Diwali 2026 · Sunday, 8 November
Burst 15 Indian patakhe with real sound.
0 grams of smoke.
Pick a phuljhadi, anar, sutli bomb or 1000 wala ladi and tap the street. The bangs are real recordings, not synthesised beeps, and you set the volume. Free, no login, open source.
Start burstingWorks on phones. Nothing to install.
What the real thing costs
Real crackers come with limits. These don't.
Sources, checked 6 November 2026: PIB: Noise standards for fire-crackers, Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, Schedule I, No. 89; Supreme Court of India, order of 15 October 2025 (2025 INSC 1233), directions E and I. Rules for 2026 may differ in your city.
Why this one
Other virtual crackers are fine. Here's what's different.
Real recorded bangs.
Every sutli bomb, bijli and ladi pop plays a field recording of a real firecracker, pitched and panned per blast. The Faris Farooq Rah simulator says its sounds are built in the browser: “There are no recordings.”
Source: farisfarooq.com Diwali crackers simulator, checked 6 November 2026.
A volume slider, not just a mute button.
Set it anywhere from 0 to 100 and it's remembered. Good for a sleeping baby, a nervous dog or a 2 am urge. Virtual Diwali says you “can mute it from the top corner”. OXAAM says “use the sound button to switch it off”.
Sources: virtualdiwali.com/virtual-crackers, oxaam.com Green Diwali Cracker Burst, checked 6 November 2026.
Fire at will, and read the code.
All 15 crackers from the first tap: no boxes to find, no 20-cracker rounds, no paid greeting. The whole thing is MIT open source, so you can run it yourself. None of the four sites we checked lists its source code.
Sources: Virtual Diwali (16 hidden boxes), OXAAM (rounds of 20), ShareMyInvite (“One payment”), checked 6 November 2026. Full comparison.
How it works
Pick. Tap. Turn it up.
Pick
Choose a patakha from the tray. Keys 1 to 9 work too.
Tap
Tap the street where you want it. The fuse catches, so step back.
Turn it up
Or down. Set the volume, or hit Auto mela and watch.
The cracker shop
15 crackers from every Indian childhood.
Each one burns the way the real one does: the anar sputters out, the chakri wanders toward your feet, the ladi jumps as it pops.
Details
Small things that make it feel real.
The ladi
90 pops along one fuse, each a real bang. It leaves red paper all over the street.
Jhaadu
One button clears the street, like the morning after.
Sky shots
The 12 shot fires 12 shells. The boom arrives a moment after the flash, as it does outside.
Gentle mode
On by itself if your device asks for reduced motion.
Auto mela
Leave it running on the TV while the family eats.
Drag a lit phuljhadi to wave it.Phuljhadi in hand
Grab a burning sparkler and draw circles in the dark.
For agents
Your assistant can read the cracker shop.
→ list_crackers
Assistant: 15. Phuljhadi, Anar, Chakri, Colour Pencil, Bijli, Bullet Bomb, Sutli Bomb, Hydrogen Bomb, 1000 Wala Ladi, 100 Wala Ladi, Rocket, Multi Rocket, 12 Shot, Saanp Goli, Tikli Bandook.
You: How many have people burst so far?
→ get_stats
Assistant: Here's the live total, by cracker.
Stateless MCP at /mcp, REST at /api/v1, and llms.txt. Read the MCP docs.
Why I built it
Hi, I'm Natrajan.
Diwali night in an Indian city is loud, bright and very smoky. I love the countdown before a sutli bomb as much as anyone. The morning air after it, less so. And every year someone at home is hiding from the noise: a dog, a newborn, a grandparent.
So I built the cracker shop I wanted, with three rules:
- It has to sound real. Recorded bangs, not beeps.
- Everyone sets their own volume. The bang should be a choice.
- It's open source. Read the code, fix a cracker, add your city's favourite, or run it on your own server.
Happy Diwali. Burst as many as you like.
Price
Forever. No ads, no login, no in-app purchase.
- All 15 crackers, unlimited
- Real recorded sound, volume 0 to 100
- Auto mela, Jhaadu, Gentle flashes
- Phones, tablets, laptops and TVs
- MIT licensed source code
The code is free to run yourself, with Docker or your own Cloudflare account.
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. ₹0, no login, no ads, nothing to buy. It runs on one Cloudflare Worker that costs very little to keep online. The code is MIT, so it stays free even if this site goes away.
Are the sounds real?
Yes, every bang and boom is a real recording. We cut single bangs out of CC0 and public-domain field recordings of firecrackers on Wikimedia Commons. Each blast picks a clip, shifts its pitch a little and pans it to where the cracker is, so no two sound the same. The hiss of an anar and the whoosh of a rocket are shaped noise, because that is what those sounds are.
How do I set the volume?
Drag the slider at the top, from 0 to 100. Press M to mute and the arrow keys to nudge it. Your setting is saved for next time. A limiter stops ten bombs at once from clipping your speakers.
Is it OK for pets, babies and people sensitive to flashes?
Turn the volume down and switch on Gentle flashes. Gentle flashes dims every flash and stops the screen shake. It switches on by itself when your phone or computer asks for reduced motion.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes, in any modern browser on Android or iPhone. Tap once to start the sound. Hold the phone sideways for a wider street. Slower phones get fewer sparks so it stays smooth.
Which crackers are there?
15 crackers you'd find at an Indian patakha shop. Phuljhadi (फुलझड़ी), Anar (अनार), Chakri (चकरी), Colour Pencil (पेंसिल), Bijli (बिजली), Bullet Bomb (बुलेट बम), Sutli Bomb (सुतली बम), Hydrogen Bomb (हाइड्रोजन बम), 1000 Wala Ladi (लड़ी), 100 Wala Ladi (100 वाला लड़ी), Rocket (रॉकेट), Multi Rocket (मल्टी रॉकेट), 12 Shot (स्काई शॉट), Saanp Goli (साँप की गोली), Tikli Bandook (टिकली बंदूक).
Can I host it myself?
Yes. The code is MIT licensed and runs on your own server with one Docker command, or on your own Cloudflare account. See self-host docs and the GitHub repo linked below.
Do you track me?
No cookies, no analytics, no accounts. We count how many of each cracker were fired, in total, so the page can show the number. Your IP address is used for a minute to rate-limit that counter and is never stored.
Can an AI assistant use it?
Yes, over MCP or plain REST. Point your assistant at /mcp and it can list the crackers and read the live count. See MCP docs.
Burst all 15 tonight. 0 grams of smoke.
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