ui components and design tools

Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.

horizontal · 125 members · Data as of 2026-10-14

Products in this niche offer specialized canvas software, layout systems, and pre-built code modules for creating digital interfaces. Frontend developers, UI/UX designers, and product teams adopt them to accelerate prototyping and implement polished interactive states. Unlike general graphic design suites or full-stack application builders, these tools focus specifically on interface mechanics, interaction design, and reusable component integration.

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Most asked for

Add GitHub icon to header (1)
Raised on Extend UI
Additional framework support (1)
Raised on Eyes-follow cursor widget for playful UI feedback
Better group isolation mode (hide objects in front, prevent accidental selection outside) (1)
Raised on I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use
Cache key migration strategy for changing key formats (1)
Raised on Generate Web Interfaces from Data
Customize error pages differently by status code (1)
Raised on Is this the perfect 404 page? [CSS only]
Design structure output to multiple target frameworks (1)
Raised on I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use
Deterministic UI generation via script/data attribute rather than runtime (1)
Raised on Generate Web Interfaces from Data
Improve file system component usability (1)
Raised on Extend UI

Concerns raised

AI-built project lacks optimization (1)
Raised on Extend UI
All error pages are identical/not differentiated (1)
Raised on Is this the perfect 404 page? [CSS only]
API clarity and usability for developers (1)
Raised on Zumly
Bugs on Firefox mobile with scrolling past top/bottom of list (1)
Raised on Picknplace.js, an alternative to drag-and-drop
Cache key migration issues - how to handle format changes (1)
Raised on Generate Web Interfaces from Data
Combining RAD and design tools is very large undertaking (1)
Raised on I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use
Components need more polish and testing (1)
Raised on Extend UI
Document picker drag-and-drop UX feels unresponsive (1)
Raised on Extend UI

Compared to

Anytype.io (mobile app move function) (1)
Raised on Picknplace.js, an alternative to drag-and-drop
Bootstrap Studio (1)
Raised on I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use
ChromaFiler (Miller columns file navigation) (1)
Raised on Extend UI
Custom cards (HA ecosystem) (1)
Raised on Zumly
Figma (1)
Raised on I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use
FormKit (1)
Raised on Generate Web Interfaces from Data
Gemini (1)
Raised on WireMD
Google A2UI (1)
Raised on Generate Web Interfaces from Data

Members

Name	Source	Upvotes ▼	Launched
shapeshift	GITHUB	680	2026-09-22
Picknplace.js, an alternative to drag-and-drop	HN	455	2025-12-16
I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use	HN	386	2026-02-06
Vendo	PH	364	2026-08-17
Extend UI	HN	252	2026-06-10
DockForge	GITHUB	223	2026-09-23
designcraft	GITHUB	223	2026-10-01
Appllama	PH	212	2026-08-03
figcraft	GITHUB	203	2026-10-09
ThinkingOrbs	GITHUB	189	2026-09-19
I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version	HN	141	2026-02-07
iphone-duo	GITHUB	122	2026-09-10
Minted	GITHUB	91	2026-09-09
iwrzwr-visual-archive	GITHUB	87	2026-10-05
Composify	HN	73	2025-12-18
omadesign	PH	60	2026-09-18
Folduo	GITHUB	59	2026-09-13
sfinterface-numbers	GITHUB	51	2026-09-13
rich-input	GITHUB	50	2026-09-13
Rivet - Burn down your design backlog	YC	48	2025-10-29
thansaction-list	GITHUB	42	2026-09-13
Generate Web Interfaces from Data	HN	39	2026-02-12
rovar	GITHUB	38	2026-09-26
exploded	GITHUB	36	2026-10-12
Islandify	GITHUB	35	2026-10-08
Adobe-InDesign-2026	GITHUB	31	2026-10-02
answerui	GITHUB	29	2026-10-07
gpuslider	GITHUB	28	2026-09-30
Avoid smooth spinners, use low-FPS spinners	HN	27	2026-09-25
icon-marquee	GITHUB	26	2026-10-03
cityu-beamer	GITHUB	26	2026-09-09
motion-recreation	GITHUB	24	2026-10-07
intelligent-ui-demo	GITHUB	24	2026-10-08
gpu-lexer-textarea	GITHUB	23	2026-09-15
omarchy-badges	GITHUB	22	2026-09-13
ClayGlobe	GITHUB	22	2026-09-09
karminski-design-skills	GITHUB	21	2026-10-07
imgui-liquid-glass	GITHUB	21	2026-10-07
pleat	GITHUB	20	2026-10-08
ai-streaming-ink	GITHUB	19	2026-10-06
RichTextWeb	GITHUB	18	2026-09-13
HelloScript	GITHUB	17	2026-10-11
liquid-glass-design	GITHUB	17	2026-10-12
iphone-duo	GITHUB	16	2026-09-09
motion-showreel	GITHUB	16	2026-09-28
interfaces-that-think	GITHUB	15	2026-09-28
FigFlow	GITHUB	14	2026-09-29
FlexBox-Pages	GITHUB	14	2026-09-15
iphone-duo-motion-study	GITHUB	14	2026-09-10
Figma-Cracked	GITHUB	14	2026-09-19