To help streamline the design process and get you started on your next project faster, we’ve put together a collection of the best free mobile UI kits. These UI kits are compatible with popular design tools like Photoshop, Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch App, or Illustrator.

All of the UI kits in our collection have been designed with either iOS or Android in mind and come with an extensive collection of customizable screens and mobile UI elements. With hundreds of various UI components to choose from, you can easily create a polished and visually appealing mobile app that stands out from the crowd.

In addition, our selection of free mobile UI kits features high-resolution displays and minimal design aesthetics, which align with current design trends. By using these UI kits, you can create a mobile app that not only looks great but also offers an intuitive and user-friendly experience for your users.

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While many methods exist for creating a sitemap, we’re not focusing on that today. Instead, we’re exploring sitemaps that have been thoughtfully designed with beautiful aesthetics in mind. These sitemaps are not only functional, but they are visually appealing and showcase the importance of design in all aspects of web development.

So whether you’re looking for inspiration or just appreciate a beautifully crafted design, these examples of carefully designed sitemaps are sure to impress.

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Rather than starting from scratch, you can use a UI kit as a foundation for a design and customize it to fit your specific project requirements. This can be especially useful when working on tight deadlines or creating a UI design for clients with specific design requirements.

The free UI kits we have for you here have been created by talented designers and can help ensure that your website, application, or admin dashboard is both aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly. A well-designed UI kit can help establish a consistent visual identity, which is essential for creating a cohesive and polished website.

This is a curated collection of our favorite free web UI kits. These kits come in various styles and popular formats like Photoshop PSD, Figma, Sketch App, and Adobe XD. We hope you find these resources helpful and use them to create beautiful and functional designs.

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When it comes to designing icons, sketching remains an indispensable tool in the designer’s arsenal. To inspire you, we have curated a collection of the most impressive examples of icon sketching from designers across the web.

Don’t hesitate to peruse this collection and let your creativity run wild as you sketch your ideas. Enjoy the process, and happy sketching!

You might also like these collections of inspirational UI design sketches or logo sketches.

Mobile App Icon Sketch Andrey Maxim

MWood Logo Sketch Antonio Calvino

Substrate Sketches Benjamin Oberemok

Mobingi Sketching Phase Ramotion

Sketching Rates Net logo Tony Bar

Brick City Pets Sketch Stevan Rodic

Icon Sketching Trevor Nielsen

Map on Hover Sketch Eddie Lobanovskiy

iPhone App Icon Sketches Ramotion

Cornerstone Sketches v1 Mike Rhode

Vintage Camera Sketches Creative Mints

Postbox Pencil Sketches Mike Rohde

App Store Icon Sketch Artua

GoodNotes Icon in Process Eddie Lobanovskiy

Mac App Icon Sketches Ramotion

Video Editor Icon Sketch Eddie Lobanovskiy

iOS App Icons Sketches Jackie Tran

Cogsy Icon Sketches Loggia

Icon Ideas Sketches Jackie Tran

Mobile App Icon Sketches Creative Mints

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Whether you use a whiteboard, pencil and paper, web-based tools, or UI design applications, effective wireframing and planning play a crucial role in the success of your product.

In addition to the many readily available wireframing tools, there are free wireframing templates available for UI applications like Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, and Sketch.

We’ve curated a collection of free wireframing templates to make your job easier. These templates are customizable to fit your specific project requirements, allowing you to streamline the wireframing process and focus on defining the layout and functionality of your mobile app or web design project.

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Since its release in December 2016, Adobe XD has been regularly updated with a range of useful features that make it a versatile and user-friendly design tool. With Adobe XD, UI designers can create interactive prototypes, wireframes, and user interfaces for both mobile and the web.

To help designers get familiar with the application, we’ve compiled a collection of the best free UI kits for Adobe XD. These kits offer a range of design elements, including icons, buttons, menus, and other user interface components. By using these kits, you can save time and streamline your design process, while also familiarizing yourself with the capabilities of Adobe XD.

Along with the UI kits, we’ve also published a collection of helpful tutorials. These tutorials cover various topics, from getting started with Adobe XD to more advanced techniques like creating animations and transitions. You can find the tutorials here.

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The best part? All of these books are completely free to download! We’ve curated this collection of our favorite free eBooks for your convenience.

Whether you’re interested in CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, WordPress, Git, UX, or any other web-related topic, you’ll find something that piques your interest. These eBooks come in various formats, including HTML, PDF, and even ePub, so you can choose the one that suits you best.

