Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

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

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   GLYPH Immersive▲83

   a free tool for modular grid lettering

   Sep 2026 · glyph.kateander.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Grid Lover▲68

   Typographic system with modular scale and vertical rhythm.

   2014 · gridlover.net · its alternatives →

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   Gridland ▲87

   An adictive roleplaying stacking puzzle

   2015 · gridland.doublespeakgames.com · its alternatives →

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   Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic▲76

   An RPG with random generated elements.

   2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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   Curious Letters▲65

   A visual puzzle inspired by beautiful typography

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Fulvid▲86

   A standalone desktop editor for Markdown and MDX

   Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A React port of Sketch's grid system▲7

   2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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   Bob-editor – create and edit ASCII art graphically▲6

   2024 · ivanceras.github.io · its alternatives →

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   3D scanned human characters for game developers▲5

   2020 · scanandeggs.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Threads▲14

    A collaborative drawing game

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Random Access Character▲4

    A procedural character generator

    2017 · glkitty.itch.io · its alternatives →

12. 122M
    280x280 Massively Multiplayer chess (Desktop only)▲5

    Made this to try out o1-preview, took ~40 prompts and 3 hours in total, with a fairly solid backed written in Go. Works pretty badly in Firefox apparently due to canvas-canvas copies being really slow, Chrome works great tho. Doesn't work well on mobile yet, and has some other minor issues, but overall it feels incredible to put together something like this so quickly.

    2024 · chess280.com · its alternatives →

13. 13HP
    High-Performance canvas data grid▲8

    2017 · tonygermaneri.github.io · its alternatives →

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    ASCII pixel art editor for the terminal▲9

    feast your eyes

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A grid based editor for Markdown tables, CSV, Gherkin tables, HTML▲9

    2021 · eviltester.github.io · its alternatives →

16. 16UO
    UnicodeForUs, open-source repository of fun unicode characters▲5

    2012 · unicodefor.us · its alternatives →

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    Playscii▲3

    An open source ASCII-based art, animation, and game creation

    2016 · jplebreton.com · its alternatives →

18. 18AT
    A Tic Tac Toe “AI” Built with Only HTML and CSS▲9

    2018 · css-ttt.netlify.com · its alternatives →

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    Drul.js – A simple library to create HTML grid layouts▲5

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Diffboard, a pastebin alternative with diffs▲5

    2012 · diffboard.com · its alternatives →

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    KeenWrite, a Desktop Text Editor▲6

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A little index card typewriter simulator▲6

    2024 · card.zjm.me · its alternatives →

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    Ep. #8, Isomorphic Rendering in the JAMstack▲6

    experiments with isomorphic rendering in the JAMstack

    2017 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →

24. 24TO
    Textyle – Online Tilemap Editor (ReactJS, WebGL and Rust (WASM))▲6

    2020 · textyle.app · its alternatives →

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