# Awesome Design Tools

URL: https://mepritam.dev/references/awesome-design-tools/

A curated list of awesome design tools, plugins, UI kits, and conferences compiled to help product designers and developers build better user interfaces.

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- [Awesome Design Plugins](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools/blob/master/Awesome-Design-Plugins.md)
- [Awesome Design Conferences](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools/blob/master/Awesome-Design-Conferences.md)
- [Awesome Design UI Kits](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools/blob/master/Awesome-Design-UI-Kits.md)

## Awesome Design Tools as a part of Flawless App family joins Abstract!

Today, we’re excited to announce that Flawless App has joined [Abstract](https://www.abstract.com), a design delivery platform that brings visibility, accountability, measurability, and predictability to design.

Flawless App was our first company, and we’re proud of everything that we’ve achieved with our 5-person team.

Since 2015, we’ve launched powerful tools for designers and developers — among them are [Flawless App](https://flawlessapp.io/), [Reduce](https://flawlessapp.io/reduceapp), [Flawless Feedback](https://flawlessapp.io/feedback). We’ve also invested a lot of love and care into community-driven initiatives. Awesome Design Tools is one of them.

![Awesome Design Tools Cover](/images/references/awesome-design-tools-1.webp)

### So what’s next?

Our team has joined Abstract and is building out the [Abstract SDK](https://sdk.goabstract.com), bringing developers’ experience forward. One unbelievable journey has finished and the new one has just begun. If you want to know more about the future of Awesome Design Tools, [please keep reading our FAQ](https://flawlessapp.io/designtools/joinsabstract).

## How to Use and Contribute

- Now you are in the **Awesome Design Tools** section, if you need plugins — go to [Awesome Design Plugins](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools/blob/master/Awesome-Design-Plugins.md).
- To find the tool, go through the Table of Contents or search for a keyword (such as "animation" or "prototyping").
- Ask [Lisa](https://twitter.com/LisaDziuba) on Twitter.

If you found some great design tool or plugin, just send a Pull Request following our [Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools/blob/master/Contribution_Guidelines.md) (they're simple, please take a look). Submit design tools here, and submit plugins in the [Awesome Design Plugins](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools/blob/master/Awesome-Design-Plugins.md) file. We use such labels for free <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>, open source <i class="fab fa-osi"></i> and Mac only <i class="fab fa-apple"></i> tools, don't forget to add them. Now I'd love to see your suggestions!

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## Table of Content

- [Awesome Design Tools](#awesome-design-tools).
  - [Awesome Design Tools as a part of Flawless App family joins Abstract!](#awesome-design-tools-as-a-part-of-flawless-app-family-joins-abstract).
    - [So what’s next?](#so-whats-next).
  - [How to Use and Contribute](#how-to-use-and-contribute).
  - [Table of Content](#table-of-content).
    - [Accessibility Tools](#accessibility-tools).
    - [Animation Tools](#animation-tools).
    - [Augmented Reality](#augmented-reality).
    - [Collaboration Tools](#collaboration-tools).
    - [Color Picker Tools](#color-picker-tools).
    - [Design Feedback Tools](#design-feedback-tools).
    - [Design Handoff Tools](#design-handoff-tools).
    - [Design Inspiration](#design-inspiration).
    - [Design System Tools](#design-system-tools).
    - [Design to Code Tools](#design-to-code-tools).
    - [Design Version Control](#design-version-control).
    - [Development Tools](#development-tools).
    - [Experience Monitoring](#experience-monitoring).
    - [Font Tools](#font-tools).
    - [Gradient Tools](#gradient-tools).
    - [Icons Tools](#icons-tools).
    - [Illustrations](#illustrations).
    - [Information Architecture](#information-architecture).
    - [Logo Design](#logo-design).
    - [Mockup Tools](#mockup-tools).
    - [No Code Tools](#no-code-tools).
    - [Pixel Art Tools](#pixel-art-tools).
    - [Prototyping Tools](#prototyping-tools).
    - [Screenshot Software](#screenshot-software).
    - [Sketching Tools](#sketching-tools).
    - [SMM Design Tools](#smm-design-tools).
    - [Sound Design](#sound-design).
    - [Stock Photos Tools](#stock-photos-tools).
    - [Stock Videos](#stock-videos).
    - [Tools for Learning Design](#tools-for-learning-design).
    - [UI Design Tools](#ui-design-tools).
    - [User Flow Tools](#user-flow-tools).
    - [User Research Tools](#user-research-tools).
    - [Visual Debugging Tools](#visual-debugging-tools).
    - [Wireframing Tools](#wireframing-tools).
    - [Three D Modeling Software](#three-d-modeling-software).
    - [Addendum (Reference \& Inspiration)](#addendum-reference--inspiration).

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### Accessibility Tools

Accessibility is the practice of creating websites and apps usable for all people, including individuals with visual, motor, auditory, speech, or cognitive disabilities. Here you will find web accessibility tools, accessibility testing tools, and accessibility apps both for developers and designers:

- [A11ygator](https://a11ygator.chialab.io) — a web tool to analyze websites against WCAG rules. Also available as Google Chrome browser extension and as Twitter bot. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/chialab/a11ygator-app)
- [Accessibility Insights](https://accessibilityinsights.io/) — helps developers quickly find and fix accessibility issues. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Accessible Palette Builder](https://toolness.github.io/accessible-color-matrix/) — an Elm-based prototype to help designers build accessible color palettes. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/toolness/accessible-color-matrix)
- [AChecker](https://achecker.ca) — accessibility testing web app used to check HTML content for accessibility problems. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [ANDI](https://www.ssa.gov/accessibility/andi/help/install.html) — accessibility testing tool for web content (bookmarklet). It will automatically detect accessibility issues, give suggestions to improve online accessibility and check 508 compliance. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/SSAgov/ANDI)
- [Axe](https://www.deque.com/axe/) — accessibility engine designed to work on all modern browsers and with whatever tools, frameworks, libraries, and environments you use today. It's an automated accessibility testing tool for developers. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core)
- [ColorBox](http://www.colorbox.io/) — a web app that algorithmically builds accessible color systems. Done by the Lyft Design team. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Colorable](https://colorable.jxnblk.com/) — a free web-based contrast tool. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Color Oracle](https://colororacle.org/) — a free color blindness simulator. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Contrast](https://usecontrast.com/) — a macOS app for designers and developers to get quick access to WCAG color contrast ratios. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Contrast Checker](https://contrast-checker.glitch.me/) — helps check the contrast between the background of an element and the page itself. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Contraste](https://contrasteapp.com/) — an app for checking the accessibility of text against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Inclusive Design](https://www.microsoft.com/design/inclusive/) — a method and a set of tools provided by the Microsoft team.
- [Hex Naw](https://hexnaw.com/) — helps you to test entire color systems for contrast and accessibility. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Leonardo](https://leonardocolor.io) - generate color palettes by desired WCAG contrast ratio. Open source web tool & npm module for designers and engineers. Made by Adobe. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i> ![Web](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools/blob/master/Media/web.svg)
- [PA11Y](http://pa11y.org/) — accessibility testing tool to find issues with your web pages. It runs HTML CodeSniffer from the command line for programmatic accessibility reporting. It's an accessibility developer tool. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Sim Daltonism](https://michelf.ca/projects/sim-daltonism/) — a color blindness simulator for macOS and iOS that lets you see how people with different types of color blindness perceive colors. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://www.github.com/michelf/sim-daltonism/)
- [Stark](https://getstark.co/) — a paid Sketch plugin that will let you simulate different types of color blindness. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Toptal’s Color Filter](https://www.toptal.com/designers/colorfilter) — lets you test your website and shows you how people with different color blindness will see your pages. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [tota11y](http://khan.github.io/tota11y/) — an accessibility visualization toolkit. Interesting fact: inside the tool name you can see "a11y". It's an abbreviation of accessibility as "a" followed by 11 more letters, followed by "y". <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [WAVE](https://wave.webaim.org/) — allows you to check web content for accessibility issues directly within Chrome and Firefox. It's a web accessibility checker. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [90 Examples](http://clrs.cc/a11y/) — a free collection of accessible color themes. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>

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Accessibility checking features are also available in VisBug from the [Visual Debugging Tools](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools#visual-debugging-tools) category.

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### Animation Tools

Animations guide people through the product friendly and smoothly. Live interactive UI makes users feel delighted with instant feedback and emotional touch. Designers built these free and paid tools to make animation creation easier. If you plan to make animated transitions, micro-interactions or scroll-based animations, go through these tools:

- [After Effects](https://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html) — digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing application developed by Adobe.
- [BeatFlyer](https://beatflyer.com/) — a web tool that lets you quickly create loopy and catchy animations from your multi-layer compositions.
- [Dokyu Motion](https://3dmybusiness.com) — simplifies motion design in After Effects so any editor can tell stories that grab attention.
- [Flare](https://www.2dimensions.com/about-flare) — a powerful design and animation tool, which allows designers and developers to create animations for their app or game. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Flow](https://createwithflow.com/) — a professional animation tool for Sketch designs that also exports production-ready code for iOS, Web or SVG files. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [GSAP](https://greensock.com/) — a suite of tools for scripted, high-performance HTML5 animations in all major browsers. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Haiku Animator](https://www.haikuforteams.com/) — keyframe-based animation connecting your UI tools to code that developers can easily use.
- [Keyshape](https://www.keyshapeapp.com/) — 2D animation tool that allows for animated SVG export.
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- [Kite Compositor](https://kiteapp.co/) — a powerful animation and prototyping application for Mac & iOS. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [LightBox](https://uselightbox.com/) — 2D, Hand-Drawn animation package. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i> <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Lottie](https://airbnb.io/lottie/) — a mobile library for Android and iOS that parses Adobe After Effects animations exported as JSON with Bodymovin and renders natively on mobile and web. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Mantra](https://jeremyckahn.github.io/mantra/) — a web-based timeline animation tool. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Meteoritic](https://meteoritic.io/) — animation delights library for iOS and Android. Choose from animations that suit different app styles. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Naker.Back](https://app.naker.io/back) — integrate an interactive background for free to draw more attention to your website. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Naker.Story](https://naker.io/naker-story.html) — make your web content interactive to engage your visitors like never before thanks to 3D. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [OFFEO](https://offeo.com/) — an online video maker for small businesses to create video ads like the Big Brands without the big budget. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [StorySwag](https://storyswag.co) — create stylish animated posts for Instagram and Facebook in just a few taps, all from your mobile phone. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Spirit](https://spiritapp.io/) — the animation tool that helps you to create and manage the animations real-time in the browser. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Stylie](https://jeremyckahn.github.io/stylie/) — a web-based graphical CSS3 animation tool. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Tumult Hype](https://tumult.com/hype/) — the HTML5 animation/interactives creation app for macOS. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>

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Drama, Principle, Framer, Invision Studio, Flinto are also among UI & UX animation apps and software animation tools.

