Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Fluid is a tool that converts hand-drawn sketches into vector diagrams. Launched in 2014, it is designed for users who want to digitize and refine rough drawings into scalable vector graphics. The software bridges the… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Turn sketches into vector diagrams launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Fluid for Sketch▲313

   Sketch plugin to make your responsive designs more efficient

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Sketch2scheme▲208

   Convert hand-drawn diagrams into digital schemes

   2024 · sketch2scheme.com · its alternatives →

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   Sketch 40▲510

   Latest version of the vector drawing tool

   2016 · sketch.com · its alternatives →

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   Flow▲409

   Animate Sketch designs and generate production-ready code.

   2017 · createwithflow.com · its alternatives →

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   Sketch2Code▲407

   Turn hand-drawn design into a HTML with AI. By Microsoft.

   2019 · learn.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

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   Flow Lines▲212

   Mathematical art SVG creator with infinite variations

   2019 · msurguy.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Overflow▲1,139

   The world’s first user flow diagramming tool for designers

   2018 · overflow.io · its alternatives →

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   Isoflow▲506

   Create beautiful cloud diagrams in minutes

   2020 · isoflow.io · its alternatives →

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   Flowkit▲296

   Sketch library for user flows/content maps/annotations

   2017 · useflowkit.com · its alternatives →

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    Float▲284

    Bring your art to life

    2021 · galshir.com · its alternatives →

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    3D Vector Graphics▲441

    3D line art engine. Contribute to fogleman/ln development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    FluidCAD – Parametric CAD with JavaScript▲160

    Hello HN users, This is a CAD by code project I have been working on on my free time for more than year now. I built it with 3 goals in mind: - It should be familiar to CAD designers who have used other programs. Same workflow, same terminology. - Reduce the mental effort required to create models as much as possible. This is achieved by: - Provide live rendering and visual guidance as you type. - Allow the user to reference existing edges/faces on the scene instead of having to calculate everything. - Provide interactive mouse helpers for features that are hard to write by code: Only 3…

    Apr 2026 · fluidcad.io · its alternatives →

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    Tool that turns your images into plotter-like line drawings▲405

    Create plotter-like line drawings from your images.

    2021 · javier.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Flow 1.0▲215

    Professional Sketch Animation Software

    2018 · createwithflow.com · its alternatives →

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    Keyshape▲132

    Create animated vector graphics easily

    2017 · pixofield.com · its alternatives →

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    VectorFlow▲120

    Procedural vector graphics designer

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    VPaint▲145

    The next Adobe Illustrator and After Effects, open-source

    2021 · vpaint.org · its alternatives →

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    Crayon▲418

    Animate your vector illustrations with a few clicks

    2022 · visual.app · its alternatives →

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    Fluido▲138

    Turn any Figma shape into liquid metal in one click

    Jun 2026 · figma.com · its alternatives →

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    Mark▲358

    Create flowcharts & diagrams in seconds powered by AI

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Liquid Metal▲316

    Paper is a new design tool. We launched into open alpha today. Anyone can now sign up and use Paper. We started Paper about 1 year ago with the goal to bring more creativity back into design tools. It feels like the existing options are becoming increasingly corporate. To celebrate to launch, we published a new shader that lets anyone see their logo in Apple's new heat map animation style. There is no sign-up needed at heat.paper.design. We're always looking for feedback from anyone who uses Sketch, Figma, Photoshop, or Illustrator, about what they most need in their professional design…

    2025 · app.paper.design · its alternatives →

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    SVG Artista▲406

    Little tool that helps you create SVG animations

    2019 · svgartista.net · its alternatives →

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    Convert sketches into images using ControlNet▲76

    Hi HN! We're working on an AI studio product, and have been experimenting with the recently-released ControlNet (https://github.com/lllyasviel/ControlNet) After wasting hours with it, we decided to put together a quick fun project. "Sketch" allows you to draw anything (works w/ touch inputs on mobile too), enter a prompt (it can be as simple as "drawing" and it'll try to guess) and you get something out fast. Keeping it all on a public feed as well, to serve as inspiration. Hope anyone here finds it fun :-)

    2023 · clio.so · its alternatives →

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    Fluid for Sketch▲5

    Create more constraint-based, responsive designs.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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