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24 alternatives to Cinder

Free and open source library for creative coding in C++

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cinder launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Write generative fine art in Rust▲306
2020 · paytonturnage.gitbook.io · its alternatives →
2
Spark, An advanced 3D Gaussian Splatting renderer for Three.js▲377
I'm the co-creator and maintainer of https://aframe.io/ and long time Web 3D graphics dev. Super excited about new techniques to author / render / represent 3D. Spark is a an open source library to easily integrate Gaussian splats in your THREE.js scene I worked with some friends and I hope you find useful. Looking forward to hearing what features / rendering techniques you would love to see next.
2025 · sparkjs.dev · its alternatives →
3
HackerThemes▲315
Bootstrap 4 themes and tools for web developers
2017 · hackerthemes.com · its alternatives →
4
GitHub Spark AI▲193
Create and manage full-stack micro-apps with AI prompts
2024 · githubnext.com · its alternatives →
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Hyde – An out-of-line C++ library documentation tool▲36
A front-end to Jekyll that parses C++ sources to produce and enforce out-of-line documentation - adobe/hyde
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Moss▲137
A collaborative canvas built for creative teams
2023 · mossworkspace.com · its alternatives →
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Coati▲63
A cross-platform source explorer for C/C++ & Java
2016 · thaicockfight.com · its alternatives →
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Looop.dev▲141
Creative coding tool to help learn, experiment and share
2019 · looop.dev · its alternatives →
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A creative coding library for making art with desktop windows▲37
A minimal Python library for live coding visual scenes using desktop windows. - willmeyers/window-art
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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bricks▲105
50+ open-source natural language processing modules
2022 · its alternatives →
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Render▲169
React-inspired Swift library for writing UIKit UIs
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
12
Leaf – Create interactive coding tutorials▲127
2021 · getleaf.app · its alternatives →
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Open Game Art▲74
Free Art, Music (even Code) for Indie Game Devs
2015 · opengameart.org · its alternatives →
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Spark UI▲12
A source-first React component library for modern apps
Jul 2026 · spark-ui-olive.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Nuklear▲64
A small ANSI C gui toolkit
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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turbo.art - an open-source creative playground▲13
2023 · turbo.art · its alternatives →
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Island▲3
Lightweight and low-level creative coding toolkits in C.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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openFrameworks▲5
Open source C++ toolkit for creative coding.
2017 · openframeworks.cc · its alternatives →
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Flame▲3
Ready to burn your code
Jul 2026 · flamee.in · its alternatives →
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Workflowy but Open Source▲7
Think Workflowy meets OSS with the plugin extensibility of Obsidian and beauty of Linear
Jul 2026 · twitter.com · its alternatives →
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Blaze_CSS▲6
Open source modular CSS framework
2016 · its alternatives →
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Glicol: Music/DSP live coding language 'n audio library written in Rust▲8
Graph-oriented live coding language and music/audio DSP library written in Rust - chaosprint/glicol
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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C4▲9
Open-source creative coding framework for iOS
2017 · c4ios.com · its alternatives →
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Tuesday, a new open-source CSS animation library▲18
2015 · shakrmedia.github.io · its alternatives →

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