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Cribrum

A tool for dither, pack, sample, lines, and mosaic video effects.

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Vellumline

Vellumline

Create custom printable map posters from any location. Browser-based map poster maker with customizable styles, colors, and labels. Perfect for travel memories, wedding maps, and personalized home decor.

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Type Garden

Type Garden

Type, and a garden grows from your letters. Space cuts the stems, backspace withers them.

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MRKD / TOOLS INDEX

MRKD / TOOLS INDEX

Eighteen browser based tools for type, pattern, poster, sound and document work. Nothing to install.

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Dot Matrix

Dot Matrix

Dot Matrix is a React component library of dot matrix loaders—expressive loading primitives you install via the shadcn registry and own as local code.

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RandomA11y - Accessible Color Combinations

RandomA11y - Accessible Color Combinations

Discover millions of accessible color combinations with RandomA11y, the real-time color playground.

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Inache. A tool for fun

Inache. A tool for fun

A web-based tool for generating and exporting unique SVG textures and brush strokes.

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Math Pattern Gen

Math Pattern Gen

Math Pattern Gen by Martin Ushiyama is a free browser-based tool for creating abstract dot patterns from mathematical structures. Adjust the pattern and colors, then export SVG or PNG for banners, article headers, and other graphics. Patterns, born from math.

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VERT.sh — Free, fast, and awesome file converter

VERT.sh — Free, fast, and awesome file converter

With VERT, you can quickly convert any image, video, audio, and document file. No ads, no tracking, open source, and all processing (other than video) is done on your device.

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GEOMETRIC — Image + Motion Art Studio

GEOMETRIC — Image + Motion Art Studio

Turn images, videos, and sound into living geometric art — entirely in your browser.

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Free Gradient Generator · mesh, grainy and animated gradients

Free Gradient Generator · mesh, grainy and animated gradients

Free online gradient generator. Blend soft mesh, grainy, and animated gradients from traditional Japanese colours, then export as SVG, PNG, or MP4 video. No signup.

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GLYPH Immersive

GLYPH Immersive

A graphic design tool for exploring and visualizing grid based glyphs and typography.

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MasterSelects

MasterSelects

Professional browser-based video editor with WebGPU rendering, multicam support, and AI-powered editing tools.

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Indie App Tools

Indie App Tools

A curated directory of tools for indie app developers - design, marketing, analytics, AI coding, subscriptions, and more.

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Aphex - String and Pulley Logo System

Aphex - String and Pulley Logo System

An interactive design tool for creating, customizing, and exporting string and pulley logo systems and geometric vector graphics.

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NTSC/VHS inspired Media Player

NTSC/VHS inspired Media Player

NTSC/VHS inspired media player for retro aesthetic projects. Mac & Win version

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Tally

Tally

A free, code-free form builder that functions like a document.

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InkField | 墨域

InkField | 墨域

A system that preserves the act of drawing itself, where every gesture is remembered and every image continues to evolve.

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Newt — pixel art, code underneath

Newt — pixel art, code underneath

Paint like a raster editor. Export clean, editable code.

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X-Minus Audio tool

X-Minus Audio tool

AI-powered Audio tools like vocal separation and de-echo

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Ladybug

Ladybug

A creative studio for live camera effects, compositing, and vector form building.

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Lab — Ana Malai

Lab — Ana Malai

Interactive experiments for designers to explore motion, generative art, and physics-driven visuals.

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javiitools — tiny tools for big visuals

javiitools — tiny tools for big visuals

Pixel-accurate generators in one place. TextLab for messaging mockups, StampLab for postage stamps, Instatag for Instagram tags, PopLab for animated overlays, plus MineTag and LocationLab on premium early access. One subscription unlocks pro exports across the suite.

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Checklist Design — UX, UI & Web Design Checklists for Designers

Checklist Design — UX, UI & Web Design Checklists for Designers

A curated library of design checklists for website pages, UI components, flows, and branding. Use in your browser or the Figma plugin for free.

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CULTUREHUB CoLab

CULTUREHUB CoLab

A collaborative platform for designers and developers to create and share interactive experiences.

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Brand Assets Generator

Brand Assets Generator

Personal tool by Yordan Stoyanov for generating composed brand asset imagery — circle-mapping experiments, drawing studio, geo-generator, and hero compositions.

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WIP Tool by Antlii

WIP Tool by Antlii

A web-based tool for processing images/video with GPU-accelerated shader effects, allowing modular visual pipeline creation.

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Filmot - Search in Youtube captions and subtitles

Filmot - Search in Youtube captions and subtitles

Find YouTube videos by searching through subtitles and captions.

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You ever needed to find that YouTube video but you only remember a phrase or the channel?

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Advanced Motion Blur - Blur Suite

Advanced Motion Blur - Blur Suite

WebGL advanced motion blur effects, supporting multiple blur modes and gradient mask control

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Graphics editor and image converter for Arduino, ESP32, Adafruit_GFX, u8g2, TFT_eSPI

Graphics editor and image converter for Arduino, ESP32, Adafruit_GFX, u8g2, TFT_eSPI

UI graphics editor for embedded screens with pixel perfect code builder and export. Best for Arduino, STM32, ESP32. Converts images to uint32 and uint8 variables for Adafruit GFX, u8g2 and TFT_eSPI

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