Animated, side-by-side visualizer for eight classic sorting algorithms — bubble, insertion, selection, merge, quick, heap, radix and Timsort. Imported Claude artifact, runs fully client-side. Source: https://github.com/simonw/tools (sort-algorithms.html, Apache-2.0).

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Source simonw/tools

Created2026-08-24

Updated2026-08-24

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---
name: sorting-algorithms-visualizer
description: Animated side-by-side comparison of classic sorting algorithms — bubble, insertion, selection, merge, quick, heap, radix and Timsort.
metadata:
  tags:
    - artifact-import
    - education
  source_url: https://tools.simonwillison.net/sort-algorithms
  github_repo_url: https://github.com/simonw/tools
---

# Sorting Algorithms Visualizer

An imported Claude artifact that runs entirely in the browser: pick an
algorithm, choose an input distribution, and watch the comparisons and swaps
animate step by step alongside the algorithm's complexity characteristics.

This app has no server-side model calls — the visualization is pure
client-side JavaScript, so nothing is metered when you run it.

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