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### Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality is a technology that upgrades our real world, by adding a layer of digital information to it. The use of AR increases day by day with dozens of new AR apps, development kits, and AR frameworks. This section collects augmented reality tools for creating, projecting and prototyping apps focused on AR.

- [Daqri](https://daqri.com/) — delivers professional-grade augmented reality for the workforce by overlaying digital information onto the physical environment.
- [EasyAR](https://www.easyar.com/) — a mobile application and an Augmented Reality Engine, making AR easier.
- [HP Reveal](https://www.hpreveal.com/) — adding value to printed content through visual interactivity.
- [Layar](https://www.layar.com/) — find items based upon augmented reality technology.
- [Lens Studio](https://lensstudio.snapchat.com/) — create, publish, and share your own AR experiences for Snapchat with or without code. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Lightform](https://lightform.com/) — a design tool for projected AR.
- [Spark AR Studio](https://www.sparkar.com) — сreate AR experiences for Instagram without code. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Torch](https://www.torch.app/) — a cloud-based 3D design and prototyping app focused on mobile AR. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Unity](https://unity.com/) — build high-quality 3D and 2D games, deploy them across mobile, desktop and VR/AR.
- [Vectary](https://www.vectary.com/) — сreate 3D and AR for your website.
- [Vuforia](https://www.vuforia.com/) — SDK for mobile devices that enables the creation of augmented reality applications.
- [Wikitude](https://www.wikitude.com/) — equips your iOS, Android & Smart Glasses apps with Image & Object Tracking, Instant tracking (SLAM), Geo AR, and more.

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### Collaboration Tools

Looking to try some tools for agile design and development collaboration? Good idea because such tools make the lives of designers and developers much easier, save time and improve productivity. Well, you know all that in Slack-driven era. Here you'll find the best collaboration tools for product teams:

- [Airtable](https://airtable.com/) — part spreadsheet, part database, and entirely flexible, teams use Airtable to organize their work, their way.
- [Asana](https://asana.com/) — the work management platform teams use to stay focused on the goals, projects, and daily tasks that grow business.
- [Basecamp](https://basecamp.com/) — the project management suite designed to organize employees, delegate tasks, and track progress right from one place.
- [Freedcamp](https://freedcamp.com/) — an efficient way to manage projects, free... forever.
- [Droplr](https://droplr.com/) — screenshot, file sharing and screencasts to help you capture and explain your ideas.
- [Excalidraw](https://excalidraw.com/) — a whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams with a hand-drawn feel. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Filestage](https://filestage.io/) — an agile content approval software that helps you to review videos, designs, and documents with clients and co-workers.
- [Float](https://www.float.com/) — a tool to plan your projects and schedule your team’s time all in one place.
- [Gallery](https://material.io/tools/gallery/) — a collaborative tool for uploading design work, getting feedback, and tracking revisions. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [HiveDesk](https://www.hivedesk.com/) — an automatic time tracking for remote employees with screenshots. It makes it easier to track the productivity of remote employees and manage projects.
- [Jira](https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira) — software development tool used by agile teams.
- [Jitsi](https://jitsi.org/) — multi-platform open-source video conferencing you can install yourself or use on their servers. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Keybase](https://keybase.io) — a free collaboration app with built-in end-to-end encrypted chat, file sharing, git repositories, and more. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Lumeer](https://www.lumeer.io/) - an easy visual collaborative tool to plan, organize and track anything, anywhere, anytime. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Mattermost](https://mattermost.com/) — a flexible, open-source messaging platform that meets even the most demanding privacy and security standards. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Milanote](https://milanote.com/) — an easy-to-use, collaborative tool to organize your ideas and projects into visual boards.
- [Mixed](https://mixed.io) — real-time whiteboard and collaboration tools for distributed teams. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Moqhub](https://moqhub.com) — fast online proofing for creative projects. Get feedback for images and PDFs.
- [MURAL](https://mural.co/) — think and collaborate visually. Anywhere, anytime.
- [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com) — open source collaboration platform for files, kanban boards, chat & calls, calendar and more. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i> <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Notion](https://www.notion.so) — write, plan, collaborate, and get organized. Notion is all you need — in one tool.
- [ProofHub](https://www.proofhub.com/) — the one place for all your projects, teams and communications.
- [RealtimeBoard (Miro)](https://www.realtimeboard.com/) — whiteboarding platform for cross-functional team collaboration. The team recently renamed it to Miro.
- [Slack](https://slack.com/) — a collaboration hub for work, no matter what work you do. It’s a place where conversations happen, teams make decisions, and information is always at your fingertips.
- [Sunsama](https://sunsama.com/) — a beautifully designed, team-oriented task manager that consolidates Trello/Jira/Asana tickets into a single, calendar-oriented view.
- [Taskade](https://taskade.com/) — team productivity made simple, fun and designed for remote teams. Taskade is collaborative and syncs in real-time across the web, mobile, and desktop.
- [Trello](https://trello.com/) — a web-based project management application that enables you to organize and rank your projects in a fun, flexible and rewarding way.
- [Witeboard](https://www.witeboard.com/) — simple real-time whiteboard for collaboration work. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Workzone](https://www.workzone.com/) — a simple, powerful project management software.
- [Wrike](https://www.wrike.com/) — an online project management software that gives you full visibility and control over your tasks.
- [Zenkit](https://zenkit.com/) — a tool to schedule meetings, track the project’s progress, and brainstorm new ideas.
- [zipBoard](https://zipboard.co) — an online visual bug tracking and website annotation tool.
- [Zulip](https://zulipchat.com/) — combines the immediacy of real-time chat with an email threading model, helping to focus on important conversations while ignoring irrelevant ones. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>

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You can also have design collaboration into [InVision Freehand](https://www.invisionapp.com/feature/freehand) tool.

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### Color Picker Tools

If you are looking for an eyedropper tool, color identifier or color capture, check this section. With the color pickers mentioned here, you will be able to create new color combinations and define great ones. Almost all these tools are free:

- [BrandColors](https://brandcolors.net/) — the biggest collection of official brand color codes around. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Calcolor](https://calcolor.co) — a web-based color palette management tool which provides a new way to interact with digital colors. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Chroma](https://chroma.spencerhamm.com/) — free web app which allows you to identify the color. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Color](https://color.adobe.com/explore/?filter=most-popular&time=month) — create color schemes with the color wheel or browse thousands of color combinations from the Color community. Made by Adobe. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Color by Cloudflare](https://cloudflare.design/color/) — a tool to preview palettes against UI elements, cycle through accessible color combos and create palettes manually, via URL import, or generatively.
- [Color Deck](https://color.obscuredetour.com/) — an HSL driven color palette collection. It's also open-source. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/obscuredetour/color-deck)
- [Color Hexa](https://www.colorhexa.com/) — free color tool providing information about any color and generating matching color palettes for designs.
- [Color Hunt](https://colorhunt.co/) — free and open platform for color inspiration with thousands of trendy hand-picked color palettes. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [ColorKit](https://colorkit.io) — a tool for blending colors and generating a color's shades and tints. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Color Leap](https://colorleap.app) — leap through time and see the colors of history. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Colorpicker](https://colorpicker.crea-th.at/) — a complete and open-source color manipulation tool with picking. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [ColorSlurp](http://colorslurp.com/) — the ultimate color productivity booster for designers and developers. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [ColorsWall/](https://colorswall.com/) — place to store your color palettes or easy generate. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Colorwise](https://www.colorwise.io/) — search through the color palettes of the most voted products on Product Hunt. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Colour Cafe](https://www.instagram.com/colours.cafe/) — colors inspiration that has selected a modern color palette on Instagram. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Colourcode](https://www.toptal.com/designers/colourcode) — an online designer tool, which allows you to easily and intuitively combine colors. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Coolors](https://coolors.co/) — the super-fast color scheme generator. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Culrs](https://culrs.com/#/) — thoughtfully crafted and easy-to-use color palettes. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Geenes](https://geenes.app) — a tool to create harmonious color themes with code and sketch file export.<i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Image Color Picker](https://image-color.com) — image color picker and color scheme generator. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Instant Eyedropper](http://instant-eyedropper.com/) — a minimalist eyedropper tool for windows, supports many color formats for both designers and developers. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Just Color Picker](http://annystudio.com/software/colorpicker/) — Free portable offline color picker and color editor. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Khroma](http://khroma.co/) — AI-based tool to generate color palettes based on your preferences.
- [Material Colors Native](https://github.com/BafS/Material-Colors-native) — Google's material design color palette in the form of a mac app. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Material Design Palette Generator](https://materialpalettes.com/) — get perfect Material Design color palettes from any hex color. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Paletton](https://paletton.com) — a designer tool for creating color combinations that work together well. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Picular](https://picular.co/) — a rocket fast primary color generator using Google's image search. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Pigment](https://pigment.shapefactory.co/) — a color palette generator with many color configurations suggested by the app. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Pikka](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pikka-color-picker/id1195076754) — color picker & color schemes generator for macOS. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [React Color](http://casesandberg.github.io/react-color/) — a collection of color pickers from Sketch, Photoshop, Chrome. It‘s free and open-source. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/casesandberg/react-color/)
- [Sip](https://sipapp.io/) — a better way to collect, organize and share colors. Global eyedropper tool for macOS. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Skala Color](https://bjango.com/mac/skalacolor/) — works with a wide variety of formats, covering everything you’re likely to need for web, iOS, Android, and macOS development. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Swatches](https://swatchesapp.io/) — iOS app that lets you collect, inspect and share the colors that inspire you in your daily life. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Tint & Shade Generator](https://maketintsandshades.com/) — display tints and shades of a given hex color in 10% increments. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Viz Palette](https://projects.susielu.com/viz-palette) — color picker for data visualizations. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>

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You can also create color palettes with Leonardo, which the [Accessibility Tools section](#accessibility-tools) covers.

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### Design Feedback Tools

How do you provide and get feedback during the development process? This process is pretty messy for many product teams, which caused product delays and time waste on back-and-forth communication. If you wish to get fast and structural feedback on UI issues or visual bugs, take a look at this tool.

