# goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools

The best design tools and plugins for everything 👉

Repository: https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-design-tools
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: design, design-tools, ui-design, awesome-list, awesome, design-systems, animations, font-awesome
Last push: 2024-07-28T19:57:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2759, "days_push": 766, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 41000, forks 2326 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:08.408676+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list cataloging the best design tools and plugins for UI design, prototyping, animation, and design systems. It is a community-maintained reference created by the Flawless App team, which has since joined Abstract.

## Use cases
- find the best design tools for ui design
- discover prototyping and animation tools
- find design plugins for sketch figma and adobe xd
- curated list of design system resources
- compare tools for ui kits and mockups
- find free design tools for a startup

## When to choose
- you want a broad, community-vetted directory of design tools and plugins
- you are exploring options before picking a design workflow
- you need pointers to UI kits, prototyping, or animation tools

## When to avoid
- you need actively updated recommendations, as the project is in maintenance after the team joined Abstract
- you need a software tool itself rather than a list of tools
- you need code libraries or developer SDKs rather than design tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: web-design, developer-tools, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, design-tools, ui-design, design-systems, prototyping, animation-tools, curated-resources, web

## Member repositories
- goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.408676+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:23:14.954805+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/goabstract/Awesome-Design-Tools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.408676+00:00, sha 8aab47a539de)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.