Cables Alternatives

Cables is described as 'Tool for creating beautiful interactive content. An easy to navigate, node-based interface provides users with basic operators such as mathematical functions, shapes and materials that can be connected with virtual cables to create practically any imaginable scene' and is an app in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Cables for Windows, Mac, Linux and Web-based. The best Cables alternative is Framer, which is free. Other great apps like Cables are Processing, Pure Data, Vuo and OpenFrameworks.

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  1. Framer icon

    Framer

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    Combines code-driven and visual editing workflows for interactive UI design, high-fidelity prototyping, real-time team collaboration, reusable components, inline commenting, mobile previews on Android/iOS, and smooth developer handoff for efficient workflow.

    80 Framer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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    • Framer is the most popular Web-based, Windows & Mac alternative to Cables.

    • Framer is the most popular free alternative to Cables.

    • Framer is Freemium and ProprietaryCables is Free and Open Source
  2. Processing icon

    Processing

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    Processing is an open source programming environment and library built to handle images, animation, and interactivity. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning to code, prototyping, and producing full applications.

    18 Processing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Processing is the most popular Linux alternative to Cables.

    • Processing is the most popular Open Source alternative to Cables.

    • Processing is Free and Open SourceCables is also Free and Open Source
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    Pure Data

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    Pd (aka Pure Data) is a real-time graphical programming environment for audio, video, and graphical processing. It is the third major branch of the family of patcher programming languages known as Max (Max/FTS, ISPW Max, Max/MSP, jMax, etc.

    46 Pure Data alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Framer

    Combines code-driven and visual editing workflows for interactive UI design, high-fidelity prototyping, real-time team collaboration, reusable components, inline commenting, mobile previews on Android/iOS, and smooth developer ha...

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    Vuo

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    Vuo lets media creators make interactive animations, exhibits, performances, and professional-grade media projects by connecting up simple building blocks. Media creators can use these blocks to manipulate audio input, images, layers, videos, and 2D + 3D graphics, as well as...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    OpenFrameworks

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    openFrameworks is an open source C++ toolkit designed to assist the creative process by providing a simple and intuitive framework for experimentation. The toolkit is designed to work as a general purpose glue, and wraps together several commonly used libraries, including:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Max/MSP icon

    Max/MSP

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    Interactive visual programming environment for music, audio, and media

    In use for over twenty years by performers, composers, artists, scientists, teachers, and students, Max is the way to make your computer do things that reflect your individual ideas and dreams.

    Max gives yo.

    44 Max/MSP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Max/MSP is the most popular commercial alternative to Cables.

    • Max/MSP is Paid and ProprietaryCables is Free and Open Source
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    Nodebox

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    NodeBox is a new software application for creating generative art using procedural graphics and a new way to approach graphic design.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    TouchDesigner

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    TouchDesigner is a complete authoring tool for building interactive 3D art, visualizations, prototypes and UIs. Derivative makes and supports TouchDesigner and offers their services to do custom production using TouchDesigner.

    32 TouchDesigner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Cinder

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    CINDER PROVIDES A POWERFUL, INTUITIVE TOOLBOX for programming graphics, audio, video, networking, image processing and computational geometry. Cinder is cross-platform, and in general the exact same code works under Mac OS X, Windows and a growing list of other platforms — most...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    Planetary
     
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    Coollab

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    Coollab's main goal is to be as intuitive and easy to use as possible. Effects are high-level and they just work out of the box! You don't need to know any math or programming to make your own very cool effects!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    Context Free

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    Context Free is a program that generates images from written instructions called a grammar. The program follows the instructions in a few seconds to create images that can contain millions of shapes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Fugio

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    Fugio is a free, open source, visual programming system for making digital art and creative projects using a wide range of technologies, for Windows, OS X, and Linux (including Raspberry Pi).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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