CSS & HTML Essential Free eBooks

Resilient Web Design By Jeremy Keith (HTML)

Resilient Web Design isn’t a conventional guide. It emphasizes durable techniques and approaches to web design that have proven to last.

The book provides insights into enduring principles to create websites that stay functional, robust, and adaptable as technologies and user needs evolve.

Adaptive Web Design By Aaron Gustafson (HTML)

Adaptive Web Design delves into the origins of progressive enhancement, its philosophy, and mechanisms, and reveals the countless practical ways that you can apply progressive enhancement principles using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Magic of CSS By Adam Schwartz (HTML)

In Adaptive Web Design, the author explores the roots, ideology, and mechanisms of progressive enhancement. The book showcases an array of practical ways to implement progressive enhancement principles using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Discover how to create web designs that adapt to diverse user contexts and improve accessibility without sacrificing functionality or aesthetics.

A Guide to HTML5 & CSS3 By Ashley Menhennett

A Guide to HTML5 and CSS3 is a comprehensive ebook that provides a solid foundation for web development. Whether you’re interested in creating websites, mobile apps, or games with HTML5, this ebook is an excellent starting point. Please keep in mind that you’ll need to register to access the download link.

HTML Canvas Deep Dive By Josh Marinacci (HTML)

The book is structured into two parts: The first part includes interactive reading sections that explain how the Canvas API works, and the second part comprises hands-on lessons that guide you through creating your own Canvas apps. This book will give you practical knowledge and skills to unleash your creativity with Canvas.

HTML5 Canvas By Jeff Fulton

HTML5 Canvas teaches you how to create web games while learning how to draw, render text, manipulate images, and animate with Canvas.

The book includes 53 online interactive examples and exercises, making it a complete guide to creating dynamic and interactive web content.

Pocket Guide to Writing SVG By Joni Trythall (HTML)

This guide offers a comprehensive introduction to building SVG online, providing all the details you need to get started. With this book, you’ll quickly learn how to leverage the power of SVG in your web design and development projects.

Learn JavaScript

Speaking JavaScript By Dr. Axel Rauschmayer (HTML, PDF & ePub)

This is a valuable ebook for both beginners and seasoned programmers. For beginners, it offers just enough JS to help them be productive immediately. For advanced programmers, the book provides an in-depth reference guide that covers every feature of JS comprehensively.

JS MythBusters By Kiko Beats (HTML)

MythBusters JS is a guide to optimizing JavaScript code while maintaining readability. Covering performance patterns and best practices, this book is a practical resource for anyone looking to improve the maintainability and performance of their JavaScript code.

Learning JavaScript Design Patterns By Addy Osmani

Learning JavaScript Design Patterns demonstrates how to write elegant, maintainable, well-structured JavaScript code using classical and modern design patterns. Keep your code efficient and up-to-date with the latest best practices by applying the skills and knowledge gained from this book.

jQuery Fundamentals By Rebecca Murphey

Looking to master jQuery? Look no further than jQuery Fundamentals. This book has been written to help you tackle many of the common challenges you may encounter while using jQuery.

Each chapter covers a specific concept and provides examples of code related to that concept. With this book, you’ll gain hands-on experience and feel confident using jQuery to solve real-world problems.

Programming JavaScript Applications By Eric Elliott

This book provides an opportunity to learn how to develop complete web-scale or enterprise applications that are both easy to extend and maintain.

Developing Backbone.js Applications By Addy Osmani

Developing Backbone.js Applications teaches you how to create structured JavaScript applications using Backbone’s model-view-controller (MVC) architecture. With expert guidance, you’ll learn how to build scalable and maintainable frontends for your single-page applications.

Learn PHP

PHP: The Right Way By Josh Lockhart

PHP The Right Way is a quick reference for best practices, coding standards, and authoritative tutorials to help new PHP users avoid bad practices and code. This book provides guidance for writing clean, maintainable, and industry-standard PHP code.

Learn WordPress

Locking Down WordPress By Rachel Baker, Brad Williams & John Ford

Locking Down WordPress by WordPress experts Rachel Baker, Brad Williams, and John Ford provides comprehensive guidance on securing your WordPress site. This book covers everything you need to know to protect your site from security threats and malicious attacks.

The WordPress Plugin Business Book

If you’re looking to gain new plugin users and convert them into paying customers, this free ebook is for you.

