LLM Attention Visualization
Shares rank 18 of 31 interactive visualizations by recommenders
People recommend it as a clear, simple way to see how attention works during LLM inference, with one reviewer calling it simpler than Bertviz. One reported bug is that pausing resets the animation.
People recommend it as a clear, simple way to see how attention works during LLM inference, with one reviewer calling it simpler than Bertviz. One reported bug is that pausing resets the animation.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not 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: 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.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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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
Clear, simple way to understand attention
“this is the clearest example I've seen on how attention works”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: LLM Attention Visualization” “It's simpler than Bertviz for understanding inference”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: LLM Attention Visualization” “thanks for making it simple and visualizable”
Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: LLM Attention Visualization” Helpful visualization of LLM inference
“It's simpler than Bertviz for understanding inference”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: LLM Attention Visualization” “Having a visualization like this helps a lot.”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: LLM Attention Visualization”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Pause button resets animation instead
“pressing pause doesn't pause, instead resetting the animation to it's pre-play state”
Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: LLM Attention Visualization”
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The four most recommended other interactive visualizations, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| ciechanow.ski | 33 | 1 | 97% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Size of Life | 30 | 4 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
| PGSimCity | 27 | 3 | 90% | 1 | — | — |
| Ithihāsas | 18 | 3 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
| LLM Attention VisualizationThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It's simpler than Bertviz for understanding inference”
“thanks for making it simple and visualizable”
“pressing pause doesn't pause, instead resetting the animation to it's pre-play state”
“Having a visualization like this helps a lot.”
“this is the clearest example I've seen on how attention works”
“I like the visualisation. Pretty cool”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.