Show HN: Joha – a free browser-based drawing playground with preset shape tools

Posted by smlee on Sunday March 08, 2026 @01:45AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://joha-app.pages.dev/

I built Joha, a free browser-based drawing playground built around preset shape tools.

You can click or drag to quickly generate individual shapes like waves, stars, layered squares, particles, textured strokes, and ring patterns, then combine them into larger compositions.

It’s designed for fast visual exploration and composition rather than precise vector editing.

Under the hood, it’s built with Vue 3, Vite, and p5.js for the drawing engine.

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Re:Show HN: Joha – a free browser-based drawing playground w... by javadhu on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @07:37AM (#47334289)

I tried it for few minutes and looks nice. One feedback, if you can add a selection tool to select multiple objects to perform a bulk action such as Delete, Color.

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Re:Show HN: Joha – a free browser-based drawing playground w... by smlee on Saturday March 21, 2026 @11:40PM (#47474242)

Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll look into it for a future release.

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Re:Show HN: Joha – a free browser-based drawing playground w... by priowise on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @04:23AM (#47332954)

Tools like this are fun because they lower the barrier for quick visual experimentation.

Did you build it mainly as a playground project, or do you see people using it as part of a design workflow?

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Re:Show HN: Joha – a free browser-based drawing playground w... by acrtic on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @08:00AM (#47334485)

Fun tool to play around with, any way to make the shapes pop instantly, like disable to creation animation?

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