Based on our record, Universe Sandbox should be more popular than Sky Map. It has been mentiond 41 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
> All the UIs we have for sky-watching now have moved away from that Check out [SkyMap](https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid)! - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
Even better, it's open source now! Https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid. Source: about 1 year ago
Well, also there's security and maintenance issues from too many projects like that... Like just keeping shit the same with every new browser... I do think when they do close something, they should still let it calve off into open source land... Such as skymap which is cool: Https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid. Source: about 1 year ago
FYI, That 2012 article links to the old code.google.com repo that redirects to the post's link https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid. Source: over 1 year ago
Try Sky Map app. It's fun to go on a walk when the sky is clear and identify constellations and planets. It was originally made by Google, then open sourced in 2012. https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
This isn't planet level, but shows surface: https://universesandbox.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 21 days ago
Someone's been having fun playing with Universe Sandbox. Source: 10 months ago
I wonder if it can be run on a gaming GPU? One of my wish list games is ‘universe sandbox’ https://universesandbox.com/. Source: about 1 year ago
Planets and solar systems are buildable with Universe Sandbox (steam), I used it for my main setting. Source: about 1 year ago
I created Universe Sandbox, a realistic physics-based space simulator. I started working on the idea as a side project just for fun back in 2007 and released it on my website for free in 2008. I later transitioned that to a name-your-own-price model and then to a fixed price. When it (now known as Universe Sandbox Legacy) was first released on Steam in 2011, it sold more in the first hour than I'd sold on my... Source: over 1 year ago
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