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A simple page where you can draw with other people.
HN · launched Apr 26, 2026 · 10 upvotes (top 41%) · 0 views
Niche: digital painting and drawing software · 68 launches, 9 in the last 7 days ▲ +80% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 68 launches in digital painting and drawing software →
Could you build this?
Yes A shared canvas drawing application can be built in a few days using an HTML5 canvas element and WebSockets or Supabase Realtime to broadcast stroke coordinates.
Discussion
5 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Drawing gets messy and scribbled over time, Potential for users to abuse and destroy others' drawings, No automatic reset mechanism
Feature requests: Multiple canvases users can switch between, Limit paint/drawing per user, Anti-abuse mechanism
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 194 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #90 of 195 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 179 days after the earliest competitor.
- Hello World · ph · 2026-10-24 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- DrawDash Multiplayer · ph · 2026-09-18 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Draw Party · ph · 2026-11-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Paint-by-numbers pixel art that 24 strangers fill in together · hn · 2026-08-20 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- I made paperboat.website, a platform for friends and creativity · hn · 2026-02-10 · 81 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Dumecia · ph · 2026-10-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Wonder Palette · ph · 2026-10-31 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- LiveCanvas by LVL99 · ph · 2026-11-02 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.44
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