Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Virtual breadboard in the browser, inspired by Ben Eater's 6502
This is a browser-based virtual breadboard inspired by Ben Eater's 6502 computer projects. It allows users to build and test circuits directly in their web browser without physical components. The tool is designed for… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Virtual breadboard in the browser, inspired by Ben Eater's 6502 launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hey HN! I’m Simone. We re-built Breadboard, a visual app builder that mixes Figma-style UI design with Shortcuts-style logic so you can build, preview, and publish interactive web apps directly from the canvas. What it does Design UIs visually with a flexible canvas –like Figma–. Define app logic with a visual, instruction-stacked editor inspired by Shortcuts. Live preview apps directly on the canvas –no separate preview window–. Publish working web apps with one click. Why we made it Modernize the HyperCard idea: combine layout, behavior, and instant sharing in one place. Reduce friction…
Feb 2026 · breadboards.io · its alternatives →
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Micro Kernel / Bootloader for Ben Eater's 6502 Computer - janroesner/sixty5o2
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Create, simulate, and collaborate on digital circuits
2025 · scratchboard.io · its alternatives →
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2021 · mdw.la · its alternatives →
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This is a little toy project of mine that lets you simulate digital logic graphs. It was inspired by Minecraft's Redstone and the Piet esolang. It's got some serious drawbacks-- you write circuits as PNGs and simulate them with a Python interface. It's slow to run and slow to experiment with. And it is certainly difficult to use for people with any kind of color blindness. But despite that, I hope this can still be a fun toy!
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Web-based whiteboarding & team collaboration tool
2015 · miro.com · its alternatives →
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https://lisagui.com/info.html This is a web OS I wrote in vanilla JS that looks like the Apple Lisa Office System (1983-85), with other contemporaneous influences and additional improvements and features. It's currently in alpha and isn't remotely bug free. I had been holding off on posting this here until it was somewhat presentable and useful. Please note; the Lisa conforms more literally to the desktop metaphor than most modern GUIs - some of the important differences are mentioned in the readme. This is a complete recreation of the UI in JS; it all renders to a single…
2025 · alpha.lisagui.com · its alternatives →
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Yet another 6502 emulator that one day dreams of being an Atari 2600. - haldean/x6502
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Design and test virtual keyboards
2020 · keyboardsimulator.xyz · its alternatives →
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2015 · wiki.nesdev.com · its alternatives →
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GoTouch▲151A digitaly projected whiteboard that fits in your pocket
2016 · anyractive.com · its alternatives →
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Fresco▲125An intuitive online whiteboard for real-time collaboration
2022 · ideascale.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · ourboard.io · its alternatives →
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Inspired by games like Turing Complete/Virtual Circuit Board/Logic World, I tried to make a mix of aseprite and wiredworld/wired-logic, the idea being the user can build a digital circuit using a "fullstack" pixelart creation workflow. The circuit is just an image. The primitives are (i) connected wires which have undefined, 0 or 1 state during simulation (displayed brighter or darker in function of the state) and (ii) NANDs, which are little pixel triangles. During simulation the user can interact with any wire by clicking on it, toggling its state, which is cool for messing…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Mixboard▲218Now w/ Nano Banana Pro, new file types & multi-board project
2025 · labs.google.com · its alternatives →
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IdeaBoard95▲78A community idea board that looks like Windows 95
Apr 2026 · ideaboard95.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · wbo.openode.io · its alternatives →
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An educational puzzle game. Solve a series of tasks where you build increasingly powerful components. Starts with the simplest logical components and ends up with a programmable computer.
2018 · nandgame.com · its alternatives →
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