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24 alternatives to Pixel Drifter

A powerful pixel-sorting tool written in Java

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pixel Drifter launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1SP
   Sortraits, Portraits of Sorting Algorithms▲132

   2019 · wtracy.gitlab.io · its alternatives →

2. 2PA
   Poxi – A Hackable Pixel Art Editor▲144

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Pixel Perfect Handbook▲176

   A comprehensive handbook on digital design

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4PI
   Pixelator.io – Secure data in pictures▲29

   2015 · pixelator.io · its alternatives →

5. 5IQ
   Illustrated Quicksort algorithm▲187

   2017 · illustrated-algorithms.now.sh · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Pixel Winch▲92

   An osx screen measurement app

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Four Shadows▲64

   Time-aware algorithm driven shadows for icons

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8MA
   Maim – A simple screenshot utility for Linux▲124

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Pixelmator▲111

   By far the best, lightest, and cheapest visual design tool.

   2013 · its alternatives →

10. 10TO
    Thumbor – open-source on-demand image cropping, resizing, and filters▲113

    2014 · thumbor.org · its alternatives →

11. 11OP
    Onion Packer – An open source Textures and Images organizer▲32

    2017 · mikepicker.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12PP
    Pix.pe – Easily sharable pixel art▲59

    2013 · pix.pe · its alternatives →

13. 13EB
    Eight-Bit Color Picker▲35

    2014 · bilalq.github.io · its alternatives →

14. 14TA
    TWGL – A tiny WebGL helper library▲33

    2015 · twgljs.org · its alternatives →

15. 15IP
    InBloom – Portable Bloom Filters in Java, Python and Go▲45

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16CP
    Color Picker for iOS and Android developers▲38

    2017 · colorsforcoders.com · its alternatives →

17. 17PA
    PixelTool – a tool for overlaying designs for pixel perfect front-end▲8

    2014 · spencer-walden.com · its alternatives →

18. 18OA
    Optimage – Advanced image optimization tool▲39

    2018 · getoptimage.com · its alternatives →

19. 19PA
    Pixel Art Editor built with ClojureScript/Om▲21

    2014 · jackschaedler.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20FA
    Fragment, a new kind of photo editing app for Android▲26

    2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

21. 21AO
    Advent of Pixels▲34

    2018 · advent.klart.io · its alternatives →

22. 22GN
    Gel – N64-like software renderer in C▲21

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23FB
    Fast bulk thumbnails image explorer and classification tool for ML▲13

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24DS
    Dense – Scale images to the different Android densities▲7

    2016 · destiner.github.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →