The best new tools for designers are ones that make your life easier and your workflows faster. You’ll find some of those in this list this month for sure.
From some new frameworks that introduces new approaches in Vue and PHP, new API management solution. Helping you to stick to habits. To project management app, css grid generators. A plugin that helps with the accessibility of digital designs. And the usual WordPress themes, WordPress plugins and Fonts, UI Kits and Icons. So there’s something for almost every designer or developer in this list.
If you think I’ve missed something that you think should of been on the list, let me know in the comments or if you know of a new a that should be featured on the September 2024 edition, please either tweet/X it to me @SomeWhatCrtv or even use the Submit Resource form and your resource could be seen on next month list.
Vue Vine
Vue Vine is a framework that introduces a new approach to writing Vue components. It emphasises simplicity and flexibility, enabling developers to write multiple components in a single file using a streamlined macro API.
VFX-JS
VFX-JS is a JavaScript library designed to add WebGL-powered effects to your website. You can easily attach it to standard <img>, <video>, and other elements.
Mimi.js
Mimi.js is a lightweight, pre-configured Node.js library for building web and mobile APIs in JavaScript and TypeScript. It offers a plug-and-play setup for essential modules such as API documentation, database integration, and more features coming soon.
Swapy
Swapy is a framework-agnostic tool that transforms any layout into a drag-and-swap interface with just a few lines of code.
MiniSearch
MiniSearch is a compact yet powerful in-memory full-text search engine written in JavaScript. It is resource-efficient and can seamlessly run both in Node.js and in the browser.
Poku
Poku simplifies testing for Node.js, Bun, and Deno, making it easier for you to manage all three simultaneously.
Proxygen – iOS & Mac App
Proxygen is a professional HTTP proxy tool for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It allows you to inspect app traffic, test API endpoints, and conduct security analyses of web applications and mobile apps. With features like message history filters, you can sift through thousands of messages quickly.
The app also includes powerful tools such as Intercept, Transform, and Diff, enabling you to edit messages on the fly and continue working with the captured data. Proxygen is a fully native, modern, and lightweight app across all platforms, offering blazing-fast performance.
Price: Free (Offers In-App Purchases)
Sparrow – Mac & Window App
Sparrow is your one-stop API management solution. Supercharge your API workflow with Sparrow—the ultimate ally for agile teams and individual developers. Test, organize, and share APIs with ease, revolutionizing your API game.
Price: Free
Checker – iOS App
Checker is an app designed to help you stick to habits and stay consistent with your goals. It provides an easy way to check in on the actions you’re tracking and displays your progress in a calendar grid, making it simple to see patterns and identify areas for improvement.
Price: Free (Offers In-App Purchases)
Stava – Web App
Stava is a code editor designed to help users understand what they are coding. While software like VSCode with GitHub Copilot or Cursor are excellent tools for seasoned developers, they often lack guidance and can discourage code comprehension. Stava addresses these issues by providing a more educational and supportive coding environment.
Price: Free & Paid (coming soon)
SupaPlaner – Web App
SupaPlaner is a project management app that allows you to oversee all your projects at a glance, boosting productivity and ensuring you never miss a task.
Price: Free & $99.00 (lifetime)
Monowi
Monowi is your go-to resource for new product designers. Just like the tiny town in Nebraska, USA, with only one resident, starting your career can feel lonely and challenging. But don’t worry—Monowi is here to help. The hands-on exercises will guide you, build your confidence, and help you develop skills quickly and effectively.
Gridy
Effortlessly design beautiful, responsive CSS grid layouts for your website.
CSS Grid Generator
The CSS Grid Generator is a tool that helps developers create custom CSS grid layouts with ease. It allows users to specify the number of columns, rows, and gutter size.
Stack Auth
Stack Auth is a managed user authentication solution that is developer-friendly, fully open-source, and self-hostable. Stack gets you started in just five minutes, after which you’ll be ready to use all of its features as you grow your project.
Domain Pulse
Don’t risk losing your domains—monitor them easily with DomainPulse.io. No matter where you registered your domain, whether it’s GoDaddy, Namecheap, or any other registrar, you can effortlessly monitor them all in one place with DomainPulse.io.
Shade Theme for VS Code
Shade Theme is a modern, dark theme for Visual Studio Code featuring a sophisticated shadow aesthetic. Designed to reduce eye strain and enhance code readability, it offers a unique blend of vibrant colors and subtle contrasts.
