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24 alternatives to Petri Dish - Flocking Experiment

A javascript canvas experiment using flocking algorithms

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

1. 1PD
   Petri Dish – Generative Flocking▲5

   2016 · jozefmaxted.co.uk · its alternatives →

2. 2HB
   HTML5 Bird Flocks Simulation in CoffeeScript▲47

   2012 · chrisp.gr · its alternatives →

3. 3DA
   Draw a fish and watch it swim with the others▲935

   Made this website as an exercise in vibe-coding and GCP. It was posted about a few times around the internet, on sites like Morning Brew (https://www.morningbrew.com/issues/business-buzzkill), MetaFilter (https://www.metafilter.com/209703/Draw-A-Fish), boingboing.net, etc. I think it's cute! I built a basic CNN trained against penises and swastikas, and then anything that doesn't hit the 63% confidence score gets sent to a mod queue, a vibe-coded fish-tinder…

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4. 4TG
   TerrainVer – Generate Worms-Style Cartoon Terrain in JavaScript▲198

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5. 5KA
   Kubist, a little web app to make cubism-like images▲231

   2015 · williamngan.github.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Flock▲118

   A messaging app for making plans

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   BrowerQuest▲65

   A HTML5/JavaScript multiplayer game experiment

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Drape▲88

   A fabric design and simulation tool

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   NotebookJS▲109

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   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Animal Ratio▲77

    A super-fun minimalistic physics-based chaotic browser game

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11BS
    Blabr – Scientific Computing for the Web▲106

    2015 · blabr.io · its alternatives →

12. 12GA
    Generative art with ant colony optimization algorithms▲87

    2020 · amydyer.art · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Silk▲92

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    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Swarm simulation▲2

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    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Swarmation▲6

    The Multiplayer Pixel Formation Game

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16AC
    A collection of algorithmic art generated with POV-Ray▲90

    2015 · mscharrer.net · its alternatives →

17. 17GM
    Garden Madness, a flowery HTML5 game▲53

    2011 · thearca.de · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Flocking Simulator (Boids)▲3

    Interactive boids simulation to explore flocking.

    Apr 2026 · vizbull.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Zooids▲9

    Building Blocks for Swarm User Interfaces

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20SP
    Small project on particle animation, genetic algorithms and plain JS▲15

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21VM
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    2015 · chromeexperiments.com · its alternatives →

22. 22ST
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    2016 · yro.ch · its alternatives →

23. 23
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    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24DA
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    2012 · doodleordie.com · its alternatives →

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