Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to FXYT – Tiny, esoteric, stack-based, postfix, canvas colouring language
Tiny, esoteric, stack-based, postfix, canvas colouring language with only 36 simple commands - susam/fxyt
FXYT is a stack-based, postfix programming language designed for coloring canvas graphics. It uses an esoteric and minimal syntax to execute commands that manipulate a stack and produce visual output. The language is… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. FXYT – Tiny, esoteric, stack-based, postfix, canvas colouring language launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A minimalist three-dimensional coding environment. Control 8x8x8 dots with a single JavaScript function.
2021 · doersino.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hi There, Erlang-RED has been my project for the last couple of months and I would love to get some feedback from the HN community. The idea is to take advantage of Erlangs message passing and low overhead processes to have true concurrency in Node-RED flows. Plus also to bring low-code visual flow-based programming to Erlang.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A tool for creating new color shades based on a neural network and trained with the Tailwindcss palette.
2020 · tailwind.ink · its alternatives →
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Pandacolors▲290One click color generator with real time preview
2017 · pandacolors.com · its alternatives →
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2023 · susam.net · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! We're Ben and Izak, founders of Repaint (YC S23). Repaint is like Figma, but for creating real websites. It has panning, zooming, and dragging elements around. The settings closely follow html/css. We think an open canvas is a big improvement over other website builders. Everything is easier: styling, consistency, responsiveness… But making it work was hard! We thought HN would appreciate the tech behind it: - A custom WebGL rendering engine (w/text, shadows, blurs, gradients, & opacity groups) - A partial implementation of the css spec - A custom text editor & text shaper…
2024 · repaint.com · its alternatives →
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2022 · code.sgo.to · its alternatives →
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Generate color combinations in one click. Colormind creates cohesive color schemes using a deep neural net.
2017 · colormind.io · its alternatives →
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For the last 5 years I've been working on a layout engine that targets CSS2 and some more modern properties. Live demo: https://chearon.github.io/dropflow/ It matches browsers in all cases I can find where they agree, and it's fast. It supports `position`, `inline-block`, `z-index`, and complex properties like `float` and `vertical-align`. It doesn't support high-level layout like flexbox or grid yet, but you can get intrinsics to easily divide space yourself and paint multiple layout trees. It has a great text layout implementation, and supporting non-Latin scripts is a…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Generates six color schemes based on one selected base color
2017 · donesmart.com · its alternatives →
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I've been contemplating applying for HackerSchool, so I was looking at the application and saw the piece about FizzBuzz. I'd somehow never heard of this before. It is a trivial task in a conventional language, so I thought I would have some fun on a long internet-less train ride back to Rochester. "Piet is a programming language in which programs look like abstract paintings" http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html Doesn't it look kinda beautiful? http://benbrittain.com/imgs/fizzbuzzLarge.png here is a picture of the execution so you can see what is actually code.…
2012 · dangermouse.net · its alternatives →
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A fast, multipurpose and lightweight JavaScript animation library
2016 · anime-js.com · its alternatives →
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i made an esoteric programming language which i call spellscript. every program is a "spell" written in a "grimoire," and you have to use keywords like summon, enchant, inscribe, and conjure. it's literally read like a spellbook because the syntax consists of all natural language, and newlines are optional. your code can now be an essay, like everybody wants! for example, if you want to print something, you'd write: `begin the grimoire. inscribe whispers of "hello, world!". close the grimoire.` it has variables, dynamic typing, arrays, functions, conditionals, loops, string manipulation,…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A top-down 2d game engine, written from scratch in under 1000 lines of C. Development of the game based on this engine is streamed on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ryanpcmcquen - ryanpcmcquen/basque
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Code Magic▲83All-in-one styling tool for developers
2022 · code-magic.favour.dev · its alternatives →
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Render multiple moving rectangles to compare a number of canvas engines.
2020 · benchmarks.slaylines.io · its alternatives →
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I built Nogic, a VSCode extension currently, because AI tools make code grow faster than developers can build a mental model by jumping between files. Exploring structure visually has been helping me onboard to unfamiliar codebases faster. It’s early and rough, but usable. Would love feedback on whether this is useful and what relationships are most valuable to visualize.
Jan 2026 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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ColorMagic▲175Generate ideal color palettes with the power of AI
2023 · colormagic.app · its alternatives →
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2019 · color.clss.hk · its alternatives →
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r3 programing language - ColorForth inspired. Contribute to phreda4/r3 development by creating an account on GitHub.
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · esolangs.org · its alternatives →
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HDRainbow▲109Generate an online color palette from an image
2017 · hdrainbow.com · its alternatives →
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