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24 alternatives to Shader24

Cast shadow over your property

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Shader24 launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Every mountain, building and tree shadow mapped for any date and time▲685

   I've been working on this project for about 4 years. It began as terrain only because world wide elevation data was publicly available. I then added buildings from OpenStreetMap (crowd sourced) and more recently from Overture Maps data. Some computer vision/machine learning advancements [1] in the past few years have made it possible to estimate tree canopy heights using satellite imagery alone making it possible to finally add trees to the map. The data isn't perfect, but it's within +/- 3 meters of so. Good enough to give a general idea for any location on Earth. Happy to answer…

   2024 · shademap.app · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Shadowmap▲292

   Interactive 3D maps app to visualize solar shadows worldwide

   2021 · app.shadowmap.org · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Shader▲315

   New self-expression with AI

   2023 · its alternatives →

4. 4GM
   Google Maps Shadow Calculator▲120

   2022 · shadowcalculator.eu · its alternatives →

5. 5
   AI Shadows▲497

   Generate realistic shadows for professional-looking photos

   2023 · pixelcut.ai · its alternatives →

6. 6
   AddShadows▲70

   Generate your own shadows and improve your design

   2022 · mdbootstrap.com · its alternatives →

7. 7SL
   Shader Lab, like Photoshop but for shaders▲160

   Create, stack, and animate shader effects on images, video, text, and 3D models — free, in your browser, powered by WebGPU. Export video, publish to the community gallery, and remix any published scene.

   Apr 2026 · eng.basement.studio · its alternatives →

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   Shader Vision▲138

   Real-time GPU shader editor for spatial computing

   2024 · shader.vision · its alternatives →

9. 9
   A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify▲616

   Hello HN! We’re a small creative studio specializing in real-time 3D experiences. Netlify approached us to design and build an interactive experience to celebrate reaching 5 million developers. Inspired by the classic game Marble Madness, we created a gamified experience where users control a ball through playful, interactive levels. The goal was to blend marketing content with the look and feel of a game to engage users. The app is built with Three.js [1], using our custom render pipeline and shaders, and uses Rapier for physics simulation [2]. The 2D content is overlaid on the WebGL view…

   2024 · 5-million-devs.netlify.com · its alternatives →

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    Shadergradient 1.0▲234

    Create beautiful moving gradients on Framer and Figma

    2023 · shadergradient.co · its alternatives →

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    Mirage▲278

    Where you co-create the game as you play it

    2025 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    A raycaster that renders to random dot stereogram (like Magic Eye)▲277

    A raycaster that renders to random dot stereogram - ammonb/stereogram-raycaster

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13SV
    Shadowmap visualizes solar shadows on an interactive, global 3D map▲6

    Discover The Sun for Everyone with Shadowmap: your global 3D map for sunpath visualization, shadow analysis and solar planning for homes and projects.

    2020 · shadowmap.org · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Free and open-source home for art made with code▲144

    Browse and share GPU-made GIFs. Explore GLSL shader experiments, search by topic, and open any piece in the editor to learn or remix.

    2018 · shadergif.com · its alternatives →

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    Sprucer▲105

    Create your virtual yard, explore designs, see it grow

    2019 · get-sprucer.com · its alternatives →

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    Tailwind Box Shadows▲205

    Curated list of box shadows for your cards to stand out

    2022 · manuarora.in · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Little Procedural Pixel Worlds▲227

    Took a break from the falling sand simulation blog posts this week to work on another small project. It's a little pixel world generator- each time you visit, you'll see a new little world. I really like this stuff and had a blast building it yesterday!

    2022 · jason.today · its alternatives →

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    Tint & Shade Generator 2.0▲128

    Precise tints and shades from any color in 10% increments.

    2020 · maketintsandshades.com · its alternatives →

19. 193R
    3D Raycasting Engine in JavaScript▲113

    2020 · ahuth.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20PW
    Play with Shaders Inspired by Slime Mold▲67

    2021 · observablehq.com · its alternatives →

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    warpAR▲77

    Distort real world textures using augmented reality

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Box Shadow Generator▲160

    Generate multilayer CSS3 box shadows

    2021 · box-shadow.art · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Shadows▲61

    Prepare to dive deep into the dark world of Shadows!

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    CSS Box Shadows Generator▲112

    Create, edit and generate multiple custom CSS box shadows

    2023 · boxshadows.xyz · its alternatives →

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