The book provides a step-by-step guide to help you learn the necessary skills to attract new users and convert them into loyal subscribers. With this ebook, you’ll gain practical insights and actionable tips to boost your plugin’s growth and success.

WordPress Meet Responsive Design By Chris Coyier, Ian Stewart & Sara Cannon

Discover the secrets of designing WordPress responsively with WordPress Meet Responsive Design by Chris Coyier, Ian Stewart, and Sara Cannon.

This book offers real-world strategies and practical tips for designing WordPress sites that are optimized for all devices. With this book, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to create responsive WordPress designs that are beautiful, user-friendly, and effective.

Things to Do with Every New WordPress Install (PDF)

This ebook offers tips and strategies to begin providing WordPress maintenance services to clients.

Learn how to package and deliver services that meet client’s needs, whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting. Take your WordPress services to the next level with this resource.

WordPress Security – A Pocket Guide (PDF)

This introduction to WordPress security provides you with straightforward tips and best practices to help you protect your site from potential threats. With this ebook, you’ll learn the essentials of WordPress security and gain the knowledge you need to keep your site safe.

Learn Git

Pro Git 2nd Edition By Scott Chacon and Ben Straub (HTML, PDF, ePub & Mobi)

The Pro Git eBook, now in its second edition, is the ultimate guide to Git. This book covers Git basics as well as advanced topics, including branching and running distributed Git. With this book, you’ll gain a deep understanding of Git and learn how to use it effectively to manage your projects.

Git From The Bottom Up by John Wiegley

This comprehensive guide covers Git basics to advanced topics and is available as a convenient PDF file that you can download and use at your leisure.

UX – User Experience Free eBooks

Making an Enterprise UX Friendly By Justinmind

This free ebook, Making an Enterprise UX Friendly, provides you with the necessary tools and templates to build a strong UX team, create a business-facing UX strategy, and make a compelling business case for UX. With this book, you’ll gain valuable insights and actionable tips to enhance your enterprise’s UX and drive business success.

UX Design for Start-Ups By Marcin Treder

UX Design for Start-Ups offers valuable insights and practical tips for creating stunning UX designs that can help businesses succeed.

The Little Book Of Modern Frontend Tooling (HTML)

The Little Book Of Modern Frontend Tooling is a free, open-source book that introduces you to the world of tooling for modern web applications. This ebook guides you through the development lifecycle and helps you streamline your process to create high-quality web applications.

Web & Mobile App Design eBook

Modern Web Design Process By John Moore Williams (PDF)

The Modern Web Design Process provides valuable insights into the web design process and how it can translate into successful websites.

You’ll gain practical tips and expert advice on how to create effective web designs that meet your client’s needs and exceed their expectations.

Web Development & Beyond By Kyle Prinsloo

Web Development & Beyond is a free ebook that provides you with the skills and knowledge to become a successful web developer and freelancer. The ebook offers practical tips on honing your skills, finding clients, and managing projects for a successful career in web development.

Mobile Game Design By Chroma Coders (PDF)

Mobile Game Design (or, How to Start Your Own Mobile Game Company) is a free, in-depth ebook that covers the main mechanics for mobile game development and introduces “hidden game mechanics” for standing out in the marketplace. Essential for succeeding in the mobile game industry.

Email Marketing Field Guide By MailChimp (ePub, PDF & Mobi)

The Email Marketing Field Guide by MailChimp covers HTML email basics and provides tips and best practices for developing a successful email marketing plan. Improve your email marketing skills and achieve business success with this essential resource.

Pixel Perfect Precision Handbook (PDF & iBook)

Last year the popular ebook Pixel Perfect Precision Handbook was updated and released with over 40 new pages, as well as some updates to existing content.

Book of Speed By Stoyan Stefanov

The Book of Speed by Stoyan Stefanov is a free, online, open-source book that provides valuable insights and practical tips for optimizing your website’s speed and performance. Enhance your user experience with this essential ebook for creating fast and efficient websites.

50 Logo Design Tips By Ian Paget

This free ebook by Ian Paget provides tips and insights from experienced and influential logo designers. Gain inspiration and knowledge to create stunning logos that effectively represent your clients’ brands. Essential for any designer looking to improve their logo design skills.

Designing for the Web By Mark Boulton

Learn graphic design theory and techniques that you can apply to your designs, taking them from good to great. An essential ebook for beginners and experienced designers alike.

