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24 alternatives to Flat Surface Shader

Lighting simulator

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Flat Surface Shader launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Shade▲131

   Gradient explorer

   2015 · jxnblk.io · its alternatives →

2. 2TC
   textshader.com▲260

   TLDR: Click the link to see some cool visualizations, refresh a few times for random examples, and try editing some of the code yourself. This is a small weekend project of mine inspired by shadertoy.com It's a static single-page site hosted on GitHub pages so the website design is pretty barebones. I'm not a web developer so I mainly wanted to create a Cool Thing with my free time and not have to learn tons of front-end to do it. I'd love to hear what people think about it and please post or send me any shaders you make! You can use the link button in the bottom right to share. I hope that…

   2022 · textshader.com · its alternatives →

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   Shades▲72

   A zen like game of colors

   2015 · uovo.dk · its alternatives →

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   Silk▲92

   An Interactive web canvas for "Light Painting"

   2015 · weavesilk.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Verge 3.0▲213

   1000 lasers shining through your mind pointing at the future

   2016 · theverge.com · its alternatives →

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   Revolights▲88

   A futuristic bicycle lighting system

   2015 · revolights.com · its alternatives →

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   Shadergraph – Online Unity shader graph viewer▲7

   2020 · shadergraph.stelabouras.com · its alternatives →

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   Flat UI Colors▲160

   Great colors for your flat designs.

   2014 · flatuicolors.com · its alternatives →

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   Colour Lovers▲90

   Create and share color palettes

   2015 · colourlovers.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Fragment▲115

    Prismatic Photos

    2013 · pixiteapps.com · its alternatives →

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    LightCMS▲98

    Build Beautiful Websites

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Four Shadows▲64

    Time-aware algorithm driven shadows for icons

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cloud▲112

    Interactive lamp and sound system

    2014 · rclarkson.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Shader Vision▲138

    Real-time GPU shader editor for spatial computing

    2024 · shader.vision · its alternatives →

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    Matte Black▲87

    Simple site for color inspiration

    2015 · willstanley.co · its alternatives →

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    Pixel Plane▲63

    Modular RGB LED tiles (pre-launch)

    2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    LIFX 2.0▲92

    Cloud-configured LED lighting

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Shade▲105

    Super easy color contrast insights and recommendations

    2017 · halogensoftworks.com · its alternatives →

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    CUBE▲139

    Mobile projector

    2016 · rif6.com · its alternatives →

20. 20WD
    [WebGL Demo] Indirect Lighting Using Reflective Shadow Maps▲6

    2017 · erkaman.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Hue Go▲65

    Portable custom lighting hemisphere

    2015 · philips-hue.com · its alternatives →

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    Screen Shader▲7

    decrease eye-strain and fatigue while working

    2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Relight Scene by Jector AI▲29

    Create beautiful lighting & shadows in seconds

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    bxxlght▲78

    Changeable lightbox - illuminate a graphic from behind

    2014 · its alternatives →

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