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24 alternatives to FacetLab
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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For the past three years I've been building what I hope will be the next Blender, tackling the lack of any good 2D design or image editing tools outside the Adobe monopoly. This was our first year participating in Google Summer of Code and this Q3 update includes the big payoff from that, covering the most progress we've made so far as a project. If you're a Rust dev, consider getting involved as we apply for the next GSoC in the new year— you could be our intern next summer :) Q3 progress report: https://graphite.rs/blog/graphite-progress-report-q3-2024/
2024 · graphite.rs · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! We’re a small creative studio specializing in real-time 3D experiences. Netlify approached us to design and build an interactive experience to celebrate reaching 5 million developers. Inspired by the classic game Marble Madness, we created a gamified experience where users control a ball through playful, interactive levels. The goal was to blend marketing content with the look and feel of a game to engage users. The app is built with Three.js [1], using our custom render pipeline and shaders, and uses Rapier for physics simulation [2]. The 2D content is overlaid on the WebGL view…
2024 · 5-million-devs.netlify.com · its alternatives →
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There are lots of glassmorphism generators out there, but I wanted to push the effect further! This project is the result of months of experimenting with CSS property layering and battling browser quirks. Cross-browser compatibility is actually the reason I rely on ::before and ::after pseudo-elements to build up the effect. Move the color/opacity to the main element, and you’ll get weird color bleed on the corners in Chrome. Move the texture, and it muddles the bevel’s specular highlight. Move the bevel, and it gets blurred out by the backdrop-filter. And so on! Layers include: *…
2025 · glass3d.dev · its alternatives →
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The latest 3Blue1Brown video [1] about the M. C. Escher print gallery effect inspired me to re-implement the effect as WebGL fragment shader on my own. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldxFjLJ3rVY
Apr 2026 · static.laszlokorte.de · its alternatives →
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Browse and share GPU-made GIFs. Explore GLSL shader experiments, search by topic, and open any piece in the editor to learn or remix.
2018 · shadergif.com · its alternatives →
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Create, copy & export beautiful SVG background waves
2021 · wickedbackgrounds.com · its alternatives →
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2023 · antimatter15.com · its alternatives →
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Create stunning, transparent UI designs in seconds
2023 · its alternatives →
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When building a 3D scene using libraries such as Three.js we generally use meshes. You define a geometry attach some material to it to…
2023 · varun.ca · its alternatives →
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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 →
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2020 · sscaffold-css.com · its alternatives →
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http://instacss.com (in case DNS update hasn't propagated: http://morning-warrior-3377.herokuapp.com/) Last night I was annoyed at how slow (and web 1.0-ish) most CSS reference sites seem to be, so I created this. It's basically a scrape of the CSS reference on w3schools, but with client side searching. Feedback is most welcome! some of the tech involved: node, requirejs, backbone, mongodb the code: http://github.com/rgarcia/instacss
2011 · instacss.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · chirag64.github.io · its alternatives →
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2017 · fatiherikli.github.io · its alternatives →
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ac-colors is a reactive JavaScript color library that can freely convert between RGB, HSL, HEX, XYZ, LAB, LCHab, LUV, and LCHuv, as well as handle random color generation and contrast ratio calculation. - vinaypillai/ac-colors
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Create evolving artistic images with hot-code-reloaded Lisp and GLSL.
2021 · blog.tonari.no · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'm Holger, a developer who worked in the lighting industry. I built this to scratch my own itch and put it on crates.io and PyPI where nothing like it existed. The old file formats (EULUMDAT from 1990, IES from 1991) still work fine for basic photometry. But the industry is moving toward spectral data – full wavelength distributions instead of just lumen values. The new standards (TM-33, ATLA-S001) are barely supported by existing tools. So this handles both: legacy formats for compatibility, spectral data for anyone who wants to work with the new standards. Stack: Rust core, then…
Dec 2025 · eulumdat.icu · its alternatives →
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Built this because I kept needing a quick sprite sheet tool while working on side projects and everything either required a download or had a paywall. It runs fully in the browser, no upload to a server, no login. Supports: - Packer mode: upload separate frame PNGs, reorder them, export as atlas + JSON - Slicer mode: upload an existing sheet, define rows/columns, split into frames - JSON metadata compatible with Phaser, custom WebGL renderers etc. Works with Unity and Godot workflows too. Would love feedback on what's missing.
Nov 2025 · jaconir.online · its alternatives →
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2019 · shaderlab.mgz.me · its alternatives →
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I just finished working on my latest work, zigzaglab.com. It's fluid-responsive and retina-ready. Everything has been achieved using only CSS3 (except for typekit and google map loaders).
2013 · zigzaglab.com · its alternatives →
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