- [Flawless Feedback](https://flawlessapp.io/feedback) — review and annotate iOS apps then share your feedback in Jira or Trello. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [GoVisually](https://govisually.com) — online proofing, design review & approval software.
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<article id="design-handoff-tools">

### Design Handoff Tools

Design handoff happens when designers finish the work and need to deliver designs to developers with all specs and assets. Design handoff tools allow to automatically generate style guide, comment on the design, inspect elements. These tools reduce guesswork and improve the effectiveness of the design process.

- [Avocode](https://avocode.com) — open designs without design tools. Export images without preparing layers. Click on layers to get code.
- [Flawless App](https://flawlessapp.io/) — a tool to compare the expected design and the real app right inside iOS Simulator (useful for designers who use Xcode or mobile developers). <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Inspect](https://www.invisionapp.com/feature/inspect/) — prepare designs for development. Made by Invision.
- [Sketch Measure](https://github.com/utom/sketch-measure) — Sketch redline plugin. Annotate distance and size of elements. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Specctr](https://specctr.com) — in the unfortunate event you're designing UI in PS, AI, or ID this tool creates redline annotations.
- [Sympli](https://sympli.io) — automated specs and assets handoff from Sketch, Photoshop and Adobe XD. Integrated with Jira, Xcode and Android Studio.
- [Zeplin](https://zeplin.io/) — handoff designs and style guides with accurate specs, assets, code snippets automatically.

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You can also make a design handoff within Relay, mentioned in the [Design Version Control](#design-version-control) section.

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</article>

<article id="design-inspiration">

### Design Inspiration

The creative process can be tough. So if ideas don’t come to your mind right away, try to search for inspiration in the work of other designers. These design inspiration sites feature design patterns, user flows, email markups and creative solutions of popular companies and great products:

- [Behance](https://www.behance.net/) — an online platform to showcase & discover creative work. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [CodeMyUI](https://codemyui.com/) — handpicked collection of web design & UI inspiration with code snippets. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Collect UI](http://collectui.com/) — a platform for your daily inspiration collected from Daily UI & beyond. Based on Dribbble shots, 14419 handpicked designs. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Creative Portfolios](http://www.creative-portfolios.com/) — a curation of the most creative portfolios made by designers & developers.
- [Design Hunt](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/design-hunt/id968588816?mt=8) — a daily collection of the best products, apps, and inspirations for all creatives. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Dribbble](https://dribbble.com/) — an online community for showcasing user-made artwork. A great resource to get inspired by others work.
- [Ficture](https://ficture.design/) — a font in use archive that will inspire you. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Hover States](https://hoverstat.es/) — showcase great work from the bleeding edge of digital culture for, and with, the creative community.
- [Httpster](https://httpster.net/) — an inspiration resource showcasing rocking websites made by people from all over the world. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [H69.Design](https://www.h69.design/) — landing page colletions & Free resources for designers.
- [Lapa Ninja](https://www.lapa.ninja/) — landing page design inspiration from around the web. 1800+ landing page examples and updated daily.
- [Mobile Patterns](https://www.mobile-patterns.com/) — a design inspirational library featuring finest UI UX Patterns (iOS and Android).
- [Mobbin](https://mobbin.design/) — browse mobile design patterns for popular apps. Explore common user flows such as onboarding, account sign up and log in, core functionality, and more. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [One Page Love](https://onepagelove.com/gallery) — a collection of beautiful unique One Page websites for website design inspiration. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Owwly](https://owwly.com/feed/inspirations) — home for digital products crafted with passion to design.
- [Page Flows](https://pageflows.com/) — user flow videos and screenshots to inspire you when you're stuck. Discover mobile and web design patterns for over 160 different tasks. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [pttrns](https://pttrns.com/) — design patterns for popular mobile apps.
- [Really Good Emails](https://reallygoodemails.com/) — 4,150+ handpicked email design. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [ReallyGoodUX](https://www.reallygoodux.io/) — screenshots, and examples of great UX from real mobile and web products. Discover the best UX examples—including onboarding tours and walkthroughs. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Saas Landing Page](https://saaslandingpage.com/) — iscover the best landing page examples created by top-class SaaS companies, and get ideas and inspiration for your next design project. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Saas Pages](https://saaspages.xyz/) — a collection of the best landing pages with a focus on copywriting and design. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [The Design Team](https://thedesignteam.io/) — comics about a design team for a tech startup in Silicon Valley.
- [Typewolf](https://www.typewolf.com/) — helps designers choose the perfect font combination for their next design project.
- [UI Garage](https://uigarage.net/) — the one-stop shop for designers, developers, and marketers to find inspiration, tools and the best resources.
- [UI Sources](https://www.uisources.com/) — over 500+ interactions from the best designed and top-grossing apps on the App Store today. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [UI Recipes](https://uirecipes.com/) — weekly 15 min lessons on UI design from the hottest apps.
- [UX Archive](http://uxarchive.com/) — browse more than 400 user flows across 120 mobile apps. Examine tasks such as booking, logging in, onboarding, purchasing, searching, and more. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Waveguide](https://www.waveguide.io/) — a design knowledge bank with thousands of artificially enriched examples of product and brand experience (examples of Mobile App, Landing pages, eCommerce, CX/UX Patterns).
- [Web Design Museum](https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/) — over 1,200 carefully selected web sites that show web design trends between the years 1994 and 2006.

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<article id="design-system-tools">

### Design System Tools

Design systems provide consistent, structured design patterns to keep design and development in sync. They are collections of rules, constraints, and principles implemented in design and code. Here you can find tools to build, maintain and organize your design system.

![Modern Design System Dashboard](/images/references/awesome-design-tools-2.webp)

- [Cabana](https://cabanadesignsystem.com/) — a Premium Design System for Sketch that helps you create standout products faster than ever before.
- [Catalog](https://www.catalog.style/) — a living style guide for digital products, combining design documentation with real live components. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Design System Manager](https://www.invisionapp.com/design-system-manager/) — Invision's design system manager.
- [DSK](https://rundsk.com) — short for “Design System Kit” – a workbench for collaboratively creating Design Systems. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i> <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [EOS Design System](https://www.eosdesignsystem.com) — an open-source and customizable built on top of Bootstrap following the Atomic Design concept. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Eva Design System](https://eva.design/) — customizable design system, available for Sketch with Mobile and Web component libraries. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i> <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Frontify](https://frontify.com/) — create graphical guidelines, patterns libraries, design systems.
- [Interplay](https://interplayapp.com/) — connect design and engineering around a single source of truth. The tool is not publicly available yet (beta).
- [Lingo](https://www.lingoapp.com/) — create a shared asset library with your entire team. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Lucid](https://lucid.style/) — tool for creating, managing and sharing a design system. From a simple component library through to detailed descriptions of your styles.
- [Modulz](https://www.modulz.app/) — design, build, document and publish your design system—without writing code.
- [Prime Design System Kit](https://www.primedesignsystem.com) — it includes device templates, charts, UI kit and even illustration kit. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Specify](https://www.specifyapp.com/) — a tool to create, scale and maintain a design system.
- [Storybook](https://storybook.js.org/) — an open-source tool for developing UI components in isolation for React, Vue, and Angular. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Symbol Design System](https://symboldesign.co/) — design System for Sketch-based on atomic elements.
- [Toolabs](https://www.toolabs.com/) — design systems and components based design, prototype and development tool. It's not public yet but you can apply to the early access.
- [Zeroheight](https://www.zeroheight.com/) — style guides created by designers, extended by developers, and editable by everyone.

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We can also add to this in Sketch, Figma, UXPin and Framer X ([Framer X Team Store](https://www.framer.com/design-systems/)).

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</article>

<article id="design-to-code-tools">

### Design to Code Tools

Everyone can learn development but it takes time and effort. If you need a website or an app right now and you don’t want to hire a developer, pay attention to the website builders. Such design to code tools will help you to make a portfolio, simple landing or an app pretty fast and beautiful.

- [Anima](https://www.animaapp.com/) — a web app with a Sketch plugin that converts Sketch to HTML. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Blocs](https://blocsapp.com/) — a fast, easy to use and powerful visual web design tool, that lets you create responsive websites without writing code. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Bootstrap Studio](https://bootstrapstudio.io/) — a powerful web design tool for creating responsive websites using the Bootstrap framework.
- [Draftbit](https://draftbit.com/) — visually design and build mobile apps directly from your browser.
- [EasyLogic Studio](https://www.easylogic.studio/) — a css+svg design tool that also converts your designs into code as shown. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Grapedrop](https://grapedrop.com/) — design your components, web projects and publish them instantly online, with an easy to use editor.
- [Mobirise](https://mobirise.com/) — an offline drag and drop website builder software built on Bootstrap 3/4 and \ AMP. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [PageCloud](https://www.pagecloud.com/) — the fastest and most customizable website builder that allows anyone to create their ideal website.
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- [PaintCode](https://www.paintcodeapp.com) — vector drawing app that instantly converts drawings into Swift, Objective-C, JavaScript or Java code. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
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- [Pinegrow](https://pinegrow.com/) — a professional visual editor for CSS Grid, Bootstrap 4 and 3, Foundation, responsive design, HTML, and CSS.
- [px.div](https://www.pxdiv.com) — a proper site build tool for developers and designers.
- [Readymag](https://readymag.com/) — a visually-pleasing tool for designing on the web from landing pages to multimedia long-reads, presentations and portfolios.
- [Sparkle](https://sparkleapp.com/) — the easiest way to make a real website, no code, no jargon. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [STUDIO](https://studio.design/) — design from scratch, collaborate in real-time and publish websites.
- [Supernova Studio](https://supernova.io/) — import designs from Sketch and convert them into Android, iOS or React Native code.
- [Tilda](https://tilda.cc/) — create a website, landing page or online store for free with the help of Tilda modules and publish it on the same day.
- [Wix](https://www.wix.com/) — the easiest and fullest-featured website builder, that allows you to create your own highly customized site.
- [Webflow](https://webflow.com/) — build responsive websites in your browser, then host with us or export your code to host wherever.

