Show HN: Show HN: PackText, the word-cloud packing engine (C, WASM)

Category: library

Tags: word-cloud, packing, simd, wasm, c++

Score: 6.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 4, Utility: 5)

PackText is a high-performance word-cloud packing engine written in C++20 with WebAssembly support. It uses bitwise operations, mipmaps, and SIMD to efficiently pack text into arbitrary shapes, making it suitable for real-time applications. The project stands out for its optimized collision detection and low-level memory handling.

Target audience: frontend developers, graphics programmers, data visualization engineers

Repository: https://packtxt.xyz/

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