Pay Me… Or Else! By Lior Frenkel (HTML)

Are you tired of struggling to get paid by clients? This short ebook is the ultimate resource for anyone facing payment issues. It covers valuable tactics and tips for recovering your hard-earned money and avoiding similar situations in the future.

Whether you’re a freelancer or a small business owner, this ebook is an essential resource for anyone looking to improve their cash flow and avoid payment disputes.

Older, Yet Still Relevant Free ebooks

Introduction to Good Usability by Peter Pixel

This guide aims to improve usability by highlighting common interface elements and errors users often encounter. While not exhaustive, it’s an excellent starting point.

Faster, and More Secure Webfonts By Bram Pitoyo

Font embedding can enhance the aesthetics and functionality of the web, but security and load times are valid concerns. This ebook demystifies font embedding, streamlines the process, and enhances performance and security.

Taking Your Talent to the Web By Jeffrey Zeldman

This book was originally written in 2001 for print designers whose clients wanted websites. While some references may feel dated, the advice on adapting to the web remains pertinent.

The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web

This book aims to dispel the myths surrounding web typography. It adopts Bringhurst’s principles and details how to achieve them using HTML and CSS. The book is structured to guide readers through each principle, ensuring clarity and ease of implementation.

Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design

Empower people with disabilities online. This book removes accessibility barriers and offers strategies to enhance inclusivity and usability.

Getting Real: The Book By 37signals

Getting Real is a streamlined approach to website development that prioritizes actual problem-solving over theoretical considerations. By focusing on real issues, it delivers faster, more effective results than traditional methods.

Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the U.S. General Services Administration, has produced this ebook to assist web creators in making informed decisions based on the latest and most reliable data available.

Search User Interfaces

This book delves into the human aspect of information-seeking and highlights how the user interface can best facilitate this process. It explores user interface design and search interface design methodologies to provide insights on building effective interfaces.

Web Style Guide – 3rd Edition

This book details established design principles and offers comprehensive coverage of web design, encompassing planning, production, and maintenance. It illustrates how these principles are applicable in projects focused on information design, interface design, and streamlined search and navigation.

Type Classification eBook By Jacob Cass

This book has been written to help you learn the ten broad classifications of type. These are the basic foundations of what you need to learn to learn typography, and it is essential for any designer to know how to classify type.

How To Be Creative By Hugh MacLeod

Hugh MacLeod, an accomplished advertising executive and renowned blogger, shares his 26 proven techniques for unleashing your creativity. The book is complemented by the author’s original illustrations, adding a touch of whimsy and insight to each point.

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To give you some variety I’ve curated my pick of the best newer open source UI frameworks out there.

These all have their own unique styles and varying levels of support for dynamic components. But if you pair these frameworks with some JavaScript plugins you can build pretty much anything.

You might also like our collection of lightweight & responsive CSS Frameworks.

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But beyond their practical value, UI style guides can also be a source of inspiration for designers. They showcase the thought process behind a design, providing insights into the choices and rationale behind them.

In this collection, we’ve curated some of the most visually stunning and inspiring UI styleguides. These guides are a testament to how the power of design can communicate ideas and values.

Whether you’re looking for inspiration when designing your own UI style guide or simply want to get lost in some beautiful designs, this collection has something for everyone.

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The great thing about these Styleguide resources is that there is undoubtedly one that will let you work the way you want to. Whether it’s allowing you to manually mock-up styles with your favorite image editor or automatically generating them through a browser, there’s something for everyone here.

Here are some resources to help you on your quest for consistency!

Quick Jump: Styleguide UI Templates, Styleguide Web Templates, Styleguide Generation Tools, Living Styleguide Tools and Styleguide Generators.

Styleguide UI Templates

Style Guide Preview Template (Sketch) by Tony Jones

If you’re using Sketch App, this free Style Guide Preview Template will help you develop a nice, clean Styleguide.

UI Style Guide Template (PSD) by Tony Thomas

UI Style Guide Template is a Photoshop (PSD) template featuring color swatches, typography, iconography, form and UI elements.

Style Tiles (PSD) by Samantha Warren

Style Tiles are interesting in that they’re meant to be used as more of a catalyst for discussion in the beginning of the design process, before a final look has been established. A great way to show your clients the possibilities before they commit to a design.

Responsive Digital Style Guide (Sketch) by Mark Ludemann

Sometimes, we tend to think of Style Guides only as a one-size-fits-all general palette. Responsive Digital Style Guide goes a step further and defines styles for mobile devices.