</article>

<article id="design-version-control">

### Design Version Control

Developers actively use version control tools for a long time, probably since 2005 (Git first release). Using a version control system is no brainer for dev teams, while the design version control system appeared only recently. This market is rapidly developing and we expect to see even more in version control for designers:

- [Abstract](https://www.abstract.com/) — a platform for design teams to version, manage and collaborate on Sketch files.
- [Folio](http://folioformac.com/) — a simple version control system for design teams based on Git. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Kactus](https://kactus.io/) — design version control without changing your tools. Manage changes, document work and keep your team in sync. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Plant](https://plantapp.io/) — Mac app and Sketch plugin offering complete version control for designers and teams. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Relay for Figma](https://relay.graphics/) — Relay pushes your latest assets from Figma directly to your codebase (not released yet).
- [Versions](https://versions.sympli.io) — a version control tool for designers with visual diff, merge and conflict resolution. Works with GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab and Azure DevOps.

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<article id="development-tools">

### Development Tools

This section mentions development tools and browsers. Development browsers have features that help developers and designers create and test websites and apps.

- [Blisk](https://blisk.io) — provides a development workspace to develop and test modern web applications twice faster.
- [Firefox developer edition](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/) — developer edition of the Firefox browser. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Litmus](https://litmus.com/) — an email campaign creation platform that, amongst other things, lets you see how HTML emails will appear in a wide variety of email clients.
- [Polypane](https://polypane.rocks) — a browser built from the ground up to create and test websites and apps.
- [Storybook](https://storybook.js.org/) — an open source tool for developing UI components in isolation for React, Vue, and Angular. It makes building stunning UIs organized and efficient. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i> <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Styleguidist](https://github.com/styleguidist/react-styleguidist) — isolated React component development environment with a living style guide. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i> <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>

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<article id="experience-monitoring">

### Experience Monitoring

Listening to users is important, but seeing real usage is critical. For these, you need to install different analytic tools, experience monitoring software, and user behavior apps. Just use those analytics solutions for user data:

- [Amplitude](https://amplitude.com/) — understand your users, rapidly release better product experiences, and grow your business.
- [Chalkmark](https://www.optimalworkshop.com/chalkmark) — increase your customer conversion and task-oriented success rates by getting quick feedback on designs before you build them.
- [Fathom](https://usefathom.com/) — provides simple, useful websites stats without tracking or storing personal data of your users.
- [FullStory](https://www.fullstory.com/) — an app that captures all your customer experience data in one powerful, easy-to-use platform.
- [Google Analytics](https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/) — measure your advertising ROI and track your sites and applications. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Heap](https://heapanalytics.com/) — automatically capture every web, mobile, and cloud interaction then retroactively analyze your data without writing code.
- [Heatly](https://www.heatlyanalytics.com) — free heatmap tools to understand the website's user experience better. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Hotjar](https://www.hotjar.com/) — see how visitors are using your website and collect user feedback.
- [Inspectlet](https://www.inspectlet.com/) — record videos of your visitors as they use your site, so you can see everything they do.
- [LiveSession](https://livesession.io) - high-quality user's session replay analytics.
- [LogRocket](https://www.logrocket.com/) — see what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster.
- [Mixpanel](https://mixpanel.com/) — get insights across all your user-centric data to make smarter decisions and act faster based on how customers use your product or website.
- [Mouseflow](https://mouseflow.com/) — record mouse cursor movements.
- [Pendo](https://www.pendo.io/) — measure and improve the customer experience within their applications.
- [Smartlook](https://www.smartlook.com) — user session replay and user engagement analytics.
- [Usabilla](https://usabilla.com) — build future-proof customer experiences by asking the right questions at the right time.

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<article id="font-tools">

### Font Tools

Fonts are commonly used for making the web a more beautiful place. It’s an essential part of any design. In this section, you’ll find fonts generators & font finder tools that allow you to manage and work with fonts:

- [BeFonts](https://befonts.com/) — a Decent collection of free fonts. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Behance Free Fonts](https://www.behance.net/search/?search=free%20font) — a list of free fonts uploaded on Behance. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [DaFont](https://www.dafont.com/) — archive of freely downloadable fonts. Browse by alphabet, style, author, or popularity. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Emotype](http://emotype.webflow.io/) — makes it easy to find fonts based on the emotions you want to convey on your website. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Fontbase](https://fontba.se/) — font management made easy. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [FontFabric](https://www.fontfabric.com/) — gorgeous interface and good collection. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Fontface Ninja](https://fontface.ninja/) — browser extension to discover what fonts any website uses.
- [FontPair](https://fontpair.co/) — a simple tool that helps you pair Google Fonts together. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Fontown](https://www.fontown.com/en) — a typographic tool with a nonstop growing font catalog which facilitates designer workflow.
- [Fonts](https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts) — thousands of beautiful fonts by Adobe. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Fonts Arena](https://fontsarena.com/) — curated typography website with high-quality free fonts, done-for-you research articles, free alternatives to premium fonts, news, and more. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [FontGet](https://www.fontget.com/) — variety of fonts all sorted neatly with tags. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [FontSelf](https://www.fontself.com) — an extension for Illustrator and Photoshop CC that lets you turn any lettering into OpenType fonts in minutes!
- [FontSpark](https://fontspark.app/) — a simple tool to help designers quickly find the best fonts for their projects. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Font Squirrel](https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/acherus-grotesque) — download free fonts with wide collections.<i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/) — making the web more beautiful, fast, and open through great typography. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Google Webfonts Helper](https://google-webfonts-helper.herokuapp.com/) — a hassle way to self-host Google Fonts. It‘s free and open-source. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/majodev/google-webfonts-helper/)
- [LostType](http://losttype.com/) — the first Pay-What-You-Want type foundry.
- [Measure](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/measure/bbompmbliibpeaaloikpoahdokhjdmeg) — measure typographic line lengths with this browser extension for Chrome. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [RightFont](https://rightfontapp.com/) — font managing app, helps preview, sync, install and organize fonts over iCloud, Dropbox or Google Drive. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Sans Forgetica](http://sansforgetica.rmit/) — a downloadable font that is scientifically designed to help you remember your study notes. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Size Calculator](https://sizecalc.com/) — calculate the perceived size using viewing distance and physical size of the printed typography. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Typeface](https://typefaceapp.com/) — font manager that improves your design workflow with live font previews and flexible tagging. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Wakamai Fondue](https://wakamaifondue.com/) — the tool that answers the question "what can my font do?". <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Web Font Preview](https://webfontpreview.com/) — preview Google Font pairings with components and site templates. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/jonaskay/webfontpreview)
- [Webfont](https://webfontapp.com/) — create and maintain custom SVG icon fonts, made a shared library of icons. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [WordMarkIt](https://wordmark.it/) — displays your written word/phrase with all the fonts which are already installed on your computer. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>

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You can also handle fonts with Specify, which the [Design System Tools](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools#design-system-tools) section covers.

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<article id="gradient-tools">

### Gradient Tools

You can see gradient colors are everywhere — UI, branding, illustration, typography. You create a gradient by using two or more different colors to paint one element while gradually fading between them. It might look as a memorable, fresh and unique color. To make such a gradient for your design, use these gradient color palettes.

- [Blend](http://www.colinkeany.com/blend/) — create and customize beautiful CSS3 gradients. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Colorffy](https://www.colorffy.com/) — get CSS, images, UI previews or create own gradients. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Colors & Fonts](https://www.colorsandfonts.com/) — a curated library of colors, gradients and fonts for digital designers and web developers. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [ColorSpace](https://mycolor.space/) — the perfect matching color scheme for your next project! Generate nice color palettes. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [ColorSpark](https://colorspark.app/gradient) — helps designers find unique colors and striking gradient combinations. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Cool Backgrounds](https://coolbackgrounds.io/) — explore a beautifully curated selection of cool backgrounds that you can add to blogs, websites.
- [CoolHue](https://webkul.github.io/coolhue/) — handpicked gradient palette and swatch for your next standout project. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [CSS Gradient](https://cssgradient.io/) — a free CSS gradient generator tool, this website lets you create a colorful gradient background. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Egg Gradients](https://www.eggradients.com/) — a color collection page that includes shades of 12 different colors. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Grabient](https://www.grabient.com/) — beautiful and simple UI for generating web gradients. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Gradienta](https://gradienta.io/) — multicolor CSS Gradients, JPG Downloads, 100% Free! <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [GradientsList](https://www.gradientslist.com) — a largest crowdsourced collection of gradients, with daily contributions from users on [Gradients Maker for iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1442380225?pt=117877769&ct=gh&mt=8). <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Gradient Generator](https://colordesigner.io/gradient-generator) — a tool that generates a stepped gradient between two colors. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Gradient Hunt](https://gradienthunt.com/) — a free and open platform for color inspiration with thousands of trendy hand-made color gradients. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Gradients Guru](http://gradientsguru.com/) — blend mode background images & beautiful background gradients for your UI. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [HtmlColours](https://htmlcolors.com/) — see how easy and beautiful gradient creation can be with this gradient generator. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [UI Gradients](https://uigradients.com/) — handpicked collection of beautiful color gradients for designers and developers. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Web Gradients](https://webgradients.com/) — a free collection of 180 linear gradients that you can use as content backdrops in any part of your website. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>

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You can also create and audit gradients with Leonardo, which the [Accessibility Tools section](#accessibility-tools) covers.

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<article id="icons-tools">

### Icons Tools

Like fonts, designers use icons in almost every design to support and guide user actions. Icons are important for user navigation. You can download thousands of vector icons for personal and commercial use.

