Design & Creative

Discover 133+ indie Design & Creative tools built by independent makers. Open-source and bootstrapped alternatives with install commands and compatibility data.

D2

D2 is a modern diagram scripting language that turns text to diagrams.

Developer Tools
developer-toolsdiagrammingdiagrams
Visit → 23249★
Kap

Capture, edit, and share your screen with ease. Create stunning GIFs and videos for tutorials, demos, and bug reports.

Design & Creative
macosscreen-recordergif
Visit → 19150★
Screenity

The free and privacy-friendly screen recorder with no limits 🎥

Design & Creative
annotationannotation-toolaudio
Visit → 18058★
Pillow

Python Imaging Library (Fork)

Design & Creative
ccross-platformimage
Visit → 13465★
qrcode

QR code and bar code generator

Design & Creative
npmqrcodegenerate
Visit → 8076★
Plasmic

Visual builder for React. Build apps, websites, and content. Integrate with your codebase.

Design & Creative
buildercmsdesign
Visit → 6691★
Luban H5

[WIP]en: web design tool || mobile page builder/editor || mini webflow for mobile page. zh: 类似易企秀的H5

Design & Creative
ant-designdesign-tooleditor
Visit → 6244★
pica

High quality & fast resize (lanczos3) in pure JS. Alternative to canvas drawImage(), when no pixelation allowed

Design & Creative
npmimageresize
Visit → 4039★
Brightroom

📷 A composable image editor using Core Image and Metal.

Design & Creative
coreimageeditorgpu
Visit → 3624★
ln

3D line art rendering in Go

Design & Creative
go3dline
Visit → 3360★
asciigraph

Go package to make lightweight ASCII line graph ╭┈╯ in command line apps with no other dependencies.

CLI Tools
cligolightweight
Visit → 2996★
Quant-UX

Quant-UX is an open-source tool for creating interactive prototypes, conducting user tests, and analyzing results to improve UX design.

Design & Creative
self-hosteduxdesign
Visit → 2474★
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