Tools and Resources
These are 94 links to handy and useful tools and resources available on the web. All are usable for free and without sign-up.
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SVG Wave Generator: Generates customisable waves with SVG.
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Tabler Icons: Huge collection of vector icons.
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3dicons: Icons, but 3D.
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Puter: A cloud-based desktop environment.
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Simple Icons: Huge collection of vector icons.
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The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack: Old crunchy PC fronts.
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Device Info: A web browser security testing, privacy testing, and troubleshooting tool.
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css.glass: Glassmorphism CSS generator.
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Feather Icons: Huge collection of vector icons.
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Mixkit: Stock footage.
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Unsplash: Stock photos.
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Oh Shit, Git!?!: A guide to un-fucking your Git mistakes.
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98.css: Windows 98 style CSS design system.
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XP.css: Windows XP style CSS design system.
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7.css: Windows 7 style CSS design system.
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Laws of UX: Collection of best practices that designers can consider when building user interfaces.
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Meet the Ipsums: Various placeholder texts.
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Realtime Colors: Visualise colours and fonts in context on a site.
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Flexbox Froggy: A way to learn CSS flexbox.
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Pexels: Stock photos and videos.
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The League of Movable Type: Open-source font foundry.
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IT Tools: Handy tools for developers.
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Fontshare: Fonts for personal and commercial use.
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Merklemap: Search subdomains.
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PWA Install Demo: Installation dialog for Progressive Web Applications (PWAs).
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HTML De-crapulator: Does what it says on the tin.
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time.fyi: Time related tools to help you stay productive and organised.
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RedditDB: Shows the time when subreddits are most active.
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magick.css: Minimal CSS framework.
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Svgl: A library of SVG brand logos.
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Uiverse: Community-built library of UI elements.
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The Bézier Game: Game that teaches use of the pen tool.
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Uisual: Library of website components and templates.
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Wakamai Fondue: Answers the question “What can my font do?”.
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SQLZoo: Teaches SQL step-by-step.
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OSINT Framework: Provides tons of open source intelligence resources.
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Photopea: Photoshop clone.
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Learn X in Y Minutes: Teaches various things quickly and simply.
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NandGame: Teaches how to build a computer from basic components.
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CodePen: Online front-end playground.
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What length CSS unit should you use?: Informs what CSS unit you should select in various use cases.
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ReliCSS: Helps identify and replace outdated browser-specific CSS hacks with modern, standards-compliant alternatives.
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srcl: Open-source component and style repository with terminal aesthetics.
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Kenney: Free game assets.
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Scale: Colour scale generator.
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OpenGameArt.org: Tons of art available for commercial use.
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Free PBR: An obscene amount of free, high-quality PBR materials and textures.
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Freesound: Stock sounds.
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Kay Lousberg: Game assets.
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Quaternius: Game assets.
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Overlay Fact Sheet: Information about web 'accessibility' fact sheets.
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WikiApiary: Information about MediaWiki websites.
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Remix Icon: Huge collection of vector icons.
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Fluid Style: An accessible CSS fluid type generator.
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Free Music Archive: An archive of free music.
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CopyPalette: Create consistent monochromatic colour palettes.
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LandChad.net: Information on how to get your own place on the internet.
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Iconic: Huge collection of vector icons.
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VERT.sh: Comprehensive file converter.
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Color and Contrast.com: Interactive guide to color and contrast.
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ambientCG: Free textures, HDRIs, and more.
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BGJar: SVG background generator.
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ColorSpace: Generate a palette from a colour.
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Cool Backgrounds: Backgrounds that are cool.
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fffuel: Collection of colour tools and SVG generators for gradients, patterns, textures, shapes, and backgrounds.
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Color Hunt: Colour palettes for designers and artists.
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Undesign: Collection of free design tools and resources for makers, developers, and designers.
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Mossaik: Graphic generator.
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Tabbied: Generate patterns from templates.
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Patterninja: Create tiled patterns from icons.
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Eva Design System: Generate colour pallets using deep learning powered algorithm.
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SVGOMG: Optimise SVG files.
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Duotone: Convert images into duotone versions.
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archives.design: Archive of graphic design related items available on the Internet Archive.
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CallToInspiration: Huge amount of UI/UX inspiration.
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collected: New web design inspiration on every visit.
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Palette List: Database of palettes.
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Design Everywhere: An ever-growing collection of carefully curated works from around the world.
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iOS Icon Gallery: Gallery of iOS app icons.
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60fps: UI/UX design animation inspiration for mobile and web apps.
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Unblast: Selective free design resources to download.
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CSS Spring Easing Generator: Generate springy CSS animations.
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Glyph Drawing Club: Modular design and text art tool, suitable for creating custom type design, illustrations, patterns, and more.
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SVG Filter Maker: A node graph builder for SVG filters.
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Anchor position tool: Tool for visualising CSS
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mobygratis: Free instrumental music for creators.
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Fountn.: Collection of design resources curated by designers.
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The Book of Shaders: Gentle step-by-step guide through Fragment Shaders.
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Design good practices: Standards, conventions, and more to become a better designer.
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Website Headlines (dotcom): Tons of good website headlines for reference.
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Squoosh: Compare differences in image file formats and compression. Good for tuning in the exact level of compression to use.
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Clippy: CSS clip-path maker
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ColorPalette Pro: Advanced and very hands-on colour palette generator.
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CSS HDR Gradients: Fully featured CSS gradient generator.