- [Animaticons](http://animaticons.co/) — a growing set of beautiful, high-resolution, animated GIF icons that you can customize.
- [CoreUI Icons](https://coreui.io/icons/) — premium designed free icon set with marks in SVG, Webfont and raster formats. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Digital Nomad Icons](http://digitalnomadicons.com/) — lifestyle icon & emoji pack for your next project. 25 high-resolution flat icons. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Essential Glyphs](https://interface.market/essential/basic-pack) — created to cover your needs in perfect-shaped icons. Adapted for small and large sizes. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Feather Icons](https://feathericons.com/) — each icon uses a 24x24 grid with an emphasis on simplicity, consistency, and readability. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Flaticon](https://www.flaticon.com/) — 1593000+ vector icons in SVG, PSD, PNG, EPS format or as icon font.
- [Font Awesome](https://fontawesome.com/) — the web's most popular icon set and toolkit, also it's open source. [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome)
- [Fontello](http://fontello.com/) — tool to build custom fonts with icons, also open source. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/fontello/fontello)
- [Freepik](https://www.freepik.com) — collection of exclusive freebies and all graphic resources that you need for your projects.
- [Iconscout](https://iconscout.com/) — get high-quality Icons, Illustrations and Stock photos at one place.
- [Iconfinder](https://www.iconfinder.com) — a marketplace for vector icons (SVG). Icon sets available in IconJar format.
- [IconJar](https://www.geticonjar.com/) — store all your icons in one icon manager. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Iconmonstr](https://iconmonstr.com/) — discover 4412+ free icons in 305 collections.Big and continuously growing source of simple icons. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Iconset](https://iconset.io/) — free, cross-platform and fast SVG icon organizer working on Mac and Windows. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Icon Store](https://iconstore.co/) — a library of free vector icons for personal and commercial projects, designed by first-class designers. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [ICONSVG](https://iconsvg.xyz/) — a tool to simplify the process of finding and generating common icons for your project. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Icons8](https://icons8.com/icons) — free iOS, Android and Windows styled icons. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Ikonate](https://www.ikonate.com/) — customize, adjust and download free vector icons. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [illustrio](https://illustrio.com/) — a smarter icon library. Build something great with 100% customizable icons. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Ionicons](https://ionicons.com/) — beautifully crafted open source icons. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Material Design Icons](https://materialdesignicons.com/) — free material design icons made possible by open source contributons. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Material Icons Library](https://icons.pixsellz.io/) — free collection of 1000+ icons for popular graphics tools. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Motion](https://www.getmotion.io) — free, simple animated icon editor.
- [Norde Source](https://norde.io/) — mac, Windows and Linux app to color and customize icon sets to fit your brand. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Noun Project](https://thenounproject.com/) — icons for everything.
- [Nucleo](https://nucleoapp.com/) — a Mac and Windows app to collect, customize and export all your icons. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Orion Icons](https://orioniconlibrary.com/all-icons) — SVG vector icons with an advanced interactive web app.
- [Simple Icons](https://simpleicons.org/) — free SVG icons for popular brands. Simply click the icon you want, and the download should start automatically. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Share Icon](https://www.shareicon.net/) — more than 300 000 free download icons in different formats. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Stream&#8203;line Emoji](http://emoji.streamlineicons.com/) — a free collection of 850 + vector emoji. The style draws inspiration from the japanese “Kawaii” (cute) style. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Svgsus](http://www.svgs.us/) — SVG icon management tool. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [SVG Colorizer](https://www.iconshock.com/svg-color/) — a tool to automatically change the entire color palette of any given SVG icon pack intelligently keeping the shades, highlights & shadows. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [SVGRepo](https://www.svgrepo.com/) — a site with 300.000+ SVG Vectors and Icons.
- [Tilda Icons](https://tilda.cc/free-icons/) — download free icons for landing pages. More than 700 vector icons, collected in 43 sets for business. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Twemoji](https://twemoji.twitter.com/) — Twitter’s open-source emoji has you covered for all your project's emoji needs. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Unicons](https://iconscout.com/unicons) — 1000+ pixel-perfect vector icons for your next project. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [VisualPharm](https://visualpharm.com/) — free SVG Icons with super-fast search and free Coke. Built for fun by Icons8. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Xicons](https://www.xicons.co/) — free vector icons, that update every 10 days. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Zwicon](https://www.zwicon.com/) — handcrafted icon set for your next project. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>

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You can also handle icons with Specify, which the [Design System Tools](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools#design-system-tools) section covers.

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<article id="illustrations">

### Illustrations

You can use illustrations on landing pages, blog posts, inside apps, or in email campaigns to make your designs more engaging. You can download free SVG images and illustrations from community sources:

- [Absurd Design](https://absurd.design) — free surrealist illustrations for your projects. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Blobmaker](https://www.blobmaker.app/) — create vector blob illustrations in the browser, with varying colour, complexity and contrast. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Blush](https://blush.design/) — create, mix and customize illustrations made by artists around the world. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> ![Figma](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools/blob/master/Media/figma.svg)
- [Humaaans](https://www.humaaans.com/) — a free library to mix-&-match illustrations of people. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Illustration by Pngtree](https://pngtree.com/illustration-design) — over 13142 professionally designed illustrations of different styles.
- [IRA Design](https://iradesign.io/) — create standout illustrations, using hand-drawn sketch components, a cool selection of 5 gradients and ai., svg. or png. formats. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [JoeSchmoe](https://joeschmoe.io) — an illustrated avatar collection for developers and designers, perfect as placeholders or live sites. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [LukaszAdam](https://lukaszadam.com/illustrations) — free vector art illustrations and icons. They are available for personal and commercial use. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [ManyPixels](https://gallery.manypixels.co) — royalty-free illustrations to power up your projects. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Mega Doodles Pack](https://github.com/MariaLetta/mega-doodles-pack) — big vector pack with hand-drawn doodles for presentations, social media, blog posts and so on. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Open Doodles](https://www.opendoodles.com/) — a set of free illustrations by Pablo Stanley that embraces the idea of Open Design. You can copy, edit, remix, share, or redraw these images for any purpose without restriction under copyright or database law (CC0 license.). <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Ouch](https://icons8.com/ouch) — vector illustrations to class up your project. Free for both personal and commercial use. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Squircley](https://squircley.app/) - all you need to start creating beautiful SVG squircles. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [unDraw](https://undraw.co) — a collection of beautiful SVG images. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Wannapik](https://www.wannapik.com/) — a collection of free illustrations, vector images, photos, and animations for any use. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>

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<article id="information-architecture">

### Information Architecture

Information architecture helps designers organize and structure content inside websites, mobile apps, and other software. So users will understand product functionality and will find everything needed. These information architecture tools should allow you to create visual sitemaps and to improve your website content structure.

- [DYNO Mapper](https://dynomapper.com/) — organize website projects using visual sitemaps, content inventory, content audit, content planning, daily keyword tracking, and website accessibility testing.
- [Octopus.do](https://octopus.do) — visual sitemap builder. Build your website structure in real-time and rapidly share it to collaborate with your team or clients.
- [OmniGraffle](https://www.omnigroup.com/omnigraffle/) — сreate beautiful diagrams and designs with this powerful and easy to use app. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [OptimalSort](https://www.optimalworkshop.com/optimalsort) — card sorting tool that allows you to understand how people categorize content in your UI.
- [Treejack](https://www.optimalworkshop.com/treejack) — upload your proposed sitemap to see how a user would move through your site.
- [WriteMaps](https://writemaps.com/) — create sitemaps that impress! Plan out the pages and content for your next website project in a visual, fun, and beautiful manner.

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<article id="logo-design">

### Logo Design

A logo is the starting point of your brand identity. It reflects the product mission, functionality and brand message. Ideally, the logo creates a strong connection between your product and the users. Logo design is an art, as well as many other design disciplines. With the right logo design tools, you can do this art right a bit faster.

- [Design Evo](https://www.designevo.com/) — a large collection of vector icons and shapes help you design custom logos easily. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Free Logo Design](https://www.freelogodesign.org/) — create stunning professional logos in seconds. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Graphic Springs](https://www.graphicsprings.com/) — choose from a gallery of vector format logo templates, categorized by industry. Edit the graphics and texts of your template, then download it.
- [Logo Design Team](https://www.logodesignteam.com/) — offers affordable professional custom logo design and brand design services.
- [Logojoy](https://logojoy.com/) — uses artificial intelligence to instantly generate unique logo ideas for your business.
- [Logo Lab](https://logolab.app/home) — put your logo to the test with automated visual experiments. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Logo Maker](https://www.ucraft.com/free-logo-maker) — allows you to make a free logo within seconds. Start with a blank canvas, add text and an icon, and then customize. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Logo Maker](https://www.designhill.com/tools/logo-maker) by Designhill — generate 1000s of unique logos in only few minutes, without design expertise.
- [Logo Makr](https://logomakr.com/) — design a logo for free, choose from hundreds of fonts and icons, then save a logo on the computer. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Logo My Way](https://www.logomyway.com/) — choose from 600 custom logo designs from creative designers worldwide.
- [Logo Package Express](http://thelogopackage.com) — export and package dozens of logo variations and file types for your clients automatically in under 5 minutes.
- [Logo Rank](https://brandmark.io/logo-rank/) — upload your logo to see how it rates on unbiased measures. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Wizlogo](https://wizlogo.com/) — create a logo with a simple and affordable tool backed by professional designers.

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You can also do your logo design with Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Inkscape, Krita and Vectr, which the [UI design tools](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools#ui-design-tools) section covers.

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</article>

<article id="mockup-tools">

### Mockup Tools

A mockup is a visual way of representing the product. While a wireframe represents a product’s structure, a mockup shows how the product is going to look like. These mockup tools help you create and collaborate on mockups, wireframes, diagrams, and prototypes:

- [Artboard Studio](https://artboard.studio/) — online graphic design application mainly focused on product mockups.
- [Cleanmock](https://cleanmock.com) — create stunning mockups using the latest device frames like iPhone & custom backgrounds.
- [Craftwork Design](https://craftwork.design/) — free and premium high-quality digital products that make your work faster and easier.
- [Device Shots](https://deviceshots.com) — a tool that helps you create beautiful device mockups with the screenshot of your website or mobile application, for free.
- [Devices by Facebook](https://facebook.design/devices) — images and Sketch files of popular devices. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Dimmy.club](https://dimmy.club/) — device mockup generator for your website and app screenshots.
- [Frrames](https://frrames.com/) — Frrames mockups is perfectly crafted responsive windows mockups for your ideal presentation.
- [Lstore Graphics](https://www.ls.graphics/) — free and premium mockups, UI/UX tools, scene creators for busy designers. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Mediamodifier](https://mediamodifier.com) — create impressive product mockups in seconds.
- [Mockflow](https://www.mockflow.com/) — the quickest way to brainstorm user interface ideas.
- [Mockup World](https://www.mockupworld.co/) — tons of free and legal, fully layered, easily customizable photo realistic PSDs. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Mockups For Free](https://mockupsforfree.com/) — free design resources, PSD files for graphic and web designers. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Mockuuups](https://mockuuups.studio/) — drag-and-drop tool for creating beautiful app previews or any marketing materials.
- [Mock Video](https://www.mock.video/) — instantly create mockups by adding a device frame to your videos.
- [Moqups](https://moqups.com/) — helps you create and collaborate in real-time on wireframes, mockups, diagrams and prototypes.
- [Original Mockups](https://originalmockups.com/) — high-quality mockups for Photoshop that make your designs stand out.
- [Overframe for Mac](https://overframe.xyz/) — record your prototype & app with device frame overlay. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [PixelBuddha](https://pixelbuddha.net/) — free and premium high-quality resources for web designers and developers.
- [Ramotion Store](https://store.ramotion.com/) — carefully crafted Apple and Android mockups for Sketch and Photoshop.
- [Rotato](https://www.rotato.xyz/) — animated 3D mockups for your app designs. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [SceneLab](https://scenelab.io) — create realistic mockups and customized brand designs online.
- [Screely](https://www.screely.com/) — quickly frame web page designs into a minimalist browser window. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [ScreenSpace](https://www.screenspace.io/) — 3D devices videos for motion designer.
- [Screenzy](https://screenzy.io) — instantly transform your pictures and screenshots into beautiful mockups ready to share on social media. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Screeener](https://github.com/zehfernandes/screeener) — use this app to insert a bunch of images to a keynote file, using the mockup you choose. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Smartmockups](https://smartmockups.com/) — create stunning product mockups with just a few clicks.
- [shotsnapp](https://shotsnapp.com/) — create beautiful device mockup presentation for your digital app and website design.
- [The Mockup Club](https://themockup.club/) — a directory of the best free design mockups for Photoshop, Sketch, Figma and InVision Studio. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Threed](http://threed.io/) — generate custom 3D Device Mockups in your Browser.
- [UI Store Design](https://www.uistore.design/) — 200+ free handpicked design resources for Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, InVision Studio, Photoshop, Illustrator CC. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [UI8 — Design Freebies](https://ui8.net/category/freebies) — epic design freebies to get you started. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Vector Mockups Library](https://mockups.kkuistore.com/) — free collection of presentation Mockups for Sketch, Figma & Photoshop. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>

