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. WebGL low-poly saturn example launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   PixelSpace▲68

   A tediously accurate scale model of the solar system

   2014 · joshworth.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Odyssey 3▲159

   A world model that simulates physics in real time

   13d ago · odyssey.systems · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Keep Out!▲65

   Remarkable WebGL Experiment.

   2015 · playkeepout.com · its alternatives →

4. 4W1
   WebGL 1M particles▲8

   2017 · img42.com · its alternatives →

5. 5AT
   Attempting to use Norman Wildberger's rational trigonometry in WebGL▲8

   2016 · grondilu.github.io · its alternatives →

6. 6OS
   Oolite space game in HTML5/WebGL▲8

   2015 · grondilu.github.io · its alternatives →

7. 7WP
   Weekend project - a WebGL Orrery▲17

   This was my recent weekend project, aimed at teaching me JavaScript, a bit of HTML5, and (mostly) WebGL. The orbital data are from NASA JPL. I was inspired in part by this Flash app: http://www.dynamicdiagrams.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/orrery_2011_bce.swf, but wanted to do something in 3D. Coming from the games-dev world, this is my first introduction to web coding. The UI is jquery. I mostly used http://learningwebgl.com/blog for the 3D stuff. Being WebGL, it will work mostly on Chrome, Firefox 4 Beta. Forget about IE. I needed to figure out how to render text to the WebGL canvas - I…

   2011 · solar-system-explorer.com · its alternatives →

8. 8WV
   WebGL Voxel Game Demo (Pure JS/ThreeJS)▲8

   2016 · qake.se · its alternatives →

9. 9OL
   Our logo as a WebGL shader▲5

   2013 · linkergames.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Shadergraph – Online Unity shader graph viewer▲7

    2020 · shadergraph.stelabouras.com · its alternatives →

11. 11ST
    Solaris the Thinking Ocean Simulator▲7

    Solaris - a real-time WebGL simulation of Lem

    Jun 2026 · solaris.franzai.com · its alternatives →

12. 12MJ
    Mini JavaScript WebGL lib for loading and animating textured 3D models▲5

    2017 · minigl.pro · its alternatives →

13. 13AW
    A WebGL EWA Surface Splatting Renderer▲7

    2018 · willusher.io · its alternatives →

14. 14TS
    The Solar System in 10kb▲5

    Inspiring the Web with Just 10k

    2016 · a-k-apart.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Speck, atomistic system rendering with ambient occlusion in WebGL▲6

    2015 · wwwtyro.github.io · its alternatives →

16. 16CA
    Converting a D3 Visualization to WebGL▲5

    2015 · dcochran.com · its alternatives →

17. 17WM
    WebGL Mandelbulb Fractal▲5

    2014 · maximlakin.com · its alternatives →

18. 18A3
    A 3D ski game using the PlayCanvas engine with custom WebGL shaders▲7

    2015 · afterglowskigame.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Trianglify.io ·▲4

    Low Poly Pattern Generator

    2018 · trianglify.io · its alternatives →

20. 20AP
    A parallel raytracer written in TypeScript and running on WebGL▲5

    2016 · raytracer.crypt.sg · its alternatives →

21. 21WW
    Wanaplan - WebGL application to create 2D/3D floor plans▲7

    2013 · wanaplan.com · its alternatives →

22. 22FF
    Fractal Flyer – Explore Dynamic 3D Fractals in WebGL▲5

    2015 · neverwork.in · its alternatives →

23. 23LS
    LightXLab – Simple Ray Optics Simulation Project▲7

    2018 · satu0king.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24WD
    [WebGL Demo] Indirect Lighting Using Reflective Shadow Maps▲6

    2017 · erkaman.github.io · 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 →