Most "free design resources" lists haven't been updated since 2020. Half the links are dead. The other half point to sites that still exist but stopped adding new content three years ago.
This list was tested in April 2026. Every link opens. Every resource still updates. And it covers the categories that actually matter for web designers working in 2026 — not just fonts and stock photos, but Framer and Webflow templates, AI design tools, and the component libraries built for the way most web products are built today.
The 7 best categories of free design resources for web designers in 2026 are: UI kits and component libraries, website templates, fonts, icons, mockups, stock photos and illustrations, and AI design tools.
Here's the full list.
How we picked these
Three filters. First: the resource still updates actively (last update within six months). Second: free for commercial use without requiring attribution. Third: quality that meets a professional standard — resources that look like something a working designer would actually use in a client project.
If it failed any of those, it's not here.
Free UI kits and component libraries
Untitled UI (untitledui.com) — The most complete free Figma UI kit available. 320,000+ Figma duplicates. Auto Layout 5.0, Variables, dark mode, and a component system that covers everything from buttons to full page templates. If you're starting a new web product and need a Figma component library, start here.
Flowbite (flowbite.com) — Open-source Tailwind CSS component library with Figma designs included. 600+ components. Best for designers working alongside developers who use Tailwind CSS — the handoff is seamless because the components are the same in design and code.
shadcn/ui Figma (ui.shadcn.com) — The Figma implementation of shadcn/ui, the most widely adopted component library in the React/Next.js ecosystem. If your product is built on shadcn, designing in the matching Figma kit eliminates an entire class of design-to-dev translation errors.
Relume (relume.io) — A free Webflow and Figma component library with 1,000+ pre-built website sections. Best for web designers doing marketing sites and landing pages. The free tier is generous.
Material 3 Design Kit (figma.com/@materialdesign) — Google's official Material Design 3 Figma kit. Comprehensive component system, tokens, and documentation. Best for Android app design and products that want to align with Google's design system.
Aceternity UI (ui.aceternity.com) — Modern, animation-forward React components. Free. Good for products that need to feel current in 2026 — the animated card, spotlight, and moving border components in particular.
Free Framer and Webflow templates
The best free Framer and Webflow templates are covered in detail across two dedicated guides on Mantlr. The short version for web designers:
Framer: Hanssen (portfolio), SaasLeek (SaaS), Citeflow (agency). All free on Framer Marketplace.
Webflow: Brix Portfolio (portfolio), Foundry (SaaS), Summit (agency). All free on Webflow Marketplace.
Browse the full curated collections on Mantlr: free Framer templates → and free Webflow templates →
Free fonts
Google Fonts (fonts.google.com) — 1,500+ typefaces, all free for commercial use with no attribution required. The quality range is wide but the top tier (Inter, DM Sans, Plus Jakarta Sans, Manrope, Bricolage Grotesque) is genuinely excellent.
Fontshare (fontshare.com) — Curated collection of professional typefaces, all free for personal and commercial use. Smaller library than Google Fonts but higher average quality. Satoshi, Cabinet Grotesk, and Clash Display are widely used in product design.
Collletttivo (collletttivo.it) — An independent type foundry releasing free display and text typefaces. Irregular update schedule, but when they release something, it's distinctive. Good for projects that need a typeface that doesn't look like it came from the same 10 fonts everyone uses.
Font Squirrel (fontsquirrel.com) — Commercial-use-only filter makes this the most reliable source for licensing clarity. All fonts are manually vetted for commercial free use.
The League of Moveable Type (theleagueofmoveabletype.com) — Open-source typefaces, all actively maintained. Raleway, Ostrich Sans, and League Spartan are standouts. All typefaces are free for commercial use.
Free icons
Lucide (lucide.dev) — The best free icon library for web UI in 2026. 1,400+ icons, consistent 24px grid, available as SVG, JSX, Figma, and npm package. Open-source with MIT license.
Iconoir (iconoir.com) — 1,500+ clean, minimal icons in SVG format. Slightly more opinionated style than Lucide — thicker strokes, rounder corners. Good for consumer products and apps.
Phosphor Icons (phosphoricons.com) — 9,000+ icons across six weights. The largest free icon library by count. The weight system (thin, light, regular, bold, fill, duotone) makes it versatile across product contexts. Free, MIT license.
Untitled UI Icons (untitledui.com/icons) — 1,100+ icons from the same team as the Untitled UI kit. Designed to match the Untitled UI component system but work as standalone icons too. Figma, SVG, and React formats.
Tabler Icons (tabler.io/icons) — 5,600+ MIT-licensed icons. Strong coverage for technical and data product interfaces. Available in SVG, React, Vue, and Figma.
Heroicons (heroicons.com) — Built by the Tailwind CSS team for Tailwind projects. 292 carefully drawn icons in outline and solid styles. The quality per icon is the highest on this list.
