ASCII based Figma like editor
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HN · launched Jan 12, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 75%) · 0 views
Niche: ui components and design tools · 168 launches, 10 in the last 7 days ▼ -23% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes An in-browser ASCII graphic editor can be built using standard HTML5 Canvas/DOM, vector-to-character coordinate conversion algorithms, and common React state management.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1120 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #869 of 1121 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 74 days after the earliest competitor.
- AsciiSketch a free browser-based ASCII art and diagram editor · hn · 2026-01-13 · 53 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- FigFlow · github · 2026-09-29 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- ASCII Art Generator · ph · 2026-11-03 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- rovar · github · 2026-09-26 · 38 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- An ASCII 3D Rendering Engine · hn · 2026-06-20 · 211 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Multi-Layer ASCII Art · hn · 2026-11-01 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- ASCII pixel art editor for the terminal · hn · 2026-05-10 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Box of Rain · hn · 2026-02-14 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.55
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