p5.js
Ranked 3 of 3 creative coding environments by recommenders
People recommend p5.js for its low barrier to entry, since it runs in a web browser and makes it easy to start experimenting.
People recommend p5.js for its low barrier to entry, since it runs in a web browser and makes it easy to start experimenting.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: 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 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Easy to start in browser
“largely driven (I think) by a low barrier to entry since it just requires a web browser to get started”
Comment from 24 May 2026 in “Build Adafruit projects right from Firefox” “P5JS makes it very easy to start playing around with.”
Comment from 14 Jan 2026 in “ASCII Clouds”
Other creative coding environments people recommend
The two most recommended other creative coding environments, 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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decker | 28 | 3 | 90% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Processing | 9 | 2 | 82% | 7 | — | — |
| p5.jsThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“That's also going to be radically more token efficient!”
“largely driven (I think) by a low barrier to entry since it just requires a web browser to get started”
“the results always felt limited and brittle”
“P5JS is great and I've used it in the past”
“P5JS makes it very easy to start playing around with.”
“closest thing around to a modern equivalent”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.