Free mockups and device frames
Mockup Hunt (mockuphunt.co) — Curated collection of free product mockups updated weekly. Every mockup here is commercial-use-safe. The device frame mockups (iPhone, MacBook, iPad) are consistently high quality.
Shotsnapp (shotsnapp.com) — Browser-based mockup generator. Paste a screenshot, choose a device, export in 10 seconds. No Photoshop required. The free tier covers most use cases.
GraphicBurger (graphicburger.com) — Older but still active. Large library of PSD and PNG mockups. Best for print-adjacent mockups (packaging, stationery) that Mockup Hunt doesn't cover.
Pixeden (pixeden.com) — Free tier with quality packaging mockups, device frames, and branding mockups. The premium library is paid but the free selection is genuinely useful.
Mockuper (mockuper.net) — Similar to Shotsnapp but with more device options and background customization. Useful when Shotsnapp's device selection doesn't cover your use case.
LS Graphics (ls.graphics) — Premium-feel free mockups. Their clay-style device mockups are the standout offering — high quality and widely used in product presentations.
Free stock photos and illustrations
Unsplash (unsplash.com) — Still the best free photography library. 3 million+ photos, commercial use allowed without attribution. Resolution quality is high enough for full-bleed hero sections.
Pexels (pexels.com) — Larger library than Unsplash, slightly lower average quality, similar license terms. Better for specific subjects (food, travel, industrial) where Unsplash is weak.
Reshot (reshot.com) — Curated by designers for designers. Less volume than Pexels, but higher average craft. Good for editorial and design-adjacent projects where generic stock photography reads as generic.
Open Doodles (openpeeps.com) — Free illustration library with a consistent, warm, and distinctly non-corporate illustration style. The "drawing hand" aesthetic of these illustrations reads as human and approachable without being childish.
unDraw (undraw.co) — Customizable SVG illustrations for web products. Change the accent color in the UI generator and export. MIT license, commercial use allowed.
Blush (blush.design) — Curated illustration packs, several free with attribution. More polished and diverse than unDraw but the free tier is more limited.
Storyset (storyset.com) — Animated and static illustrations organized by category. Free with attribution. The category browser (business, people, technology) makes it fast to find what you need.
Free design tools and generators
Coolors (coolors.co) — The fastest palette generator available. Hit space bar, get a palette. Lock colors you like and keep generating. Used by more web designers than any other color tool.
Realtime Colors (realtimecolors.com) — A newer color tool that previews your palette on a real UI rather than swatches. More useful than Coolors for validating a color system before committing.
Tailwind CSS Color Generator (uicolors.app) — Generates a full Tailwind CSS shade scale from any hex color. Essential for designers working with Tailwind-based products.
Lottie Files (lottiefiles.com) — Free Lottie animation library. The free tier includes thousands of downloadable animations in JSON format for web and mobile. Good for loading states, empty states, and micro-interactions.
Squoosh (squoosh.app) — Browser-based image compression tool. Paste an image, choose your format (WebP, AVIF, JPEG), and compress. No upload limit, no account required.
Whimsical (whimsical.com) — Free wireframing and flowchart tool. Faster than Figma for quick wireframes and user flows. The free tier covers most individual use cases.
Mobbin (mobbin.com) — Library of mobile and web UI screenshots organized by pattern and app. Free tier is generous. The fastest way to research how existing products solve specific UX problems before designing your own solution.
Free AI design tools for web designers (2026 picks)
Diagram (diagram.com) — AI-powered Figma plugin for generating UI components and wireframes from prompts. The output quality for component ideas is better than most comparable tools.
Vectorizer.ai (vectorizer.ai) — Converts raster images (PNG, JPG) to vector SVG automatically. Free tier handles most one-off use cases. The best free alternative to Adobe Illustrator's Image Trace.
Topaz Photo AI (topazlabs.com) — Free tier for image upscaling and noise reduction. Useful for improving hero images that were photographed at low resolution.
Remove.bg (remove.bg) — Background removal. Still the most reliable tool for this, free for web-resolution output.
Framer AI (framer.com) — Built into Framer, generates complete page sections from text prompts. Not a replacement for design thinking, but a very fast way to explore layout directions.
FAQ
Are all these resources free for commercial projects?
All resources in this list were verified for commercial use in April 2026. Licenses can change — always check the current terms on the source site before using in a paid project.
Which free UI kit is best for a web designer using Figma?
Untitled UI for product design and SaaS interfaces. Relume for marketing websites and landing pages. shadcn/ui Figma if your front-end team uses the shadcn component library.
What's the best free icon library for web projects?
Lucide for UI icons. Phosphor if you need a larger library with weight variants. Both are MIT-licensed and available as Figma, SVG, and React packages.
Are there free design resources specifically for Indian designers?
Most resources in this list are geography-independent. For community-specific resources, the Design Buddies Discord and the Indian UX community on LinkedIn (follow the #UXIndia hashtag) are active sources of locally relevant content and opportunities.