Hey HN, I’ve been building a few SaaS products over the last couple of years, and in between larger features I sometimes build small tools to reset my brain. This started as one of those. It’s called WordBulb: https://wordbulb.com/word-cloud-generator At first, it was just a simple word cloud generator. But while building it, I kept thinking: why are most word clouds basically just decorative images? They look interesting, but they’re not useful. So I decided to make it interactive and embeddable — where every word can have its own target link. What it does Add your own words Assign a custom URL to each word [the clicked word can be passed as query parameter] Generate an interactive SVG word cloud Embed it directly into your site Each word is clickable. You can use it as: A visual table of contents A tag cloud alternative A creative way to surface affiliate links A keyword visualization block inside a blog post Instead of a boring list of links, you get something more dynamic and visually scannable. Why I built it I work a lot with SEO-heavy products and content-driven sites. I’ve always liked the idea of visual navigation — not just menus and bullet lists. Tag clouds used to be popular, but most implementations are static and uninspiring. I wanted: Full control over words Manual link mapping Clean SVG output Something lightweight that doesn’t depend on external libraries It also fits into a broader idea I’ve been exploring around visual startup directories and keyword-based navigation systems. |