Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to BlurHash
Compact representation of a placeholder for an image.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. BlurHash launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi HN, I built SplatHash. It's a lightweight image placeholder generator I wrote to be a simpler, faster alternative to BlurHash and ThumbHash. Repo: https://github.com/junevm/splathash
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The time between visiting a website and seeing its content fully loaded offers creative space to capture a user's attention and keep them from leaving.
2025 · travisbumgarner.dev · its alternatives →
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Blurr▲237Anonymize your digital footprint with decoy browsing history
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · jsonblob.com · its alternatives →
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BlurData▲269Automatically protect sensitive data in screenshots and PDFs
2025 · blurdata.app · its alternatives →
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AvifHash leverages the power of AVIF to create image placeholders that are both compact and efficient. This Proof of Concept shows promising results: at 27 characters, AvifHash outperforms BlurHash https://blurha.sh/ (using 4x3 components) in quality and detail retention. At a similar quality, BlurHash needs 54 (5x5) to 76 characters (6x6 components). Given that AVIF decoding is done by the web engine, AvifHash is very small: the entire demo page (including parsing and re-hydration code) is only 2.3 kB gzipped.
2024 · juliobbv.com · its alternatives →
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JSON Sharp▲73Tool for lazy developers to convert JSON to C# Objects
2020 · jsontocsharpconverter.web.app · its alternatives →
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After two years of improvement, I think it's time to share it with you all. Here’s a quick overview: - Common features include validation, formatting, minification, and more. - Visualize JSON in a graph or table view. - Structured comparison with fallback to text comparison. - Navigate though JSON using JSON pointer. - Supports jq. Would love to hear the community's questions, thoughts and comments!
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Bluright▲85Blur, highlight & spotlight any area of your image easily
2023 · bluright.com · its alternatives →
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BlurWeb is the blur extension for Chrome: blur any element, text or image on any website while screen sharing or recording — no video editing needed.
2021 · blurweb.app · its alternatives →
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DataBlur▲131We blurred, pixelated and redacted sensitive text at 10 strengths and tried to get it back. Light blur came back 92-100% of the time. One method leaked nothing.
Aug 2026 · datablur.app · its alternatives →
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PlaceholderJS▲146Ridiculously simple and lightweight placeholders
2024 · placeholderjs.com · its alternatives →
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JSONverify▲92A web tool that validates and format JSON objects
2021 · jsonverify.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I noticed that there is a few tools to create and edit 3D Gaussian Splatting[1] models, but not so many tools for robust hosting, sharing, and presentation of these models, so I built Blurry! Unlike other platforms, I’m specifically focusing on the best 3DGS in-browser viewer experience you can seamlessly embed on websites or Notion docs, with more places coming soon! Some of the potential use cases are professional training, product and rental space marketing, and construction business. But at this stage with Blurry, I’m specifically targeting people/businesses that already use…
2025 · useblurry.com · its alternatives →
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Web app to view JSON strings in a tree like structure
2023 · jsonviewer.nekonik.com · its alternatives →
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Prettify, inspect and share your JSON data.
2019 · json.pizza · its alternatives →
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Blurs and greeks (dummy text, 'lorem ipsum') web elements.
2021 · anton-voronov-a.github.io · its alternatives →
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Code based data manipulation tool for text, arrays, and JSON
2023 · sloth.sellersew.com · its alternatives →
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JSON5 — JSON for Humans. Contribute to json5/json5 development by creating an account on GitHub.
2012 · github.com · its alternatives →
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SlothTools▲69Quickly modify text and JSON using Javascript + LoDash
2022 · sloth.sellersew.com · its alternatives →
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