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Best Free Design Tools — Curated by CodexStudio

Our favorite free design tools for creating graphics, UI mockups, and branding. From Canva for quick social posts to Figma for professional UI/UX design, these six tools cover everything a designer or business needs without spending a dime.

Canva

Design
FreePro

Design anything in minutes

Drag-and-drop design for social posts, presentations, logos, and more.

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Figma

Design
FreePro

Professional UI/UX design in the browser

Professional UI/UX design and prototyping tool used by every designer.

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Coolors

Design
FreePro

Beautiful color palettes in one click

Generate beautiful color palettes instantly. Essential for branding and design.

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Google Fonts

Design
Free

1,500+ free fonts for any project

1,500+ free fonts for any web or print project — completely free, no license worries.

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Flaticon

Design
FreePro

Millions of free icons

Millions of free icons in SVG, PNG, and icon font formats.

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Undraw

Design
Free

Free open-source SVG illustrations

Free open-source SVG illustrations for any project with customizable colors.

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Choosing design tools

Free design tools that hold up for real client work, not just for a first draft. Interface and graphic design, colour palette generators, icon and illustration libraries, and typefaces you can legally use in commercial projects.

Licensing is the detail that catches people out. A font or illustration being free to download is not the same as being free to use in something a client pays for, and the distinction matters most on exactly the projects where getting it wrong is expensive. Where a tool has meaningful licence restrictions, we say so.

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