# Scratchapixel

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Scratchapixel and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a free online resource for learning computer graphics, especially 3D rasterization and projection, and say it is good for beginners.

## Why people recommend it

- Useful overall graphics learning resource (3 comments): "The best modern beginner friendly resource I am aware of is Scratchapixel" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49342550)) "The most useful resources I've found for graphics are scratchapixel" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48751922)) "i tried scratchapixel before and its nice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46423974))
- Teaches 3D rasterization and projection (2 comments): "For 3d rasterization Scratchapixel is good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46014264)) "it taught me the basics of 3d projection" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46828836))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [CSS-Tricks](https://hackerapproved.com/p/css-tricks.md): 23 recommend
- [Learn OpenGL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/learn-opengl.md): 15 recommend
- [Patterns.dev](https://hackerapproved.com/p/patterns-dev.md): 12 recommend
- [Fintech Engineering Handbook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fintech-engineering-handbook.md): 12 recommend
- [vimtutor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vimtutor.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

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