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24 alternatives to Flippy Bit And The Attack Of The Hexadecimals

Bitwise operations and conversions to hexadecimals

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Flippy Bit And The Attack Of The Hexadecimals launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Re/code Decode - Y Combinator's Sam Altman▲92

   and the internet of things and Google

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2BB
   Bitrated – Bitcoin m-of-n arbitrated transactions▲155

   2013 · bitrated.com · its alternatives →

3. 3AA
   AsciiDots – a 2D esoteric language inspired by circuits▲148

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4AH
   A hash array-mapped trie implementation in C▲171

   Long-simmering side project that is finally ready to see the light. HAMTs are a cool persistent data structure and implementing one has been a lot of fun. Beyond the code, there is likely some value in the extensive and largely complete implementation docs; basic benchmarks are linked in the README, too. Kind of aiming to be "the libavl for HAMTs". That is obviously a high and aspirational bar but a distinct possibility if it stirs up a little interest and/or contribution. Anyways, it's time for this to go out, collect feedback and maybe even some use outside of toy projects. Let me…

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 53G
   3D Game Programming using bitblting in Windows▲109

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6BA
   Bit – A fast and easy Python Bitcoin library▲72

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7IP
   Integer Programming in the Browser▲52

   2017 · strandmark.net · its alternatives →

8. 8
   bit bit blocks▲57

   Cute and action-packed competitive puzzle game

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9LA
   Lego – A Let's Encrypt Library and CLI in Go▲93

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10BT
    Byte – the game. How quickly can you translate 8-bit binary in 30s?▲6

    2015 · ghostsnstuff.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    bit blocks▲73

    Adversarial block-matching game with adorable graphics

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12VP
    VeryAnts: Probabilistic Integer Arithmetic for Ruby▲45

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AU
    A utility for running exhaustiveness checks on “sum types” in Go▲75

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14BA
    Binspector – A Binary Format Analysis Tool▲45

    2014 · binspector.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15TA
    Tt – a Python library/cli for Boolean expressions▲23

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16GE
    GoUmbral – ECC arithmetic layer, and soon-to-be proxy re-encryption lib▲19

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 176S
    64Bites – Simplest Way to Learn C64 Programming▲11

    2015 · 64bites.com · its alternatives →

18. 18HT
    Hexadecimal to Binary Converter▲5

    2022 · hex2binary.com · its alternatives →

19. 19CA
    CLMM, an exercise in cryptographic minimalism▲22

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20LB
    Libtwiddle – bit and sketches data structures▲6

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21BL
    Bitfuture – Lock in the Bitcoin exchange rate▲16

    2014 · bitfuture.com · its alternatives →

22. 22BA
    bitbeaker - a bitbucket client for Android▲9

    2012 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23BS
    Breaking Substitution Ciphers with Markov Chains▲9

    2020 · daniellowengrub.com · its alternatives →

24. 24IA
    iC8, an interpreted Chip-8 emulator in C▲11

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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