Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderThe creator Ivan is on HN as well, stating that he made almost $1 million in a year with this site. Very inspiring. And of course PhotoPea itself is fantastic, essential for every digital designer.
It’s also created by a single person who generates over $1M in annual revenue.[0] He’s also commented on HN about it.[1] [0] https://www.failory.com/interview/photopea [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26769141
It still blows my mind that it was created by one developer and how powerful it is, _while_ also being incredibly snappy. Also, IIRC, it is fully built on vanilla JS last I read about it. If someone doubts the potential of JS, VS code and Photopea always tops my mind as examples.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 449
- Total comments
- 115
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-09 | Photopea: Photoshop in your browser | omeid2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018-11-08 | Photopea: Web based advance image editor | FLIINO | 11 | 0 |
| 2018-11-19 | Photopea: advanced image editor | vvoyer | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-05-03 | Web-Based Photoshop Clone | ccnafr | 13 | 0 |
| 2019-08-20 | Photopea – Online Photo Editor | josephscott | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-04-06 | Photopea – free online advanced image and PDF editor | edjrage | 3 | 0 |
| 2020-05-22 | Photopea | tosh | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-06-06 | Photopea – Advanced Photo Editor | HeinZawHtet | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-04-22 | Photopea: A free alternative to Photoshop used by millions of people | tehlike | 63 | 5 |
| 2022-09-02 | Photopea: A Photoshop clone web appFirst breakout | sanroot99 | 156 | 50 |
| 2024-02-18 | PhotoPea: Advanced Image EditorBest thread | thunderbong | 161 | 56 |
| 2026-02-20 | Photopea-Online Photo EditorLatest 20+ point return | whatisabcdefgh | 31 | 4 |