOS demoscene. I spent a weekend seeing if I could recapture some of that INT 13H VGA magic using today's web tech, but with the old-school constraints of doing it from scratch. The result is this portfolio of ten classic effects running in a single HTML file. It's all vanilla JavaScript writing to a element, with no external libraries. It was a fun challenge to implement things like: * The color palette cycling and smooth fading in the Plasma demo. *…
2025 · jdfio.com · its alternatives →
2
Snabbt.js▲129
A minimalistic animation library
2015 · daniel-lundin.github.io · its alternatives →
3
Sweep.js▲68
A JavaScript library for smoother color transitions
2014 · rileyjshaw.com · its alternatives →
4
Make 8-Bit Art!▲107
An in-browser canvas tool for making retro art.
2014 · make8bitart.com · its alternatives →
5J2
JavaScript 2D/3D Verlet physics module▲8
2014 · npmjs.org · its alternatives →
6MF
My first Canvas project (node graph)▲8
2013 · atthepool.com · its alternatives →
7HA
HTML5 and Canvas demo written in Go▲8
2016 · tidwall.com · its alternatives →
8
Using ThreeJS to create a city from Your GitHub contributions▲9
I spent some time making this. I am a beginner with blender but I did my best :) I'm open to any and all feedback.
2022 · honzaap.github.io · its alternatives →
9
Are you an old school demoscene programmers? Come take a look▲12
A simple javascript web radio visualizer. Contribute to victorqribeiro/radio development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
10US
UI system completely painted on HTML5 Canvas (early demo)▲6
2011 · codeclamp.com · its alternatives →
11IM
I made Conway's Game of Life in JavaScript/Canvas▲5
2012 · nomatteus.github.com · its alternatives →
12
Natto – a canvas for writing and manipulating JavaScript▲5
2021 · natto.dev · its alternatives →
13WV
WebGL Voxel Game Demo (Pure JS/ThreeJS)▲8
2016 · qake.se · its alternatives →
14OP
Openbloc: playing with React, D3, SVG path animation and morphing▲8
2017 · lab.openbloc.fr · its alternatives →
15WC
Webgl canvas toy with source▲7
2016 · canvas.piarts.xyz · its alternatives →
16SC
Scrawl-canvas JavaScript rewrite progress report with interactive demos▲5
2019 · scrawl-v8-progress-0919.rikworks.co.uk · its alternatives →
17YA
Yet Another String to Pattern Generator. (Canvas/JS)▲5
2014 · sunnykgupta.github.io · its alternatives →
18AA
An analog clock on html canvas▲6
2018 · dmaydan.github.io · its alternatives →
19AL
A little tool to generate CSS for bits of a spritesheet▲6
Interested to hear bugs reports & feature ideas!
2011 · spritecow.com · its alternatives →
20
An easy JavaScript alternative for HTML canvas applications▲8
easy online programming language to learn to programm
2019 · easylang.online · its alternatives →
21RA
Roadroller, a heavyweight packer for large JavaScript demos▲6
2021 · lifthrasiir.github.io · its alternatives →
22
Seen.js – Render 3D scenes into SVG or HTML5 Canvas▲5
2014 · seenjs.io · its alternatives →
23WJ
Waves.js – Text animation in JavaScript▲6
2014 · mateogianolio.github.io · its alternatives →
24IM
I made a visual UI creation tool.▲9
2025 · uiblocks.xyz · its alternatives →

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