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24 alternatives to himawari.js

Real-time images of Earth from the Himawari-8 satellite

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. himawari.js launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1H8
Himawari-8 (Whole Earth Geostationary Weather Satellite) Wallpaper Bot▲7
2015 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
2
Human Cities▲263
Real-time activity in 900 cities around the world
2014 · its alternatives →
3
Planet Explorer▲150
Interactive global satellite images
2017 · its alternatives →
4
Dark Sky for Web▲262
Hyperlocal weather information, now on the web ⛈
2016 · its alternatives →
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Earth View (Google Maps)▲84
Load a gorgeous satellite image in every new Chrome tab
2014 · its alternatives →
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Placemeter▲88
See how busy places are in real time
2014 · its alternatives →
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Spatium▲182
A space odyssey awaits you with beautiful space images
2021 · its alternatives →
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The Web in Real-Time▲71
See How Quickly Data is Generated
2014 · its alternatives →
9NR
Near-realtime cloud maps for weather visualisation, 3D models and more▲68
This is a service I've built to provide equirectangular cloud maps of the whole Earth, updated every 3 hours, for free. It's based on infrared and visible light data from EUMETSAT, processed to enhance the clouds and try to reduce the impact of surface temperatures on the final image. I built it because it's surprisingly hard to find these kinds of images in a format that's useful to developers and hobbyists. I was building a 3D ISS tracker and wanted to include live clouds but couldn't find anything good, so I got sidetracked, and here we are.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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heatmap.js▲132
Dynamic Real-time Heatmaps for the Web
2014 · its alternatives →
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Fragment▲115
Prismatic Photos
2013 · its alternatives →
12B3
Beautiful 3D ISS tracker with live video and near-realtime clouds▲139
This is a little hobby project that I hope you enjoy. You can see where the International Space Station is now, with live HD video from NASA, on a realistic 3D globe. The positions of the sun and moon are also accurate, though distances aren't to scale. The clouds are also near-realtime; I span that out into a separate project at https://clouds.matteason.co.uk, where the cloud images I create from EUMETSAT data are freely available. I've got more features almost ready to go, like the ability to turn off all UI, toggleable clouds and turning off the day/night cycle I'd love for…
2024 · iss.matteason.co.uk · its alternatives →
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MapJam▲137
Beautiful personalized map sharing
2014 · its alternatives →
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Built With▲95
See Technologies Behind Websites in Real-Time
2014 · its alternatives →
15
MapHub▲142
Create interactive maps
2016 · its alternatives →
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Downlink▲74
Real-time satellite imagery on your desktop
2021 · its alternatives →
17
Ventusky▲148
Real-time weather mapping
2016 · its alternatives →
18
OpenMCT by NASA▲86
A web based mission control framework
2016 · its alternatives →
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Custom Elements▲119
A web components gallery for modern web apps
2014 · its alternatives →
20
PixelSpace▲68
A tediously accurate scale model of the solar system
2014 · its alternatives →
21
Terrapattern▲77
A visual search tool for satellite imagery
2016 · its alternatives →
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Tab Pics▲101
Beautiful /r/EarthPorn of our planet in every new Chrome tab
2014 · its alternatives →
23
Rainyscope▲65
The first weather simulator on the web
2016 · its alternatives →
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Flight-Viz – 10K flights on a 3D globe in 3.5MB of Rust+WASM▲101
I built a real-time flight tracker that renders 10,000+ aircraft on an interactive 3D globe, entirely in the browser using Rust compiled to WebAssembly.
Apr 2026 · flight-viz.com · its alternatives →

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