Web Style Guide (PSD) by Rafal Tomal

Web Style Guide aims to provide a simple "cheat sheet" for busy designers to maintain consistency in their projects.

Basic Five Page Style Guide Template (AI) by James George

Basic Five Page Style Guide Template is a handsome group of templates you can use in Adobe Illustrator.

Brand Guidelines Template (AI)

Brand Guidelines Template is a resource you can hand off to clients with clear instructions for colors, fonts and examples of what not to do.

Brandbooks Free Brand Guidelines Template (AI & InDesign) by ZippyPixels

Brandbooks Free Brand Guidelines Template is an impressive collection of files that you can use to print out an eight page booklet of branding styles and documentation.

Styleguide Web Templates

Style Guide Guide by Brad Frost

Style Guide Guide is a boilerplate for creating superb style guides.

Style Guide Template in CSS by CodyHouse

Style Guide Template in CSS was created with flexibility and easy updates in mind.

Style Guide Boilerplate by Brett Jankord

Style Guide Boilerplate provides an interactive way to display standard fonts, colors, base styles and patterns for your web project.

Bootstrap Style Guide Boilerplate by Kemie Guaida

Bootstrap Style Guide Boilerplate uses the popular framework to allow for an efficient means of creating a Styleguide.

Styleguide Generation Tools

StyleDocco

Using Node.js, StyleDocco will read your CSS and generate a visual Styleguide for you.

Styledown

Styledown lets you create a Styleguide by using markdown in your CSS files.

Fabricator

Fabricator is a Node.js tool that allows you to easily write project documentation and create an interactive Styleguide.

Styleguide by Huge

Styleguide can be used in alongside your project to create a live, automatically updated repository of styles.

Pattern Lab

Atomic Design is the term Pattern Lab uses to describe its component-driven Styleguide system. That means it’s a bit more in-depth, covering the tiny details of your design.

Living Styleguide Tools

SC5 Style Guide Generator

SC5 Style Guide Generator lets you create and edit your Styleguide directly in a web browser.

KSS – Knyle Style Sheets

KSS generates a Living Styleguide using Ruby or other frameworks that use gems.

DocumentCSS

DocumentCSS helps you create live Styleguides that change along with your site.

LivingStyleGuide Gem

LivingStyleGuide Gem will create a Styleguide with Sass and Markdown using Ruby, Middleman or Padrino, among others.

Styleguide Generators

Stylify Me

Looking for a really quick way to create a Styleguide? Simply enter your URL into Stylify Me and within seconds you’ll have one!

Frontify Style Guide

Frontify Style Guide goes beyond the basics by allowing you to create and tweak your Styleguide using their online service.

Style Guide Preview Template (Sketch) by Tony Jones

If you’re using Sketch App, this free Style Guide Preview Template will help you develop a nice, clean Styleguide.

UI Style Guide Template (PSD) by Tony Thomas

UI Style Guide Template is a Photoshop (PSD) template featuring color swatches, typography, iconography, form and UI elements.

Style Tiles (PSD) by Samantha Warren

Style Tiles are interesting in that they’re meant to be used as more of a catalyst for discussion in the beginning of the design process, before a final look has been established. A great way to show your clients the possibilities before they commit to a design.

Responsive Digital Style Guide (Sketch) by Mark Ludemann

Sometimes, we tend to think of Style Guides only as a one-size-fits-all general palette. Responsive Digital Style Guide goes a step further and defines styles for mobile devices.

Web Style Guide (PSD) by Rafal Tomal

Web Style Guide aims to provide a simple "cheat sheet" for busy designers to maintain consistency in their projects.

Basic Five Page Style Guide Template (AI) by James George

Basic Five Page Style Guide Template is a handsome group of templates you can use in Adobe Illustrator.

Brand Guidelines Template (AI)

Brand Guidelines Template is a resource you can hand off to clients with clear instructions for colors, fonts and examples of what not to do.

Brandbooks Free Brand Guidelines Template (AI & InDesign) by ZippyPixels

Brandbooks Free Brand Guidelines Template is an impressive collection of files that you can use to print out an eight page booklet of branding styles and documentation.

Concluding

Take that extra step for your clients and yourself by creating Styleguides for your projects. Let us know how you’re using them in the comments!

If you’re looking for some stylyeguide inspiration, you should check out this post: Inspirational Examples of UI Styleguides.

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