# Holocloth

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Holocloth and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People praise the visuals and the fluid, frictionless cloth motion. Common caveats are missing multitouch, collision and hit-detection bugs, and scrolling problems.

## Why people recommend it

- Impressive visuals and polish (2 comments): "From what I can see this is amazing!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49147400)) "Whoever did it - very nicely done!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49144514))
- Fluid, frictionless cloth movement (1 comments): "it seems "frictionless" or something, it keeps moving forever after I touch it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49146043))

## What people warn about

- Collision and hit detection bugs (2 comments): "Looks like the collision detection is missing and the cloth just intersects itself?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49144995)) "Hit detection doesn't seem to be always getting the nearest surface to the camera" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49143703))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Catch a Bird](https://hackerapproved.com/p/catch-a-bird.md): 39 recommend
- [Koi.rest](https://hackerapproved.com/p/koi-rest.md): 18 recommend
- [neal.fun](https://hackerapproved.com/p/neal-fun.md): 15 recommend
- [Zombo.com](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zombo-com.md): 8 recommend
- [Pumpkins.sh](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pumpkins-sh.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Holocloth", https://hackerapproved.com/p/holocloth/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).