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24 alternatives to Pure Data

Open source visual programming language for multimedia

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

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    Max▲107

    A visual programming language for media

    2017 · cycling74.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-source code-first video for AGI era

    5d ago · framefields.dev · its alternatives →

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    Datamatic▲156

    Editable data visualizations for the web

    2017 · datamatic.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I’m Gabriel, and I’m happy to share a project I’ve been working on for the last few years: Flyde, an open-source visual programming language. Check out the interactive examples and online playground on the website: https://www.flyde.dev. In my last role as an engineering manager for a B2B-oriented product, I authored and reviewed many diagrams for backend applications, mostly for integrations between 2 third-party services. Some of these diagrams were elaborate enough that I started dreaming of a way to simply run a diagram as is; I imagined a “run” button on the top-right…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    How to think about data

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Webstudio▲171

    An open source visual development platform

    2022 · webstudio.is · its alternatives →

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    No-code visual data transformation software tool for Windows & Mac. Download a free trial.

    2019 · easydatatransform.com · its alternatives →

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    Explains programming language concepts in plain language.

    2016 · fullstackpython.com · its alternatives →

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    Cinder▲122

    Free and open source library for creative coding in C++

    2017 · libcinder.org · its alternatives →

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    Open source simple, correct, embeddable charts in minutes

    2014 · datawrapper.de · its alternatives →

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    vizzu - Library for animated data visualizations and data stories

    2021 · lib.vizzuhq.com · its alternatives →

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    Datapad▲83

    Beautiful visual analytics

    2014 · datapad.io · its alternatives →

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    Isomer▲73

    Isometric graphics library for HTML5 canvas

    2014 · jdan.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Making open source data science easy

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Powerful free open-source JavaScript vector graphics library

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Fosshub▲79

    An open source for free and open source tools

    2015 · fosshub.com · its alternatives →

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    REAL data from the LHC + open source analysis tools

    2014 · opendata.cern.ch · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, We're a small team working on a new dataviz engine and its applications. We built our charting engine in C++ and run it on WebAssembly. Two years ago, we launched Vizzu as an open-source animated data visualization library aimed at JS developers, allowing users to create dynamic charts. We also released a Python wrapper under the name ipyvizzu for data scientists. Since then, we've been working hard to make this technology accessible to everyone, regardless of their coding skills. Today, we're proud to introduce our no-code storytelling tool. With this tool, anyone can turn their…

    2024 · vizzu.io · its alternatives →

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    Sumbli▲7

    Collaborative content

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    From data to visualization

    2018 · data-to-viz.com · its alternatives →

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    A clean layout of data sets, simple, easy to access

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Visual programming language for kids

    2014 · gethopscotch.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-source software to scale, edit and optimize images

    2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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