AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Lumina Workbench
Visual shader editor with AI — describe materials, get code
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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Hi HN, I’m Joe. My friends Matthew, Jake and I are building Luminal (https://luminalai.com/), a GPU compiler for automatically generating fast GPU kernels for AI models. It uses search-based compilation to achieve high performance. We take high level model code, like you'd have in PyTorch, and generate very fast GPU code. We do that without using LLMs or AI - rather, we pose it as a search problem. Our compiler builds a search space, generates millions of possible kernels, and then searches through it to minimize runtime. You can try out a demo in `demos/matmul` on mac to…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Create, stack, and animate shader effects on images, video, text, and 3D models — free, in your browser, powered by WebGPU. Export video, publish to the community gallery, and remix any published scene.
Apr 2026 · eng.basement.studio · its alternatives →
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For the past three years I've been building what I hope will be the next Blender, tackling the lack of any good 2D design or image editing tools outside the Adobe monopoly. This was our first year participating in Google Summer of Code and this Q3 update includes the big payoff from that, covering the most progress we've made so far as a project. If you're a Rust dev, consider getting involved as we apply for the next GSoC in the new year— you could be our intern next summer :) Q3 progress report: https://graphite.rs/blog/graphite-progress-report-q3-2024/
2024 · graphite.rs · its alternatives →
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Award-winning Mac photo editor comes to Windows
2017 · skylum.com · its alternatives →
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Shader Vision▲138Real-time GPU shader editor for spatial computing
2024 · shader.vision · its alternatives →
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Lumina▲1Desktop workbench for AI coding & multi-agent workflows
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Miora▲434Scale your creativity on editable canvas with agent memory
Jul 2026 · miora.design · its alternatives →
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Lunagraph▲162Your design canvas that writes code powered by AI
Apr 2026 · lunagraph.com · its alternatives →
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Luminar 4▲26New version of award-winning photo editor created by Skylum.
2019 · skylum.com · its alternatives →
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3D AI Studio V3▲156Generate & Texture 3D models faster, smarter-now even better
2025 · 3daistudio.com · its alternatives →
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Creative image editor driven by leading-edge AI
2022 · skylum.com · its alternatives →
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- 18TCtextshader.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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Hunyuan3D-2.1▲141From images to high-fidelity 3D with PBR materials
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Luminar▲121New super-charged photo editor that adapts to your style.
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Lightcube is a pixel art editing tool for game developers and artists that make quality game assets, animations and awesome art.
2024 · lightcube.art · its alternatives →
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Lumina▲7Master the light: AI-powered photography assistant 📸
Mar 2026 · luminaappshooting.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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Open-source visual AI programming environment from Ironclad
2023 · rivet.ironcladapp.com · its alternatives →
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