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<article id="no-code-tools">

### No Code Tools

With a rise of “no code tools”, everyone with a laptop can build and launch a project. These tools help designers and makers create websites, apps, and even games. No code tools allow to automate routine tasks, and you can use them without a development background. Take a look at the tools here and if you need more — check Design to Code section.

- [Bubble](https://bubble.io/) — build and host web applications without having to write code or hire a team of engineers.
- [Carrd](https://carrd.co/) — simple, free, fully responsive one-page sites for pretty much anything. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Coda](https://coda.io) — a new kind of document that blends the flexibility of documents, the power of spreadsheets, and the utility of apps into a single new canvas. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Kodika.io](https://kodika.io) — build iOS apps with Kodika no code app builder for Mac & iPad, capable of creating powerful apps with Drag & Drop. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [PageXL](https://pagexl.com/) — a simple one-page website builder for quickly creating landing pages and online stores. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Remove.bg](https://www.remove.bg/) — a free service to remove the background of any photo. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Retool](https://tryretool.com/) — gives you building blocks and you can build tools much faster.
- [sheet2api](https://sheet2api.com/) — create an API from Google Sheets or Excel Online Spreadsheets, no coding required.
- [Sheet2Site](https://www.sheet2site.com/) — create a website from Google Sheets without writing code.
- [Shopify](https://www.shopify.com/) — one platform with all the e-commerce and point of sale features you need to start, run, and grow your business.
- [Thunkable](https://thunkable.com/) — a drag-and-drop tool for anyone to build native mobile apps.
- [UserGuiding](https://userguiding.com/) — create walkthroughs, checklists, hotspots, and modals to improve user onboarding.

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<article id="pixel-art-tools">

### Pixel Art Tools

Pixel art is a digital art form where you apply color to individual pixels to create an image. You can use pixel art to create everything from detailed scenes and game backgrounds to character designs or emoji. If you feel curious to try, check this pixel art software for both macOS and Windows:

- [Aseprite](https://www.aseprite.org/) — animated sprite editor & pixel art tool. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Data Pixels](https://github.com/gmattie/Data-Pixels) — create pixel art programmatically. Includes DataPixels.js and Data Pixels Playground desktop app. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Draw!](http://www.drawbang.com/) — open-source and free web-based pixel art and GIF editor. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Grafx2](https://gitlab.com/GrafX2/grafX2) — a bitmap paint program inspired by the Amiga programs ​Deluxe Paint and Brilliance. Specialized in 256-color drawing. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i> <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [GraphicsGale](https://graphicsgale.com/us/) — has many pixel-art specific features, including palette control, selectively erasing colors, and tools for quickly replacing and trying new colors. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Goya](https://jackschaedler.github.io/goya/) — a pixel-art editor built on ClojureScript and Om. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Make 8 bit art](https://make8bitart.com/) — an open source and in-browser pixel art drawing tool. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/jennschiffer/make8bitart)
- [Piskel](https://www.piskelapp.com/) — online editor for animated sprites & pixel art. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Pixel art to CSS](https://www.pixelartcss.com/) — pixel art animation and drawing web app powered by React. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Poxi](http://app.poxi.rocks/) — a flat pixel art editor. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Pyxel Edit](https://pyxeledit.com/) — a pixel art editor designed to make it fun and easy to make tilesets, levels and animations. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>

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<article id="prototyping-tools">

### Prototyping Tools

A prototype is a simple experimental design of a proposed solution. It should help to test ideas, design assumptions, and hypotheses in a fast and cheap way. Prototyping tools allow designers and clients to see how the product would function in the real world and collaborate on this solution. Many modern prototyping tools can use for wireframing, prototyping, and collaboration:

- [Alva](https://www.meetalva.io/) — create living prototypes with code components. It's also open source. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/meetalva/alva)
- [Axure RP](https://www.axure.com/) — wireframing, prototyping, collaboration & specifications generation.
- [SAP Build](https://www.build.me/) — a complete set of cloud‑based tools to design and build your enterprise app.
- [Creo](https://creolabs.com/) — prototyping, code exporting and built-in mobile app builder. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Drama](https://www.drama.app/) — prototype, animate and design in a single Mac app. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [InVision](https://www.invisionapp.com/) — prototyping, collaboration & workflow platform. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Flinto](https://www.flinto.com/) — a Mac app for creating interactive and animated prototypes of app designs.
- [Framer X](https://framer.com/) — a tool to visually design realistic interactive prototypes. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Keynote](https://www.apple.com/keynote/) — the built-in Mac app for creating presentations that you can also use for quick prototyping. See how Apple designers use it in the WWDC 2014 session "[Prototyping: Fake It Till You Make It](https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2014/223/)" to verify design concepts. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Lightwell](https://lightwell.pro/) — visual tool and SDK to build mobile layouts and animations that translate into native iOS elements. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Marvel App](https://marvelapp.com/) — the collaborative design platform. Wireframe, prototype, design online and create design specs in one place.
- [Maze](https://maze.design/) — a tool for designers and developers that gives analytical results with measurable KPIs for InVision prototypes.
- [Origami](https://origami.design/) — a free tool for designing modern user interfaces. Quickly put together a prototype, run it on your iPhone or iPad, iterate on it, and export code snippets your engineers can use. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Pencil](https://pencil.evolus.vn/) — prototyping tool with many built-in components that people can easily install and use to create mockups in popular desktop platforms. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Principle](https://principleformac.com/) — makes it easy to design animated and interactive user interfaces. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [ProtoPie](https://www.protopie.io/) — piece hi-fi interactions together, build sensor-aided prototypes and share your creations in a matter of minutes.
- [Proto.io](https://proto.io/) — a tool to create fully-interactive high-fidelity prototypes that look and work exactly as your app should.
- [Prott](https://prottapp.com/) — an easy to use and intuitive prototyping tool, promotes team collaboration.
- [Uizard](https://uizard.io/) — transform wireframes into high-fidelity interactive prototypes, customize style systems, export to Sketch, export to HTML/CSS code. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Useberry](https://www.useberry.com/) — a usability testing tool that allows importing prototypes from InVision, AdobeXD, Sketch and Marvel. It also captures users’ behavior insights with heatmaps, video recordings, user flows, time bars and answers to follow-up questions.
- [UXPin](https://www.uxpin.com/) — build prototypes that feel real, with powers of code components, logic, states, and design systems. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>

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You can also do prototyping with Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch and InVision Studio, which the [UI Design Tools section](#ui-design-tools) covers.

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<article id="screenshot-software">

### Screenshot Software

Taking screenshots is a typical task in the design & development workflow. So these free and full-featured screenshot apps can help you capture a screen with ease. Some screen captures are macOS only, while others support both OS:

- [Camtasia](https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html) — a screen recorder that comes with a full-blown built-in editor.
- [CleanShot](https://getcleanshot.com) — capture your screen in a superior way with a built-in annotation tool and Quick Access Overlay. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [CloudApp](https://www.getcloudapp.com/) — record videos, webcam, annotate screenshots, create GIFs.
- [Collabshot](https://www.collabshot.com/) — take and collaborate on screenshots in real-time with your coworkers. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Gifox](https://gifox.io) — delightful GIF recording and sharing app. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Giphy Capture](https://giphy.com/apps/giphycapture) — capture parts of your screen and export as gif or mp4. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Greenshot](https://getgreenshot.org/) — take a screenshot of a selected region, window or fullscreen. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Kap](https://getkap.co) — open source screen recorder with options to export to GIF, MP4, WebM and APNG. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/wulkano/kap) <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Lighshot](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lightshot-screenshot/id526298438) — taking quick captures of your screen. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Monosnap](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/monosnap/id540348655?mt=12) — create screenshots, annotate and upload them to the cloud. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [OBS](https://obsproject.com/) — open source software for video recording and live streaming. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Quicktime](https://support.apple.com/quicktime) — a video player that you can use to record your screen. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [ScreenFlow](http://www.telestream.net/screenflow/overview.htm) — video editing and screen recording
  software for Mac. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Screenie](https://www.thnkdev.com/Screenie/) — filter and search through images, change screenshot filetypes. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [ScreenshotAPI.net](https://screenshotapi.net) — create pixel-perfect full page website screenshots. ![web](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools/blob/master/Media/web.svg)
- [ScreenToGif](https://www.screentogif.com/) — record a gif of part of the screen. Only available for Windows. ![web.svg](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools/blob/master/Media/free.svg) [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/wulkano/kap)
- [ShareX](https://getsharex.com/) — screen capture, file sharing, and productivity tool. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Shotty](https://meetshotty.com) — a menu bar app that helps you quickly find the screenshot you're looking for so you can drag and drop it into any application. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Snagit](https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html) — capture images and video, create GIFs, annotate, edit, and share.
- [Snipping Tool](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13776/windows-use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots) — Windows free screenshot tool. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Snappy](http://snappy-app.com/) — takes quick shots and organizes them for you into collections. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Teampaper Snap](https://teampaper.me/snap/) — allows you to take screenshots of a selected area. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>

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<article id="sketching-tools">

### Sketching Tools

Sometimes you need just a pencil and paper to start creating your app or website. So here are you can find online sketching tools with great sketch sheet templates to speed up your creative process:

- [Responsive Sketchsheets](https://zurb.com/playground/responsive-sketchsheets) — offers responsive pre-design templates. These will automatically adapt their layout to any screen size and include neat features. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Sketchsheets](https://sketchsheets.com/) — an open source project dedicated to providing free printable templates of the latest devices and platforms for wireframing designs. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/rnarrkus/sketchsheets)
- [Sneakpeekit](https://sneakpeekit.com/) — print note taking grids and devices frames. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Sketchize](https://sketchize.com/) — just choose any of the sketch sheets that fits your project, print it out and start to sketch your dream. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>

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You can also do some sketching with Sketch mentioned in [UI design tools](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools#ui-design-tools).

