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24 alternatives to Code Poetry

Poems written in valid image-generating programs

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

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   Code Words▲73

   A quarterly publication about programming from Hacker School

   2014 · codewords.recurse.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Storybird▲77

   Visual storytelling and poetry writing

   2014 · storybird.com · its alternatives →

3. 3AI
   An IDE for poets▲398

   2012 · tranquillpoet.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Poet▲88

   Hack, share and teach

   2019 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Verses▲93

   A place to write and share poems

   2016 · verses.site · its alternatives →

6. 6PS
   Poetically simple code review on GitHub▲66

   2016 · text.sourcegraph.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Haiku Deck▲113

   Presentation software that inspires

   2014 · haikudeck.com · its alternatives →

8. 8CW
   Code Words, a quarterly publication about programming▲181

   2014 · codewords.hackerschool.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Codecrap▲93

   Where developers go to laugh and cry

   2014 · codecrap.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Letters to a Young Poet▲68

    Rilke’s meditations on the creative process

    2015 · goodreads.com · its alternatives →

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    Light-Bot▲84

    Programming Apps Teaching the Basics of Code

    2015 · lightbot.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    PoemGPT▲82

    Craft poems that capture hearts with the power of AI

    2023 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    These Lyrics Do Not Exist▲118

    Song lyrics generated for any topic using AI

    2019 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Code▲76

    The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Beautify This!▲143

    Create stunningly beautiful images of your tweets

    2023 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

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    Poem Portraits▲109

    A filter with AI-generated poetry by Google

    2019 · artsexperiments.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →

17. 17PT
    Poemr: The Imgur of Poetry▲5

    2013 · poemr.com · its alternatives →

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    Input▲97

    Fonts for Code

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    cite▲142

    Beautiful textshots made easy

    2015 · myprogress.in · its alternatives →

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    Machine Forms▲99

    Prints Designed by Algorithms

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Emoji Poetry▲87

    Fill in the gaps in poems with emoji

    2016 · arzamas.academy · its alternatives →

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    A poem inside HTTP response headers▲74

    2022 · ja.cob.land · its alternatives →

23. 23CM
    Codeposters – making code into art▲8

    2016 · codeposters.io · its alternatives →

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    Rhyme Camera▲83

    Poetry that's matching objects detected by the camera

    2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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