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24 alternatives to Joha – a free browser-based drawing playground with preset shape tools

I built Joha, a free browser-based drawing playground built around preset shape tools. You can click or drag to quickly generate individual shapes like waves, stars, layered squares, particles, textured strokes, and ring patterns, then combine them into larger compositions. It’s designed for fast visual exploration and composition rather than precise vector editing. Under the hood, it’s built with Vue 3, Vite, and p5.js for the drawing engine.

Joha is a free browser-based drawing tool that emphasizes quick visual exploration over precision. Users click or drag to generate preset shapes including waves, stars, layered squares, particles, textured strokes, and… 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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