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data and scientific visualization tools

Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.

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Data and scientific visualization tools transform complex, high-dimensional datasets and technical simulations into interactive visual formats for researchers, engineers, and analysts. Unlike standard business intelligence dashboards, these solutions focus on high-performance rendering, GPU acceleration, and domain-specific precision across fields like astronomy, medicine, and machine learning.

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Name Source Upvotes ▲ Launched
Gaia Atlas HN 6 2026-05-29
Segment Tree visualization HN 6 2026-05-21
20 years of Hacker News discussions, clustered and visualized HN 7 2026-03-22
A Living Neural Web in HTML5 Canvas HN 7 2026-06-27
dataviz-skills GITHUB 7 2026-09-23
Cinegraph PH 7 2026-09-22
I built an interactive 3D brain viewer (DK Atlas) HN 7 2025-12-20
genpark-agent-executive-chart-visual-compiler-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-30
Plotiq HN 7 2026-03-15
The Last Worm HN 8 2026-02-04
coffee-eda-r GITHUB 8 2026-09-27
Cellula Humana HN 8 2026-10-07
The Universe in One Chart HN 8 2026-04-10
CSV Graph HN 8 2026-06-09
Motif Atlas HN 9 2026-06-26
What US households pay for electricity and gas, by state, since 2001 HN 9 2026-08-12
lpviz HN 9 2026-06-21
QuikGraphWeb GITHUB 10 2026-09-12
Does Information Density Cause Time Dilation? HN 10 2025-12-24
Generate animated solar system timelapse videos for any date range HN 10 2026-01-21
D3Forge GITHUB 11 2026-10-09
nodos-map GITHUB 11 2026-09-30
Wikigraph HN 12 2026-06-02
Interactive 3D and 2D Visualization of GPT-2 HN 12 2026-03-19
Semantic atlas of 188 constitutions in 3D (30k articles, embeddings) HN 12 2026-04-02
chlobe GITHUB 13 2026-10-06
boilplot-pyhton GITHUB 13 2026-09-23
my-food-pile GITHUB 14 2026-10-08
25 years of house prices in England and Wales HN 15 2026-01-06
omacharts GITHUB 15 2026-10-03
universe-mosaic GITHUB 16 2026-09-19
TraceField GITHUB 16 2026-09-23
Real-time 4D Julia set navigation via gamepad HN 17 2025-11-12
Timeline of the Far Future HN 18 2026-10-03
Visualize Model Spikiness in 3D HN 18 2026-07-02
Higher-dimensional lattices unfolded into the 2D plane HN 18 2026-08-06
twn_election GITHUB 19 2026-09-27
Modern Reimplementation of the Speck Molecule Renderer HN 25 2026-02-22
nervous-system-atlas GITHUB 25 2026-09-09
A real-time 4D fractal explorer in the browser using WebGPU HN 26 2025-12-11
Realtime-Venus GITHUB 27 2026-09-16
Data Studio HN 28 2026-02-17
XKCDMakie.jl GITHUB 28 2026-09-12
Today's cities on a globe of Earth's tectonic past and future HN 37 2026-08-09
ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised HN 37 2026-06-06
Interactive California Budget (By Claude Code) HN 39 2026-02-04
easyplot GITHUB 42 2026-09-23
Minimalist library to generate SVG views of scientific data HN 47 2026-03-23
A geometric analysis of Chopin's Prelude No. 4 using 3D topology HN 50 2026-02-20
Rust/WASM lighting data toolkit HN 52 2025-12-21