100+ Free Resources Every Developer & Designer Should Bookmark
Images, icons, CSS tools, AI prompts, SEO, hosting, and more — organized by category.
A hand-picked directory of free tools, libraries, and guides for developers and designers, sorted into 30 clickable categories so you can find what you need in seconds.
138+ free tools, libraries, and guides across 29 categories — jump to any section below, or scroll through the whole list. A handful are our own tools, marked with a By 92nodes badge — use the filter below to see only those.
Free Images & Stock Photos
Free Illustrations
Icons
Upload an image and generate every favicon size, plus the HTML tags to add them.
A clean, consistent open-source icon set (used across this site).
Hand-crafted SVG icons from the Tailwind CSS team.
The most widely used icon library on the web.
Over 5,000 free, pixel-perfect SVG icons.
CSS Generators & Tools
Build linear or radial gradients and copy the CSS instantly.
Design rounded corners, pills, circles, and organic blobs, then copy the CSS.
Another solid gradient builder with an easing curve editor.
Generate ready-to-use glass-effect CSS.
Soft-UI neumorphic shadow generator.
Visually design custom CSS easing curves.
Ready-made CSS animations you can copy and tweak.
Generate SVG blobs, waves, and background shapes.
Ready-Made CSS Components
HTML, CSS & JavaScript Learning
The definitive reference for every web API and standard.
Free courses, projects, and certifications.
A full, project-based full-stack curriculum.
A deep, modern JavaScript tutorial from the fundamentals up.
Google's guidance on performance, PWAs, and modern web APIs.
Coding Practice Platforms
Algorithm and data-structure interview practice.
Coding challenges across languages and domains.
Bite-sized kata to sharpen your language skills.
Real-world UI designs you build from a spec.
Mentored practice exercises in 60+ languages.
Frontend interview prep with real coding challenges, UI builds, and system-design practice in a full in-browser workspace.
AI Prompt Libraries
AI Tools Directories
UI/UX Design Inspiration
Design shots from working designers worldwide.
Full case studies and project breakdowns.
Real screens captured from production mobile and web apps.
Award-winning websites judged on design and UX.
A curated gallery of landing pages.
Inspiration for single-page websites.
Color Tools
Generate harmonious 5-color palettes with HEX, RGB, and HSL values.
The fastest way to generate and lock color schemes.
Build palettes from color theory rules or an uploaded image.
Trending, hand-picked color palettes.
Preview a palette on a live mock website.
Fonts
SVG Resources
Placeholder Images & Mock Data
Free APIs for Developers
Developer Utilities
Turn any text or URL into a downloadable QR code, generated locally.
Build, validate, and explain cron expressions with timezone-aware run previews.
Build, decode, and understand Linux file permissions with numeric, symbolic, and security-aware chmod commands.
Inspect API responses and generate TypeScript, Zod, Laravel, OpenAPI, and more.
Encode or decode text and files in standard or URL-safe Base64, privately in your browser.
Generate assetlinks.json, AASA files, native config, test commands, and QR codes for deep links.
Turn shortcuts like ;welcome into full replies with a free Chrome extension.
Format, validate, and beautify JSON.
A strict JSON validator.
Build and debug regular expressions with live explanations.
A drag-and-drop toolkit for encoding, hashing, and parsing data.
Code Sharing & Playgrounds
Git & GitHub Tools
Regex & Cheat Sheets
Website Performance Tools
Recommended sizes, formats, and next/image examples, plus a printable checklist.
Google's Core Web Vitals and performance report for any URL.
Detailed waterfall analysis and performance scoring.
Advanced, multi-location performance testing.
Compress images in the browser with a live before/after preview.
Smart PNG and JPEG compression.
SEO Tools
Turn a list of URLs into a valid, downloadable sitemap.xml.
Build a valid robots.txt with presets for WordPress and Next.js.
Generate title, description, and canonical tags with a live Google search preview.
Generate Open Graph and Twitter Card tags with a live social preview.
Build a properly formatted UTM tracking link with quick presets for common channels.
A downloadable checklist covering technical, on-page, content, and off-page SEO.
Monitor how Google indexes and ranks your site.
Check whether your structured data qualifies for rich results.
A free site audit and backlink data for verified sites.
Domain, DNS & Network Tools
Security Tools
Generate a strong, random password with instant strength feedback.
Scan and score your site's HTTP security headers.
A broader security and best-practices scan for your site.
Check if an email or password has appeared in a data breach.
Database Tools
Web Design Mockup Tools
Browser Compatibility
Free Hosting & Deployment
Zero-config hosting built for Next.js and modern frontends.
Git-based deploys with a generous free-tier hosting plan.
Fast static and full-stack hosting on Cloudflare's edge.
Free static hosting straight from a GitHub repo.
A massive, categorized list of free tiers from hosting, DNS, CI/CD, monitoring, and other developer services.
Open-Source Projects
Common questions
Are all of these tools actually free?+
Yes. Every one of the 138+ links here has a genuinely useful free tier — some also offer paid upgrades, but you can get real value without paying.
How is this list organized?+
Into 29 categories — images, icons, CSS tools, AI, SEO, hosting, and more — so you can jump straight to what you need from the table of contents.
What does the "By 92nodes" badge mean?+
It marks tools we built ourselves, like the color palette, QR code, and cron expression generators, which run entirely in your browser alongside the third-party links. Use the "Built by 92nodes" filter above the list to see only those.
How often is this list updated?+
We add and refresh entries periodically as tools change or better alternatives appear, so a link that disappoints is worth telling us about.
Can I suggest a resource to add?+
Yes — reach out through our contact page with the tool and category, and we'll take a look for a future update.
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