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</article>

<article id="smm-design-tools">

### SMM Design Tools

Often marketing teams need well-design materials. It can be different banners, promo visuals, favicons, animations or just nice images for social platforms, like Twitter or Instagram. It this section we will keep adding tools for everyone to create marketing designs.

- [Canva](https://www.canva.com/) — create stunning designs for work, life, and play—even if you're not a design expert!
- [Crello](https://crello.com/) — create own designs: posts, covers, graphics, and posters using the best software on the web.
- [Pablo by Buffer](https://pablo.buffer.com/) — design engaging images for your social media posts. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Remove.bg](https://www.remove.bg/) — a free service to remove the background of any photo. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [SocialSizes](https://socialsizes.io/) — provides designers with the best sizes to use for image and video content on social media. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Stencil](https://getstencil.com/) — a graphic design tool that is all about creating social media images easily and quickly.

</article>

<article id="sound-design">

### Sound Design

Sound design is an art of creating a soundscape for a site, app, movie, game or any other product. The sound has great potential for transforming the way people connect with your product. Some sound design software offers advanced features suited to sound designers, while others are good for beginners.

- [Appsounds](https://appsounds.pro/) — UI Sound packs for apps, games, and any product.
- [AudioJungle](https://audiojungle.net/) — 836,206 tracks and sounds from the community of musicians and sound engineers.
- [Bensound](https://www.bensound.com/) — download creative commons music, royalty free music for free and use it in your project. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Freesound](https://freesound.org/) — a collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds. Browse, download and share sounds. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Fugue Music](https://icons8.com/music) — download free background music for your videos. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Max](https://cycling74.com/products/max/) — connect objects with virtual patch cords to create interactive sounds, graphics, and custom effects.
- [Reaper](http://reaper.fm/) — import any audio and MIDI, synthesize, sample, compose, arrange, edit, mix, and master songs or any other audio projects.
- [Sonic Pi](https://sonic-pi.net/) — a live coding music synth. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i> <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [SoundKit](https://soundkit.io/) — a UI sound library designed for all your interface needs.
- [UI Sounds](https://uisounds.prototypr.io/) — learn sound design for user interfaces by example.
- [Wistia Music](https://wistia.com/resources/music) — download some free background tracks to add energy and emotion to your videos. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [WOWA](https://www.wowa.me/) — download royalty-free music for YouTube videos, podcasts, and apps. No copyright CC0. Music inspired by Unsplash. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>

</article>

<article id="stock-photos-tools">

### Stock Photos Tools

Need a high-quality photo for iOS app or new banner? You can always shoot it yourself or borrow from the stock photo sites. Luckily, there are hundreds of beautiful, free stock photos and royalty-free images that you can use for any project:

- [Burst](https://burst.shopify.com/) — free stock photos for websites and commercial use. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Duotone](https://duotone.shapefactory.co/) — free duotone images to use in any project, or make custom duotone images. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Death to Stock](https://deathtothestockphoto.com/) — paid-for stock photo service with a mailing list for occasional free packs, and a focus on not looking like stock photography.
- [FoodiesFeed](https://foodiesfeed.com/) — thousands of beautiful realistic free food pictures in high resolution. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [FreePhotos.cc](https://freephotos.cc/) — free stock photos for commercial use. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Freestocks.org](http://freestocks.org/) — high quality photos all released under Creative Commons CC0. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Gratisography](https://gratisography.com) — a collection of free high-resolution pictures. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Jay Mantri](https://jaymantri.com/) — 7 new photos released every Thursday under the Creative Commons CC0. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Kaboom Pics](https://kaboompics.com/) — stock photos including abstract, city/architecture, fashion, food & landscapes. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [LandingStock](https://landingstock.com/) — a collection of free images for your landing page. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Life of Pix](https://www.lifeofpix.com/) — free high-resolution photos, created by the LEEROY team. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [LoremPixel](https://lorempixel.com/) — an API that serves stock photos at specified sizes and categories. Great for placeholder/user-generated content. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Magdeleine](https://magdeleine.co/) — free high-quality stock photos for your inspiration. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Moose](https://photos.icons8.com/) — don't search for stock photos, create them. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [MMT STock](http://mmtstock.com/) — high-resolution photos provided by Jeffrey Betts with Creative Commons CC0. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [New Old Stock](https://nos.twnsnd.co/) — a vintage photos from the public archives free of known copyright restrictions. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/) — a collection of many free stock photo resources. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Photo Creator](https://photos.icons8.com/creator) — a free tool for creating realistic stock photos on your demand. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Picography](https://picography.co/) — free stock photos by Dave Meier and other photographers with Creative Commons CC0. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/) — sharing photos, illustrations, vector graphics, and film footage under a proprietary license. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Picjumbo](http://picjumbo.com/) — a collection of totally free photos for your commercial & personal works. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Pngtree](https://pngtree.com/) — millions of PNG images, backgrounds and vectors for free download. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [pxhere](https://pxhere.com/) — free image stock. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Reshot](https://www.reshot.com/) — a massive library of handpicked free stock photos you won’t find elsewhere. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [ShotStash](https://shotstash.com/) — thousands of free high-resolution CC0 photos and videos. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [SkitterPhoto](https://skitterphoto.com/) — a wide variety of stock photos released under Creative Commons CC0. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Startup Stock Photos](http://startupstockphotos.com/) — free photos for startups, bloggers and publishers. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [StockSnap.io](https://stocksnap.io/) — a large selection of free stock photos and high-resolution images. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [StyledStock](https://styledstock.co/) — free feminine stock photography for every woman entrepreneur. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [The Gender Spectrum Collection](https://broadlygenderphotos.vice.com/) — a stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models that go beyond the clichés. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [UI Faces](https://uifaces.co/) — an aggregator that indexes free avatar sources that you can use in your design mockups. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com) — stock photos free to use. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [#WOCinTech Chat Photos](https://www.flickr.com/photos/wocintechchat) — free stock photos of women technologists of diverse backgrounds. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Zoommy](http://www.zoommyapp.com) — helps you find awesome free stock photos for your creative product or inspiration. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>

</article>

<article id="stock-videos">

### Stock Videos

If you work with video-content, you will enjoy these high-quality, hand-curated stock videos. You'll find many good and free stock video sites below, which you can use on your website, in your ad campaigns or social media:

- [Coverr](https://coverr.co/) — beautiful, free stock video footage for your homepage. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Life of Vids](http://www.lifeofvids.com/) — provides free stock videos, clips, and loops. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Mazwai](http://mazwai.com) — great collection of free creative commons HD video clips & footages. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Mixkit](https://mixkit.co/) — extraordinary Free HD videos. For you to use, free of charge. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Motion Places](https://www.motionplaces.com/) — a curated collection of beautiful footage you can use for your projects. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/) — it has more than 1.5 million royalty-free stock videos and photos shared by their community of creators. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Pexels Videos](https://www.pexels.com/videos/) — makes it easy to find free stock footage for your website, promo video or anything else. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Videezy](https://www.videezy.com/) — download millions of free and premium stock footage and motion graphics instantly.
- [Videvo](https://www.videvo.net/) — offers a large selection of HD video clips, motion graphics, and free stock footage. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [123RF](https://www.123rf.com/) — over 100,000 daily new content & 24/7 online support.

</article>

<article id="tools-for-learning-design">

### Tools for Learning Design

- [Design Better](https://www.designbetter.co/) — discover the best practices, stories, and insights from the world’s top design teams and leaders. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Design+Code](https://designcode.io/) — complete courses about the best tools and design systems.
- [DesignerUp](https://designerup.co/) — a collection of self-paced courses and mentorship to help you master Product Design (UI/UX).
- [Figma Training](https://www.figmatraining.com) — an intensive course all about Figma, for UI designers.
- [Interaction Design Foundation](https://www.interaction-design.org/) — a website that is the industry well known for learning UX/UI skills.
- [Laws of UX](https://lawsofux.com/) — a collection of the maxims and principles that designers can consider when building user interfaces. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Learn UX](https://learnux.io/) — a complete approach to learning UI & UX Tools.
- [Sketch Master](https://sketchmaster.com/) — a collection of video training courses for professionals learning Sketch.
  </article>

<article id="ui-design-tools">

### UI Design Tools

What are the best UI design tools in 2019? You can pick any of the tools below and it will allow you to do dozens of design tasks — UI for site or mobile, wireframe, prototype, animation, logo. These are great and fully-functional tools for UX & UI designers:

- [Adobe XD](https://www.adobe.com/products/xd.html) — design, prototype, and share any user experience, from websites and mobile apps to voice interactions. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Affinity Designer](https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/designer/) — a vector graphics editor for macOS, iOS, and Microsoft Windows.
- [Akira](https://github.com/akiraux/Akira) — native Linux App for UI and UX Design built in Vala and Gtk. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Botmock](https://www.botmock.com) — design, prototype, and test voice and text conversational apps. Supports many platforms.
- [CleverBrush](https://www.cleverbrush.com/) — a browser-based online vector editor and digital publishing tool which is possible to integrate to the page as JS component.
- [Figma](https://www.figma.com/) — a design tool based in the browser, that allows to design and prototype with real-time collaboration.
- [GIMP](https://www.gimp.org/) — a free & open-source imaging and graphic design software. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Gravit](https://designer.io/) — a free vector design app, available for macOS, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, and browser. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Illustrator](https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html) — create logos, icons, drawings, typography, and illustrations for print, web, video, and mobile. Made by Adobe.
- [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/) — a free and open-source vector graphics editor. It can create or edit vector graphics such as illustrations, diagrams, line arts, charts, logos, and complex paintings. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Krita](https://krita.org/en/) — a free painting and graphic design software considered a good alternative to Adobe Photoshop. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Lunacy](https://icons8.com/lunacy) — a free native windows app that works offline and supports .sketch files. Flexible and light weighed. Intuitive and easy to use. Speeds up and assists UI and UX designers to produce designs. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Photopea](https://www.photopea.com/) — a free browser-based graphic design app alternative to Photoshop. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Photoshop](https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html) — imaging and graphic design software developed by Adobe.
- [Pixelixe](https://studio.pixelixe.com) — a graphic design tool built for marketers, bloggers and small businesses that needs to create stunning and unique images, graphics or static webpages in minutes. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Sketch](https://www.sketchapp.com/) — a design toolkit built for Mac. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Studio](https://www.invisionapp.com/studio) — combines design, prototyping, and collaboration into one harmonious workflow. Made by InVision.
- [TwitPile](https://twitpile.com) — creates tiled images out of Twitter followers, interests and lists. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Vectr](https://vectr.com/) — a simple web and desktop cross-platform tool to create vector graphics easily and intuitively. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Voiceflow](https://www.voiceflow.com) — prototype, design and deploy real apps for Amazon Alexa & Google Home.

