Deluxe Paint web clone
Ranked 9 of 11 image editors by recommenders
Free browser image editor modeled on Deluxe Paint, with readable code and color cycling. Main caveat: non-integer zoom levels, bad for pixel art.
Free browser image editor modeled on Deluxe Paint, with readable code and color cycling. Main caveat: non-integer zoom levels, bad for pixel art.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
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.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 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.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Non-integer zoom levels
“The only thing that stops me from recommending it is non-integer zoom levels, which is especially bad for pixel art.”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “Web-based image editor modeled after Deluxe Paint” Demanding on system resources
“While this is a great piece of work, lets take a second to consider how much resources the Amiga 500 had, and how much is needed to run this clone.”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “Web-based image editor modeled after Deluxe Paint”
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| Deluxe Paint web cloneThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“a modern editor that still supports color cycling”
“While this is a great piece of work, lets take a second to consider how much resources the Amiga 500 had, and how much is needed to run this clone.”
“The vanilla JS with zero dependencies is refreshing.”
“The only thing that stops me from recommending it is non-integer zoom levels, which is especially bad for pixel art.”
“I tried the dev version on Firefox and didn't seem to fix the issue”
“This clone doesn't do that, therefore it's not remotely like Deluxe Paint”
“Works created with this tool frequently appear in various demoscene compos.”
“Source code is very readable and very comfortable to use application.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.