Map and output software from Iran
Toranj and Tooba
Tooba (TCDesigner) is about what comes out at the end: point paper, coded maps, colour cards, yarn reports and audio files for weaving. It works on image files, and its page says little about drawing, so a design often arrives from another program.
Where it is the better choice
- Coded maps and audio files for weaving. Toranj has neither, and if your weavers work from them this settles it.
- Colour cards for the dyer and printed customer reports.
- Turning an image or a numeric map into a working map, including numeric maps back into designs.
- Its own programming language and custom tools, for anyone who wants to build on it.
Where Toranj is the better choice
- You draw the design here from nothing: vector pen, symmetry and a motif library. The drawing stays a drawing, so it can be woven again at another raj.
- It opens in a browser on Mac or Windows, with no installation and no hardware lock.
- The buyer gets a private link and comments on the flower they mean, with versions and approvals on record.
- The free plan has every export, and no time limit.
Side by side
| Feature | Toranj | Tooba |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs, and what it needs | YesBrowser on Mac or Windows. Nothing to install, no lock. Needs internet | NoWindows program. Hardware lock on the professional edition |
| Design stays a vector drawing, knots worked out from it | YesYes | Not statedWorks on image files. Vector drawing is not mentioned |
| Another raj or size without redrawing | In partWoven again from a vector drawing, any raj or reed. Not imported maps | Not statedWorks out dimensions from density. Changing a design's raj is not mentioned |
| Raj systems, knot shape and half knots | In part10 to 150 raj per 7 cm, knot shape 0.5 to 2. No half knots, no Turkish or Isfahan raj | In partWarp count and separate densities |
| Carpet drawing tools: symmetry, medallion, border, islimi | In partPen, spiral for islimi, symmetry on the carpet or in a motif. Border fill on imported maps only | Not statedColour tools are listed. Symmetry and borders are not |
| Motif library | In partYour own motifs, reused and updated in every design. No ready collection | In part50 sample designs with the professional edition |
| Photo or scan into a map | In partJPEG comes in as an approximate map, one pixel to a knot, or as a layer to trace. Scanned grids are not detected | YesReads image files, with colour reduction, spectrum tools and colour masks |
| Point paper to print | YesPDF, A4 or A3, half or quarter for a symmetric design, yarn numbers if you want | YesPaper setup, numbering, grouping by 5 and 10 |
| Coded, numeric or audio map | NoNo | YesCoded maps, audio files for map readers, numeric maps back into designs |
| Output for machines | In part8-bit BMP for Jacquard software. No JC5, EP or tufting output | In partLists a link to weaving machines. Machines and formats not named |
| Weave simulation | In partFlat view and knot view. No pile or room simulation | Not statedNot stated |
| Yarn and colour reports | YesKnots and weight per colour, weaving check, CSV table | YesColour cards for dyeing, weight, length and yarn reports |
| Buyer sees it by private link and comments on the design | YesEach person their own link, comments pinned, versions and approvals | Not statedHas a customer report. Online review is not mentioned |
| Language | YesEditor in Persian. Site, dashboard and sharing in Persian and English | YesPersian and English |
| Free start and price | YesBy invitation for now. Free plan: 2 editors, 5 designs, no time limit, all exports. Paid prices not set yet | In partFree edition with limited export. Paid from 2.5 to 22 million toman |
Stay with it if
your weavers read coded maps or audio files, or most of your work is turning finished images into maps.
If you do move
You may not need to choose. Tooba's page says it reads indexed BMP, and Toranj exports 8-bit indexed BMP, so you could draw here and make the coded map there. We have not tried this path on Tooba ourselves. Older maps saved as 8-bit BMP or PNG come into Toranj knot for knot.
Try it on your own work
Toranj is by invitation for now. Ask for access, then draw a design, import a map you already have and judge for yourself.
What we read
Checked on 2 November 2026. Prices are what the vendor's page showed that day.
We have not installed or run these programs ourselves. What is written here comes from the vendors' sites and the sources we list. We found no reliable figures for how widely each is used, so we do not rank them.
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