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24 alternatives to Stratosplash

Gradients from the sky

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1TC
The current sky at your approximate location, as a CSS gradient▲788
For HTML Day 2025 [1], I made a web service that displays the current sky at your approximate location as a CSS gradient. Colours are simulated on-demand using atmospheric absorption and scattering coefficients. Updates every minute, without the use of client-side JavaScript. Source code and additional information is available on GitHub: https://github.com/dnlzro/horizon [1] https://html.energy/html-day/2025/index.html
2025 · sky.dlazaro.ca · its alternatives →
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Screely▲1,099
Instantly turn screenshots into beautiful images
2018 · screely.com · its alternatives →
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Plash▲266
Make any website your Mac desktop wallpaper
2021 · its alternatives →
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Supershots▲469
Turn screenshots into supershots with gradient backgrounds
2021 · its alternatives →
5
Web Gradients▲906
Curated collection of 180 free fresh background gradients 🚀
2017 · webgradients.com · its alternatives →
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I turned algae into a bio-altimeter and put it on a weather balloon▲142
Hi HN - My name is Andrew, and I'm a high school student. This is a write-up on StratoSpore, a payload I designed and launched to the stratosphere. The goal was to test if we could estimate physical altitude based on algae fluorescence (using a lightweight ML model trained on the sensor data). The blog post covers the full engineering mess/process, including: - The Hardware: Designing PCBs for the AS7263 spectral sensor and Pi Zero 2 W. -The biological altimeter: How I tried to correlate biological stress (fluorescence) with altitude. - The Communications: A custom lossy compression…
Nov 2025 · radi8.dev · its alternatives →
7IV
I've made a tool to generate beautiful gradient background images▲448
2016 · gradient.quasi.ink · its alternatives →
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Gradient Palette▲117
Well-curated collection of 70+ background gradients
2022 · its alternatives →
9
Gradient Hunt▲321
Curated collection of beautiful gradients, updated daily
2018 · its alternatives →
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WLPPR▲428
Beautiful mobile wallpapers made from satellite imagery
2015 · its alternatives →
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Shadergradient 1.0▲234
Create beautiful moving gradients on Framer and Figma
2023 · its alternatives →
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Blobs 2.0▲432
Generate beautiful blobs for your design
2021 · its alternatives →
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Unbokeh▲113
Hazy blurred backgrounds for design & inspiration.
2018 · its alternatives →
14
Liquid Wave▲251
Gradients to decor your info, product & marketing visuals
2022 · its alternatives →
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Glims (Beta)▲409
Turn static shots into fast-moving showreels – like magic.
2025 · glims.io · its alternatives →
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Gradient World▲104
Gradients generated from photographs of nature
2017 · its alternatives →
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Landscape by Sprout Social▲283
An interactive tool for social media image resizing
2016 · its alternatives →
18PW
Parallax wallpaper engine for Linux and Windows▲225
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Blooms▲111
150+ High-res Blooms for multi-toned gradient backgrounds
2023 · its alternatives →
20
Mesh Gradient▲164
Create beautiful gradients
2020 · its alternatives →
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Backdrops▲126
Awesomeness for your chrome tabs!
2017 · its alternatives →
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Landscape Wallpapers▲181
Dynamic wallpapers for the apple ecosystem
2022 · its alternatives →
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Shade▲131
Gradient explorer
2015 · its alternatives →
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Equinox▲102
Create dynamic wallpapers for macOS
2021 · its alternatives →

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