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24 alternatives to TouchDesigner

Visual programming language for interactive content

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

1. 1
   Max▲107

   A visual programming language for media

   2017 · cycling74.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Avocado▲69

   A new toolbox for interaction designers

   2014 · ideo.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   AniJS▲87

   UI Interaction Library for Web Designers in Plain English

   2014 · anijs.github.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Designing for Touch▲88

   A guide for designing touch interfaces

   2015 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   UI Design System▲180

   Starter kit for Sketch to create awesome user interfaces.

   2017 · uidesignsystem.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Brackets 1.0▲190

   An open-source text editor for web designers by Adobe

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Precursor▲227

   A real-time collaborative prototyping tool

   2014 · prcrsr.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Blueprint▲203

   A React UI toolkit for the web

   2016 · blueprintjs.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Mitya▲87

   Prototyping for Interaction Designers

   2014 · mitya-app.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Subform▲165

    A CAD-inspired design tool for UX/UI design.

    2016 · subformapp.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Fulvid▲86

    A standalone desktop editor for Markdown and MDX

    13d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Loose Leaf▲92

    Gesture based brainstorming

    2015 · getlooseleaf.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Composé▲91

    An editor for creating interactive iOS prototypes and apps

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Feedbag▲131

    A super lightweight design collaboration tool.

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Stack▲88

    A task manager for Devs & Designers

    2015 · macropod.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Airgora▲130

    A visual community for physical product designers

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Curator▲95

    A visual notes app for iPad

    2014 · curator.co · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Apache Weex▲127

    A framework for building mobile cross-platform UIs

    2017 · incubator.apache.org · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Layout – Cropping is Hard▲68

    Figma, and the future of design tools

    2015 · layout.fm · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Panda▲76

    Keeping designers inspired and informed

    2014 · usepanda.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Layout - No One's Trying to Make a Shitty Website▲67

    How to work and collaborate with developers

    2016 · layout.fm · its alternatives →

22. 22
    A stack-based pure functional language for touch devices▲77

    A Wildflower IDE for touch devices. Contribute to pschanely/wildflower-touch development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23AD
    A design tool that is also a developer tool▲8

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

24. 24IM
    I made a visual UI creation tool.▲9

    2025 · uiblocks.xyz · 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 →