</article>

<article id="user-flow-tools">

### User Flow Tools

User flow is a series of steps a user takes to achieve a specific goal. It's a fast way to plan customer journey paths and improve UX. So if you need to make a user flow diagram, user flow map or a sitemap, take a look at these tools.

- [Draw.io](https://www.draw.io/) — a free online diagram software for making flowcharts, process diagrams, org charts, UML, ER, and network diagrams. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Flowmapp](https://flowmapp.com/) — an online tool for creating sitemaps and user flows that helps you to effectively design and plan user experience.
- [Google Drawings](https://docs.google.com/drawings/) — create diagrams and charts, for free; all within Google Docs. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Lucidchart](https://www.lucidchart.com/) — an online tool for creating diagrams, flow charts, sitemaps, and more.
- [MindNode](https://mindnode.com/) — a mind mapping app that makes brainstorming simple and easy. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [NinjaMock](https://ninjamock.com/) — wireframe and user flow online tool. Link your views and create logic flow prototype. All with freehand visual style.
- [OmniGraffle](https://www.omnigroup.com/omnigraffle/) — a diagramming and digital illustration application for macOS and iOS. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [Overflow](https://overflow.io/) — turn your designs into playable user flow diagrams that tell a story.
- [Sketch.systems](https://sketch.systems/) — ui and flow design with interactive state machines. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [SQUID](https://uxmisfit.com/squid/) — create beautiful User Flows in Sketch in just minutes. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [WebSequenceDiagrams](https://www.websequencediagrams.com/) — a simple webapp to work out object interactions arranged in time sequence. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Whimsical](https://whimsical.co/) — easy to create flow charts, wireframes and sticky notes.
- [Wireflow](http://wireflow.co) — free, online and open source tool for creating beautiful user flow prototypes. [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/vanila-io/wireflow) <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [XMind: ZEN](https://www.xmind.net/zen/) — a brainstorming and mind mapping tool that can switch between outline and tree-chart. Link topics with other charts.
- [yEd](https://www.yworks.com/products/yed) — free desktop tool for making diagrams. Usable for the wide variety of use cases. Auto-layout helps a lot when making flowcharts. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>

</article>

<article id="user-research-tools">

### User Research Tools

User research helps you understand user behaviors, needs, and motivations through qualitative and quantitative methods (interviews, observation, forms, etc). These user research tools can be useful for you:

- [Appoint.ly](https://appoint.ly) — a web-based scheduling tool that helps to schedule meetings quickly through the integration with calendars online.
- [Calendly](https://calendly.com/) — Calendly helps you schedule meetings without the back-and-forth emails.
- [Crowd Signal](https://crowdsignal.com/) — collect, organize and analyze data from many sources, including social media and mobile.
- [Doodle](https://doodle.com/) — online calendar tool for time management, and coordinating events, meetings, appointments.
- [Evolt](https://evolt.io/en/) — create user personas, storyboards, business model canvas, experience maps, brainstorming boards and moodboards in a clean and modern way.
- [Feedback Lite](https://www.feedbacklite.com/) — collect high quality customer feedback using Voice of Customer solutions designed to improve your website performance and boost customer engagement.
- [GoToMeeting](https://www.gotomeeting.com/en-gb) — a simple, extraordinarily powerful web conferencing service.
- [Handrail](https://handrailux.com/) — end-to-end, collaborative user research and insights platform — plan research, collect and analyze data, and share your findings.
- [JotForm](https://www.jotform.com) — create online forms, get an email for each response, collect data. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Lookback](https://lookback.io/) — remotely run, record, and take notes for your user research sessions, either with a live product or with a prototype.
- [MineTime](https://minetime.ai) — a free calendar app with smart scheduling and time analytics features. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Reflector](https://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector) — Reflector is a basic screen-mirroring and recording tool so you can conduct user tests remotely, using any existing wireframes or prototypes.
- [Reframer](https://www.optimalworkshop.com/reframer) — a research tool that helps your team to capture, tag (code) and identify patterns in qualitative data across many research participants.
- [Sticktail](https://sticktailapp.com/) — a platform for centralizing, finding and sharing user insights within your organization.
- [Survey Monkey](https://www.surveymonkey.com/) — online survey tool to capture the voices and opinions of the people who matter most to you.
- [Typeform](https://www.typeform.com/) — use a simple drag-and-drop interface to create any kind of form, survey, or questionnaire, and even take credit card payments.
- [Wufoo](https://www.wufoo.com) — сreate forms, collect data and payments and automate your workflows.
- [YesInsights](https://www.yesinsights.com/) — simple one question and NPS surveys to improve your business.
- [UserBit](https://userbitapp.com/) — a platform of real-time research tools for your team. Tag/code interviews and feedback, capture insights, create personas, visual sitemaps and more.
- [User Interviews](https://www.userinterviews.com/) — recruit participants from a community of 125,000 members based on profession, demographics, geography and more, for any kind of research.
- [Zoom](https://zoom.us) — it's one of the best online meeting services.

</article>

<article id="visual-debugging-tools">

### Visual Debugging Tools

- [LogRocket](https://logrocket.com/) — a tool to record what users do on your site so you can reproduce bugs and fix issues faster.
- [PixelSnap](https://getpixelsnap.com) — the magical way to measure everything on your screen. <i class="fab fa-apple"></i>
- [VisBug](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/ProjectVisBug) — on any webpage: visually debug, quick inspect style and a11y, change CSS visually, click and drag elements around, and much more. [<i class="fab fa-osi"></i>](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/ProjectVisBug) <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Visual Inspector](https://www.canvasflip.com/visual-inspector/) — collaboration tool for website feedback and fixing design bugs.

</article>

<article id="wireframing-tools">

### Wireframing Tools

A wireframe is a visual mockup that outlines the basic structure of the site or an app. It contains the most essential elements and the content, helping you easily explain ideas on design. Wireframes are a low-fidelity way of showing a design. This section presents the best wireframing tools for different use cases.

- [Balsamiq Cloud](https://balsamiq.cloud/) — effortless UI sketching. Capture your ideas, collaborate on your designs, get everyone on board.
- [BLOKK](http://www.blokkfont.com/) — a font for quick mock-ups and wireframing for clients who do not understand Latin. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [CSS Grid Builder](https://cssgrid.cc/css-grid-builder.html) — with this tool there is no HTML part to the grid. The grid only appears once you add and position content (elements) according to the grid rules. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Gliffy](https://www.gliffy.com/) — a tool for creating the framework, UML diagrams, flowcharts, wireframes and more.
- [Gridzzly](http://gridzzly.com/) — the easiest way to create custom grid paper printable. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Layoutit](https://grid.layoutit.com/) — a interface builder for CSS Grid & Bootstrap that wants to be the kick-off for your front-end developments. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Pidoco](https://pidoco.com/en) — software that lets you quickly create click-through wireframes and fully interactive UX prototypes.
- [Wireframe.cc](https://wireframe.cc/) — a simple wireframing tool that doesn't get in your way. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Whimsical Wireframes](https://whimsical.co/wireframes/) — instant wireframing at your fingertips. Rich library of configurable elements like buttons, inputs, checkboxes.
- [1200px Grid System](https://1200px.com/) — helps you build a grid system for much wider website designs than the 960-pixel style.

</article>

<article id="three-d-modeling-software">

### Three D Modeling Software

Gaming, film making, architecture, engineering, and 3D printing all use 3D graphics. 3D artists & designers use specific 3D modeling software, covered in this section.

- [Autodesk](https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview) — integrated CAD, CAM, and CAE software. Unify design, engineering, and manufacturing into a single platform.
- [Blender](https://www.blender.org/) — free and open-source 3D Creation Software. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [FreeCAD](https://www.freecadweb.org/) — a free and open-source multiplatform 3D parametric modeler. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [MatterControl](https://www.matterhackers.com/store/l/mattercontrol/sk/MKZGTDW6) — a free, open-source, all-in-one software package that lets you design, slice, organize and manage your 3D prints. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i> <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Maya](https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview) — make animations, environments, motion graphics, virtual reality, and character creation, all in one toolset.
- [Onshape](https://www.onshape.com/) — a modeling software specially oriented to design technical and spare parts, was the first full-cloud 3D software created.
- [OpenSCAD](https://www.openscad.org/) — a software for creating solid 3D CAD objects. <i class="fab fa-osi"></i>
- [Rhino](https://www.rhino3d.com/) — a curve-based 3D modeling software that creates mathematically-precise models of 3D surfaces.
- [SketchUp](https://www.sketchup.com) — 3D design software that truly makes 3D modeling for everyone, with a simple to learn toolset.
- [Tinkercad](https://www.tinkercad.com) — a free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding. <i class="fas fa-donate"></i>
- [Vectary](https://www.vectary.com/) — create beautiful 3D models with our drag and drop 3D modeling tool.
- [3D Slash](https://www.3dslash.net) — 3D modeling tool, available on all devices and all OS, online and offline.

</article>

<article id="addendum">

### Addendum (Reference & Inspiration)

[Lisa Dziuba](https://twitter.com/LisaDziuba) & [Valia Havruliyk](https://twitter.com/ValiaHavryliuk) from the Flawless team curate Awesome Design Tools & Plugins. Articles from the design community and the Prototypr.io Toolbox, made by our good friend Graeme Fulton, inspired this project. If you found some great design tools, please [suggest it](https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools/blob/master/Contribution_Guidelines.md). Thanks for making this project awesome :)

</article>
