Nexus.js
Dev tools
3d scene editing library
SHOW HN2025
How HN took it
2 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.22.
Design: 0 for, 4 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting 2D interface for manipulating 3D
From 1 comment
> Feel free to play with it and let me know what you think! This could be cool. The 2D interface for manipulating 3D is pretty interesting. 3D tends to be hard for folks and put…
echelon on HN
Declarative React-style scene code is readable
From 1 comment
It's great for organizing your scenes, and at least for me, it's far more readable than raw Three.js code. Unfortunately, games, especially real-time ones, don't map well to…
DecoySalamander on HN
Objections
Pinch zoom and two-finger gestures break the UX
From 2 comments
It looks like the UX freaks out when you try to do something like pinch zoom. If you don’t intend to support two finger gestures, you should probably at least hook in and disable…
WhitneyLand on HNtwo-finger input doesn't work on my Android Chrome: a previously placed banana just glitched around, then jumped out of viewport.
Eduard on HN
Missing Add button and unclear controls
From 1 comment
> Tap the Add button below to get started The only buttons are Objects, Stage, Camera, Get, Share There is no "Add" button for me.
socalgal2 on HN
Camera movement not working for some users
From 1 comment
I wasn't able to move the camera, am I missing something obvious?
Bengalilol on HN
Requests
Undo and redo
From 1 comment
It'd be awesome to have undo and redo. I only tried it for a bit, but it was fun :)
ppyyss8 on HN
Open source release
From 1 comment
This is pretty interesting - how has your experience been with R3F? I've built a small game level with it before and I'm wondering if I want to go all the way and build something…
Flux159 on HN
React or Vue wrapper
From 1 comment
Is there a react/vue wrapper? Looks amazing.
popalchemist on HN
Questions
How has the experience with R3F been
From 1 comment
This is pretty interesting - how has your experience been with R3F? I've built a small game level with it before and I'm wondering if I want to go all the way and build something…
Flux159 on HN
What are the use cases
From 1 comment
Interesting, what are some use cases for something like this?
kube-system on HN
Alternatives named
Threlte
From 1 comment
It's great for organizing your scenes, and at least for me, it's far more readable than raw Three.js code. Unfortunately, games, especially real-time ones, don't map well to…
DecoySalamander on HN
Fabric.js
From 2 comments
This is pretty interesting - how has your experience been with R3F? I've built a small game level with it before and I'm wondering if I want to go all the way and build something…
Flux159 on HNHa, that brings me back trying to make Fabric.js somehow usable for a 3D viewport at a startup I was working at a while ago. (We used esm.js instead of WASM for the 3d engine, to…
lvncelot on HN