Free design tools and resources every designer should bookmark
Design doesn't have to start with a subscription. These are the free (or generously free) design tools and resources I come back to, from full editors to icon packs.
Editors that cost nothing
- Photopea →
Photoshop-style editing in the browser, and it opens PSDs.
- Penpot🔒 Pro
Open-source, collaborative design platform: a Figma alternative you can self-host.
- Affinity🔒 Pro
Professional design, photo and layout software, now free for everyone.
- diagrams.net🔒 Pro
Free flowcharts and diagrams that save straight to your own drive.
Photos, icons and logos
- Unsplash →
High-quality free photos for any project.
- Pexels →
Free stock photos and videos.
- Hugeicons🔒 Pro
40,000+ icons with a large free set.
- Lordicon🔒 Pro
Thousands of animated icons for web and apps.
- SVGL🔒 Pro
Clean SVG logos for brands and tech companies.
UI components and themes
- Magic UI🔒 Pro
Animated React components that drop into shadcn/ui projects.
- tweakcn🔒 Pro
Visual theme editor for shadcn/ui.
Motion and 3D
- Rive🔒 Pro
Interactive animations that run in apps and on the web.
- Spline🔒 Pro
Design 3D scenes in the browser and embed them on a site.
- Jitter🔒 Pro
Fast, simple motion design for UI and social.
- Lottielab🔒 Pro
Create and edit Lottie animations visually.
AI helpers
- remove.bg →
One-click background removal.
- Recraft🔒 Pro
AI image generation built for designers, including vectors.
Inspiration
- Siteinspire🔒 Pro
A long-running showcase of well-designed websites.
- Landingfolio🔒 Pro
Landing page examples and templates.
- Pttrns🔒 Pro
Mobile app UI patterns.
Browse the full Design category in the ToolOS directory. Every link is checked automatically, so dead ones get flagged.