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Meltbead

Turn photos into editable, printable fuse bead patterns

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Meltbead is a free, browser-based toolkit for fuse bead creators. Turn any photo or illustration into an editable bead pattern, match colors across Perler, Artkal, Hama, and MARD palettes, and fine-tune every cell with simple editing tools. Get exact bead counts, then export your finished project as a PNG, printable PDF, or CSV material list. No account is required, and your images stay in your browser.

PH · launched Sep 16, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 0 views

Niche: procedural map and craft pattern generators · 85 launches, 16 in the last 7 days ▲ +100% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Content generation
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product
  • Productivity
  • Photography
  • Maker Tools

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Could you build this?

Yes The entire app is a client-side canvas tool that quantizes image pixel colors against pre-defined manufacturer color palettes and outputs grid data.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 194 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #160 of 195 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 224 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Fuse Bead Patterns · ph · 2026-10-08 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.77
  • BeadColor · ph · 2026-09-29 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.75
  • perlerbeadmake · ph · 2026-10-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.74
  • Bead Pixel Art · ph · 2026-09-24 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.74
  • MeltDots · ph · 2026-09-18 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.73
  • Bead Pattern · ph · 2026-10-02 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.69
  • FuseCanvas · ph · 2026-11-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.68
  • Beads pattern maker · ph · 2026-11-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.66

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