Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to My Blog about CSS, JS, Canvas and WebGL
I am a developer with a strong focus on design, interactivity and animation. Originally from New Delhi, I currently live in Toronto and am the Director, UI Architecture at Rangle.io. In my spare time, I like to experiment with creative coding, making triangles and other playful experiences for the w
Varun Vachhar's blog documents creative coding experiments using web technologies including CSS, JavaScript, Canvas, and WebGL. Aimed at front-end developers interested in animation and interactive design, the blog… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. My Blog about CSS, JS, Canvas and WebGL launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Once UI 1.5▲299When I started my career and built my first design system, I was beyond excited. It took a lot of iterations, learning and 6 months of work to launch it internally. In the next job, I did it again, then at the following job, again… And no matter which company I worked for, 80% of the design system was the same. I’ve decided to work full-time on the design system I’ve always wanted, and today I’m launching and open-sourcing it. You can use it to build Next.js apps faster, and I’ve designed it in a way that it’s hard to go wrong with it: you can choose any settings, and you’ll end up with a…
Dec 2025 · once-ui.com · its alternatives →
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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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CodenQuest▲282Hello everyone, I've been working on a project called CodenQuest, a coding practice app inspired by platforms like LeetCode, but with a major twist: it's heavily gamified, similar to Duolingo. The main goal is to make coding practice more engaging, especially on mobile. Key Features: - Diverse coding questions with integrated hints and timers. - Code editor with code completion and fill in the blanks questions - Performance statistics (runtime, memory, CPU usage, and more). - Gamified elements: leagues, ranking systems, daily challenges, friends, and streak mechanisms. - Available on iOS and…
2024 · codenquest.com · its alternatives →
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"Don't code your UI, Draw it !". Contribute to karanchahal/DoodleMaster development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Here's a project I've been working on for a little while now. Ripl is a JS library that provides a unified API for rendering shapes on both canvas and SVG interchangeably. Over the years I've used D3 extensively to create data visualisations so I figured I'd have a go at making my own version with a slightly more modern API and stricter TypeScript support. I am aware there are already libraries that can draw to multiple contexts interchangeably, but I've added a few little niceties to Ripl that (as far as I know) some other libraries don't have such as CSS-like query selectors, DOM-like…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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We’ve been working on Vaev, a minimal web browser engine built from scratch. It supports HTML/XHTML, the CSS cascade, @page rules for pagination, and print-to-PDF rendering. It even handles calc(), var(), and percentage units—and yes, it renders Google.com (mostly). This is an experimental project focused on learning and exploration. Networking is basic (http:// and file:// only), and grid layouts aren’t supported yet, but we’re making progress fast. We’d love your thoughts and feedback.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I'm enthralled with using pen plotters to make generative art. Last August at SIGGRAPH, I built an interactive experience for others to see how code can be used to make visual art. The linked blog post is my trials and tribulations of linking a MIDI controller to one of these algorithms and sending its output to a plotter, so that people may witness the end-to-end experience.
2024 · lostpixels.io · its alternatives →
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Create and share simple web demos using TypeScript, CSS, and HTML. Prototype new ideas quickly.
2017 · codewich.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · webblocks.uk · its alternatives →
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A minimal Python library for live coding visual scenes using desktop windows. - willmeyers/window-art
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Sven Lenaerts shares his expertise on product design and us…
2015 · talkingcode.com · its alternatives →
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Experiments and conversations about design in the browser
2015 · htmloutput.risd.gd · its alternatives →
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This was my recent weekend project, aimed at teaching me JavaScript, a bit of HTML5, and (mostly) WebGL. The orbital data are from NASA JPL. I was inspired in part by this Flash app: http://www.dynamicdiagrams.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/orrery_2011_bce.swf, but wanted to do something in 3D. Coming from the games-dev world, this is my first introduction to web coding. The UI is jquery. I mostly used http://learningwebgl.com/blog for the 3D stuff. Being WebGL, it will work mostly on Chrome, Firefox 4 Beta. Forget about IE. I needed to figure out how to render text to the WebGL canvas - I…
2011 · solar-system-explorer.com · its alternatives →
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(space = reset) Fluid mechanics is an extremely interesting topic and I have been creative coding for a couple of months now. Therefore I started working on flow fields in processing. It had so much fun playing around with the different parameters in this project, I decided to rewrite in p5.js an added a control panel. You can change most of the parameters (within some constraints I thought to be reasonable), randomize the values and export and import settings. Hopefully some coders here get inspired and also join the great creative coding community.
2024 · synapse.nugatio.com · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone, I'm trying to get feedback on this site editor (I couldn't get on my first try). A lot of it was inspired by modern browser's dev tools. Do you guys think it's intuitive enough? Does it feel good to use? Any feedback would be amazing.
2022 · dotling.com · its alternatives →
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Belajar coding percuma untuk pelajar sekolah.
2023 · codedryer.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · lab.openbloc.fr · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I built a tiny zero DOM layout engine for vector graphics and custom renderers to resolves nested rows/cols/grids into exact `{x, y, w, h}` boxes, with text measurement, overflow signals, and collision separation. This is to help make SVG, PDF, Canvas responsive. Feedback welcome from anyone building canvas/SVG diagrams, dashboards, node editors, or diagram tools.
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone, my friend and I created a GitHub Wrapped video for developers to showcase their activity on the platform in a more fun way. The implementation is open-source (https://github.com/rendleyhq/github-wrapped-2024) if you're interested in how it was built. To get a bit geeky, we used masks, keyframe animations, luma key shaders to remove the background from the confetti video, and some other techniques. Also, everything is rendered directly in the browser!! I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the rendering performance, especially if you're running this on your…
2024 · rendley.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · radiapp.com · its alternatives →
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I've been having fun making generative art for a few years and recently got the itch to write my own JS library for sketching SVGs. This library is heavily inspired by OPENRNDR [1], which to date has been my framework of choice. My motivation to write a JS library for SVGs came from a desire to bring the programming style I love from OPENRNDR into a language I use every day. I was also motivated to generate simple SVGs that I understood deeply because I'd like to start using a plotter soon to bring these sketches into the physical world. The library is pretty bare-bones, but I did my best to…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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