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This tool disguises webpage text to make it appear as though you are viewing it in Visual Studio. Launched in 2011, it's designed for people who want to prank others or create humorous screenshots showing web content… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Disguise webpage text to appear as though you are in Visual Studio launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Edit web apps visually in the Cursor Browser

    Dec 2025 · cursor.com · its alternatives →

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    A small JavaScript library to create and animate hand-drawn annotations on a web page

    2020 · roughnotation.com · its alternatives →

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    Try your design ideas in seconds with a universal visual CSS editor that generates code for you. Say hello to speed, joy, and stunning designs in just a few clicks with CSS Pro

    2023 · csspro.com · its alternatives →

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    CODECAST▲254

    HTML & CSS editor in your browser with real-time previews

    2015 · codecast.me · its alternatives →

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    Create VS Code Themes with Theme Studio!

    2021 · themes.vscode.one · its alternatives →

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    I made this because building UIs in a lexical medium like code is super annoying. I have to pre-render what I’m making in my head, and then jump between the browser and IDE to test. I was inspired by the developer console in chrome and safari since I end up editing css there because it’s ironically more convenient. Hope it’s useful!

    2022 · dev.aspect.app · its alternatives →

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    Microsoft's cross-platform text editor for developers

    2016 · code.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    Stunning designs made lightning fast with AI

    2023 · designer.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

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    Turn real code into faux code

    2020 · knutsynstad.com · its alternatives →

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    A collection of CSS effects with a click to copy.

    2019 · emilkowalski.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Design to live website in one click.

    2019 · studio.design · its alternatives →

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    Build 3D interactions visually, without writing any code

    2015 · 3d-transforms.webflow.com · its alternatives →

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    Bringing VS Code to the browser

    2021 · vscode.dev · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I've just released CSS Studio, a design tool that lives on your site, runs on your browser, sends updates to your existing AI agent, which edits any codebase. You can actually play around with the latest version directly on the site. Technically, the way this works is you view your site in dev mode and start editing it. In your agent, you can run /studio which then polls (or uses Claude Channels) an MCP server. Changes are streamed as JSON via the MCP, along with some viewport and URL information, and the skill has some instructions on how best to implement them. It contains a…

    Apr 2026 · cssstudio.ai · its alternatives →

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    VS Code extension for building web applications ("swings") using a interactive and editor-integrated coding environment - lostintangent/codeswing

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sometimes you might want to share a screenshot of the website you're on, without revealing the personal data that is visible at that time. With Obfuscate, you can make text unreadable without changing the structure of the web page. Hit the extension button or press Alt+Shift+O to activate for the current page. (Note that extensions can't modify the add-on website, so trying it on there won't work.) Credit for the original idea: https://chaos.social/@maris/108379386421123630

    2022 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →

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    Edit HTML files visually. Contribute to urin/vscode-web-visual-editor development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Text editor that generates static HTML files with many ready-to-add components.

    2022 · triplelog.com · its alternatives →

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    A JavaScript API for unconventional text effects on the web.

    2018 · blotter.js.org · its alternatives →

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    Free Chrome extn for designers to inspect/edit live websites

    2017 · canvasflip.com · its alternatives →

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    Create your own VS Code theme easily, within your browser

    2021 · themes.vscode.one · its alternatives →

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    98.css▲256

    A design system for building faithful recreations of old UIs

    2020 · jdan.github.io · its alternatives →

  24. 24BB

    I built a web-based app for building websites. The main unique features are: 1. The ability to copy and paste any HTML and CSS into the editor with no limits. I was never able to find another app that could do this without some form of limitation. 2. CSS filtering, which means you can click on an element to view and edit the CSS selectors and rules that apply to that element alone. In many cases I've found CSS naming conventions like BEM to become irritating at certain scales, so this is an alternative solution. This part of the app needs some more development work but the concept is there.…

    2024 · demo.gocodestudio.com · its alternatives →

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