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. Attempting to use Norman Wildberger's rational trigonometry in WebGL launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1FT
   Fourier Transform Visualized via WebGL▲175

   2021 · static.laszlokorte.de · its alternatives →

2. 2VT
   Visualizing the math that powers 3D character animation▲238

   Hi everyone! I'm the author of this project. I wrote it because I think that the math that makes characters move in games and movies is incredibly beautiful, and I wanted to give others a glimpse into it. It's crazy to think that quaternions, an abstract mathematical tool discovered by William Rowan Hamilton in 1843, would be so perfectly suited to solve hard problems in the world of 3D character animation more than a hundred years later. The story of how he discovered quaternions is also beautiful. Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia: "Hamilton was looking for ways of extending complex numbers…

   2022 · diegomacario.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3SP
   Simple pendulum simulation with rational trigonometry▲52

   Context: I'm looking at Norman Wildberger's rational trigonometry[1], and here I was wondering how useful it is in physics. So I thought about testing it with the famous simple pendulum exercise. It's not obvious we get any FPS gain, but still I find it cool to even be able to get the same result differently. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_trigonometry

   2016 · grondilu.github.io · its alternatives →

4. 4WL
   WebGL low-poly saturn example▲19

   2016 · whitestormjs.xyz · its alternatives →

5. 5
   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 →

6. 6IA
   Implementing a trackball with rational numbers▲11

   2017 · grondilu.github.io · its alternatives →

7. 7ST
   SVG Triangulation for WebGL▲94

   2015 · mattdesl.github.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   PixelSpace▲68

   A tediously accurate scale model of the solar system

   2014 · joshworth.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   GeoKone▲77

   A web application for drawing awesome geometric shapes

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10W1
    WebGL 1M particles▲8

    2017 · img42.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Axis▲65

    A multiplayer math game

    2014 · axisthegame.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Explore tilings of the hyperbolic plane by moving the mouse▲46

    Explore tilings on the hyperbolic plane. Contribute to timhutton/hyperplay development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AP
    A parallel raytracer written in TypeScript and running on WebGL▲5

    2016 · raytracer.crypt.sg · its alternatives →

14. 14MA
    Mathematical Art for plotters▲7

    2019 · codepen.io · its alternatives →

15. 15DE
    Differential equations and slope field grapher▲8

    2013 · htmlpreview.github.io · its alternatives →

16. 16WM
    WebGL Mandelbulb Fractal▲5

    2014 · maximlakin.com · its alternatives →

17. 17CA
    Converting a D3 Visualization to WebGL▲5

    2015 · dcochran.com · its alternatives →

18. 18WP
    Weekend project - a WebGL Orrery▲17

    This was my recent weekend project, aimed at teaching me JavaScript, a bit of HTML5, and (mostly) WebGL. The orbital data are from NASA JPL. I was inspired in part by this Flash app: http://www.dynamicdiagrams.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/orrery_2011_bce.swf, but wanted to do something in 3D. Coming from the games-dev world, this is my first introduction to web coding. The UI is jquery. I mostly used http://learningwebgl.com/blog for the 3D stuff. Being WebGL, it will work mostly on Chrome, Firefox 4 Beta. Forget about IE. I needed to figure out how to render text to the WebGL canvas - I…

    2011 · solar-system-explorer.com · its alternatives →

19. 19AO
    An open source WebGL renderer in 300 lines of JavaScript with 30 maps▲5

    2018 · comanche3d.com · its alternatives →

20. 20OS
    Open-source SIMD-accelerated math library for C/C++/C#/Java/FORTRAN▲9

    2013 · yeppp.info · its alternatives →

21. 21TW
    The Wavefiz – Visualize the Schrödinger Equation in WebGL▲9

    Web-based quantum physics visualizer for wavefunctions and the Schrödinger Equation

    2016 · ridiculousfish.com · its alternatives →

22. 22FF
    Fractal Flyer – Explore Dynamic 3D Fractals in WebGL▲5

    2015 · neverwork.in · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Maths3D▲12

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    Jun 2026 · maths3d.com · its alternatives →

24. 24OL
    Our logo as a WebGL shader▲5

    2013 · linkergames.com · its alternatives →

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