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Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to PaintCube

Web-based 3D painting software

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PaintCube launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Turn images into gallery masterpieces in 3D

    Apr 2026 · 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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    Paint▲326

    A simple Microsoft Paint inspired web app

    2025 · 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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    Online graphic design app mainly focused on product mockups.

    2018 · artboard.studio · its alternatives →

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    Web-based app mockup toolkit

    2018 · gamebaidoithuongtop.review · its alternatives →

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    Paint in VR in your Browser

    2016 · aframe.io · its alternatives →

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    Create and export HQ photos right in your browser

    2022 · colorful.app · its alternatives →

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    WebCurate▲323

    1700+ Highly useful tools you might not have known before

    2024 · webcurate.co · its alternatives →

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    Generate high-quality triangulated and polygonal art from images. - rh12503/triangula

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I’ve recently released my solo project Audiocube I wanted to make a 3D DAW, where spatial audio, physics, and virtual acoustics are all directly integrated into the engine. This makes it easy to create music in 3D, and experiment with new techniques which aren’t possible in traditional DAWs and plugins. I’d love to get any feedback on this software (Mac/Windows) to make it better. You can download it for free through the website. Thanks, Noah

    2025 · audiocube.app · its alternatives →

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    Design, collaborate and present all in the browser

    2019 · artboard.studio · its alternatives →

  13. 13WT

    2022 · plant.jim-fx.com · its alternatives →

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    Build 3D interactions visually, without writing any code

    2015 · 3d-transforms.webflow.com · its alternatives →

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    3D Studio▲108

    Start-to-finish AI storytelling and webtoon/comics creation

    2025 · plus.tooning.io · its alternatives →

  16. 16CP

    Dust3D 1.0 is finally released — about 10 years after the first commit in December 2016. I posted a preview version here in April 2018 and a beta in December 2018. Back then I thought 1.0 was just around the corner, but I kept adding new features that I could barely find time to finish as a weekend side project. I finally got it done with GitHub Copilot, using models including Claude Opus 4.6, Raptor mini (Preview), Claude Haiku 4.5, and Claude Sonnet 4.6. It's a cross-platform low-poly 3D modeling app focused on making it fast to create game-ready characters and objects from scratch. Source…

    2018 · dust3d.org · its alternatives →

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    Create 3D models from 2D pixel art

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! I want to show my new open-source project ArtistAssistApp. ArtistAssistApp - the web app to paint better with ease. Tools for realistic color mixing based on real paints, tonal value drawing, simplified sketching, and more. Import your own photos, select any desired color directly from the image, and learn how to mix it with your paints. The web app provides a step-by-step guide on how to precisely mix that color using your own paints using atomic or optical mixing. Atomic mixing is the physical mixing of colors together, while optical mixing is the result of placing a transparent…

    2023 · artistassistapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple, fast colour management

    2016 · colorcubo.xyz · its alternatives →

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    2015 · vertexshaderart.com · its alternatives →

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