Dev tools · 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. Artwork made with Common Lisp, with source code launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   I built an interactive plotter art exhibit for SIGGRAPH▲167

   I'm enthralled with using pen plotters to make generative art. Last August at SIGGRAPH, I built an interactive experience for others to see how code can be used to make visual art. The linked blog post is my trials and tribulations of linking a MIDI controller to one of these algorithms and sending its output to a plotter, so that people may witness the end-to-end experience.

   2024 · lostpixels.io · its alternatives →

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   A notebook-style Common Lisp environment▲180

   The notebook-style Common Lisp environment. Contribute to tamamu/darkmatter development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Draw L-Systems with Common Lisp▲72

   Draw Lindenmayer Systems with Common LISP! -- Trabajo para [7531] Teoría del Lenguaje (FIUBA) - FdelMazo/cl-aristid

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Common Lisp tutorials with OpenGL graphics▲7

   2023 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

5. 5CM
   Codeposters – making code into art▲8

   2016 · codeposters.io · its alternatives →

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   Curious Letters▲65

   A visual puzzle inspired by beautiful typography

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7HP
   Hand-picked templates and themes▲7

   2015 · templatestash.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Sketch Libraries 💎📚▲16

   Sketch 47's new native shared symbol library

   2017 · sketch.com · its alternatives →

9. 9BT
   Binary Tree Art▲5

   2017 · sacert.github.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    A selection of generative art coded in p5.js▲7

    Adam Fuhrer — artist & software engineer

    2023 · adamfuhrer.com · its alternatives →

11. 11AG
    Automatically Generating Algorithmic Art▲5

    2021 · grgv.xyz · its alternatives →

12. 12TP
    The Polyglot Bible Typography Project▲9

    2016 · dodecaglotta.com · its alternatives →

13. 13EM
    Easily make expandable / foldable diagrams▲7

    2025 · expanding-plantuml.daijin.dev · its alternatives →

14. 14GA
    Generate Art with Python (No NFTs)▲7

    2022 · generative-art-bzxycv.codecapsules.co.za · its alternatives →

15. 15AG
    A generative art algorithm – Treasure▲5

    2019 · anemy.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Generative wall art, running on a Raspberry Pi▲6

    2023 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

17. 17GT
    GIF to ASCII Art▲9

    2023 · gifcii.fun · its alternatives →

18. 188A
    8192px, an expanding collaborative pixel art canvas▲5

    2017 · 8192px.co · its alternatives →

19. 19BE
    Bob-editor – create and edit ASCII art graphically▲6

    2024 · ivanceras.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20AA
    Awl, a toy Lisp language written in C and transpiled to JavaScript▲8

    2014 · skepsi.me · its alternatives →

21. 21IC
    I created an NPM package of hand-drawn, playful icon components▲6

    2021 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

22. 22GA
    Graxel, a pocket doodling editor in pixel art▲8

    2021 · maxwellito.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23MA
    Mathematical Art for plotters▲7

    2019 · codepen.io · its alternatives →

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    ASCII pixel art editor for the terminal▲9

    feast your eyes

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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