Saaskit
A Next.js starter kit is an open-source Next.js SaaS kit designed to build scalable and production-ready SaaS applications. This starter template includes authentication, MongoDB, Lemon Squeezy, Tailwind CSS, and Shadcn-UI.
NextPHP
NextPHP is a next-generation, lightweight PHP framework designed for rapid web application development. Optimized for modern cloud environments, it excels in speed, performance, and efficiency, making it the ideal choice for developers looking to build scalable and secure applications swiftly.
Code Stash
This application, developed using Tauri, React, and TypeScript, enables users to organize their code snippets into groups and collections. Each snippet can have a title, description, and multiple files or manually entered pieces of text.
Unplugin Turbo Console
Unplugin Torbo Console is a universal plugin designed to enhance the developer experience for front-end developers when using the console. It offers numerous practical features and flexible options.
Gowebly
The Gowebly CLI is a free and open-source tool designed to simplify building amazing web applications with Go on the backend. Using htmx and hyperscript along with popular CSS frameworks on the frontend, the CLI generates a ready-to-use project that helps you quickly understand the Go + htmx technology stack.
Many project elements are already optimally configured and ready for production, ensuring maximum developer comfort.
Cradle CMS
Cradle CMS is an out-of-the-box system that includes a Backend, Frontend, Admin UI, Webserver, and API. This licensed software is designed for self-managed hosting on a Linux server. Written in Go, it offers high performance and low operational costs.
WCAG Figma Plugin
This plugin enhances the accessibility of digital designs by integrating accessibility guidelines directly into your design processes and systems. The WCAG Plugin offers three key features: Guideline Search, Notation Cards, and Utility Tokens.
Easy Custom Forms – Plugin
The Easy Custom Forms Plugin is a powerful and versatile WordPress plugin designed to streamline the creation and management of custom forms on your website. Whether you need subscription forms, login forms, registration forms, contact forms, or any other type of form, this plugin offers a comprehensive solution tailored to your requirements.
Price: Free
Awesome Posts – Plugin
The Awesome Posts plugin allows you to manage various post shortcodes effortlessly. You can conveniently adjust the format, query, filters, layouts, and styles through an intuitive editor. This adaptable plugin is compatible with both standard and custom posts.
Price: Free
AI.TLD – Plugin
Search for available domains using Artificial Intelligence (OpenAI) in any language or TLD. You can search and register domains directly through a WHMCS platform integrated with WordPress.
Price: $45.00
Knowlifi – Plugin
Knowlifi is a cutting-edge Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform designed to revolutionize how businesses create, manage, and distribute knowledge. With its intuitive and user-friendly interface, Knowlifi enables companies to build comprehensive knowledge bases that empower employees, enhance customer support, and streamline information management.
Price: $19.00
DanvaTwo – Theme
With a modern and professional design, this theme is perfect for showcasing your agency’s services, team, and portfolio of work. Engage your audience with stunning visuals, interactive elements, and seamless navigation.
Price: Free
AvatarNews – Theme
AvatarNews is the ultimate WordPress theme designed for blog, news, and magazine websites. Offering full site editing capabilities, this theme allows you to customize every aspect of your site with ease.
Choose from multiple fully customizable headers and footers, and leverage the intuitive drag-and-drop builder to create a clean and minimal design. With 5 pre-built starter site demos ready for one-click import, AvatarNews provides a seamless setup experience.
Price: Free
Homeflix – Theme
Homeflix is a ultimate, multipurpose WooCommerce theme for professionals in the home decor, furniture, and interior design industries. It’s everything you need to create a top-notch online store website!
Homeflix comes with all necessary features for creating any type of modern online store website with Mega Menu, Elementor Page Builder, Awesome Slider Revolution, RTL, Product Quick View, Wishlist, Compare Products, Ajax Search, Ajax Cart, Single Ajax Add To Cart, Filter Products, Easy One Click Demo Import… and so much more.
Price: $29.00
Gymnax – Theme
Gymnax is a clean, modern, and user-friendly WordPress theme designed specifically for gyms, fitness centers, sports clubs, and personal trainers. With all the necessary features tailored to the fitness industry, Gymnax provides a comprehensive solution for creating a standout online presence.
Gymnax comes packed with a set of fully customisable pages and practical elements, ensuring you have everything you need to build an effective website. The theme includes amazing timetable layouts, an integrated BMI calculator, shop templates and functionalities, fitness and personal trainer templates, and more.
Price: $19.00