ASCII Clouds
Shares rank 7 of 12 novelty websites by recommenders
Recommended as a beautiful, fun toy with subtle, inspiring detail and shared source. Caveat: some cells flicker rapidly between two symbols.
Recommended as a beautiful, fun toy with subtle, inspiring detail and shared source. Caveat: some cells flicker rapidly between two symbols.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Visually appealing and fun to play with
“Visually appealing and fun to play with, however.”
Comment from 14 Jan 2026 in “ASCII Clouds” “it's utterly beautiful, and a joy to play with”
Comment from 14 Jan 2026 in “ASCII Clouds”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Some cells flicker between symbols
“Really like it, only thing some of the cells can be jittery and rapidly switch back and forth between two symbols”
Comment from 14 Jan 2026 in “ASCII Clouds”
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| Zombo.com | 8 | 4 | 67% | 4 | — | — |
| ASCII CloudsThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“So cool. Thanks for sharing the source!”
“it's utterly beautiful, and a joy to play with”
“It dies with lots of WebGL errors here, so I only see a white page.”
“Really like it, only thing some of the cells can be jittery and rapidly switch back and forth between two symbols”
“Visually appealing and fun to play with, however.”
“the subtle detail on this is really inspiring”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.