Creative

Matt Webb on product design, AI, and weeknotes. Thoughtful tech commentary since 2000.

Blogging platform focused on privacy and speed. No trackers, no JavaScript required.

Classless CSS framework. Make HTML look good with zero effort.

Naked blogging platform. No tracking, no ads, just writing. Minimal by design.

Blogging challenge: publish 100 posts in a year. Encouraging people to write more.

CEO of Obsidian on design, tools for thought, and building software.

Amit Patel's interactive tutorials on pathfinding, map generation, and game algorithms.

Design, culture, and the overlooked. Eclectic curation of objects, architecture, and ideas.

Virtual pub for the small web. Write posts, leave replies, enjoy the cozy atmosphere. Part of Gemini ecosystem.

Collection of the simplest websites on the internet. Celebrating minimalism in web design.

Guess when photos were taken. Historical photo dating game.

Another wealth visualization. 400 billion dollars, one pixel at a time.

Interactive digital magazine. Data journalism you can explore.

Adam Pearce on data visualization. NYT graphics journalist's explorations.

Scroll through the universe. From astronaut to observable universe.

Visualizing Jeff Bezos' wealth. Scroll to understand billions.

Kate Wagner on bad architecture. Educational roasts of suburban homes.

Public scholarship on architecture and landscape. Deep essays.

Design podcast and articles. The unnoticed architecture of our world.

Architecture and design magazine. Projects, products, and interviews.

Architecture news and projects. Daily updates on buildings worldwide.

Modern embroidery patterns and tutorials. Making embroidery cool again.

Philosophy jokes in comic form. Learn philosophy while laughing.

Dark humor comic strips. Beautiful art with twisted punchlines.

Epic fantasy webcomic. Stunning art and wild mythology.

Space opera webcomic. 20+ years of daily updates completed.

Kids fighting ghosts in a small town. Comedy and supernatural mystery.

Gaslamp fantasy adventure. Hugo Award-winning steampunk comic.

Mystery and fantasy webcomic. Gorgeous art and deep worldbuilding.

Long-running slice-of-life webcomic. Indie music scene and AI friends.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. Philosophy, science, and dark humor.

Randall Munroe's stick figure comics. Math, science, and language jokes.

Nicholas Felton's data visualization. Annual reports turned art form.

Daniel Huffman on cartographic design. Beautiful maps and tutorials.

Railroad photography database. Quality photos sorted by railroad and location.

Risograph and letterpress printing. Zine production resources.

Curated zine collection. Art zines and independent publications.

Film photography community. Camera reviews, film stocks, and reader submissions.

Nature sound recordings label. High-quality environmental audio.

Sound art project mapping the world. Field recordings reimagined by artists.

Global sound map. Field recordings pinned to locations worldwide.

Game Boy music production. The legendary LSDJ tracker for authentic chip sound.

Chiptune and lo-fi music battles. Competitions in tracker formats and game consoles.

New games for the NES. Modern creations for classic hardware.

Interactive fiction magazine. Publishes new IF and essays on the form.

Publisher of choice-based interactive novels. ChoiceScript engine and hosted games.

Creators of Fallen London. Narrative games with exceptional writing.

Indie tabletop games. Zine RPGs, solo games, and experimental designs.

Open source survival roguelike. Post-apocalyptic simulation with incredible depth.

Doom-themed roguelike. Fast-paced tactical combat with procedural levels.

Open source roguelike. Play online, download, or contribute to development.

Matthew Christopher's photography and writing. Thoughtful documentation of American ruins.

Tom Kirsch's abandoned photography. Decades of documenting decay across America.

SVG files ready for pen plotters. Community-shared designs and patterns.

Makers of AxiDraw pen plotter. Tutorials, projects, and open source drawing machines.

Anders Hoff's generative art and algorithms. Organic simulations and plotter-friendly output.

Creative coder and generative artist. Tools, techniques, and beautiful algorithmic work.

Generative artist and plotter enthusiast. Daily pen plotter output and process documentation.

Plotter art tutorials and experiments. Code, techniques, and beautiful output.

Community hub for pen plotters and drawing machines. Resources, software, and inspiration.

Modern watch culture and reviews. Focus on accessible and independent brands.

Watch journalism and collecting. In-depth articles on horology, reviews, and industry news.

Commodore 64 Scene Database. Complete archive of C64 demos, cracks, and releases.

Portal for the Amiga demoscene. News, releases, and community for classic computing enthusiasts.

Archive of Amiga demoscene music. Tracker modules, musician profiles, and music disk collections.

Massive collection of tracker music modules. MOD, XM, S3M, IT files from the demoscene and beyond.

Inigo Quilez's demogroup and resource site. Mathematical art, raymarching tutorials, and Shadertoy's creator.

Hungarian demogroup known for stunning 64k intros. Multiple Breakpoint and Assembly winners.

Legendary German demogroup. Created fr-08 (the product), .kkrieger, and countless award-winning productions.

Wiki about 4 kilobyte intros. Techniques for creating impressive demos in impossibly small sizes.

High-quality video captures of demoscene productions. Watch demos without running them natively.

Comprehensive demoscene database. Tracks productions, groups, sceners, and parties worldwide.

The demoscene's primary file archive. Decades of demos, intros, music, and graphics freely downloadable.

Community platform for creative coding sketches. Share and remix Processing/p5.js artwork with source code.

Write p5.js sketches in your browser. The easiest way to start creative coding with JavaScript.

Platform for generative art on Tezos. Unique algorithmic art pieces where each mint creates a one-of-a-kind variation.

Opinionated writing on UI/UX design and software quality. Creator of FiraCode font. Famous for critiquing modern software bloat.

Game engine deep dives. Code reviews of Doom, Quake, and other legendary engines.

UX research and usability articles. The authority on user experience since 1998.

Author and media inventor exploring the intersection of technology and storytelling. Home of many experimental projects.

Jason Scott's documentary about bulletin board systems. Free to watch, captures the spirit of pre-internet online communities.

Archive of ANSI and ASCII art from the BBS scene. Thousands of artpacks preserved from the 80s and 90s.

Nolen Royalty's game experiments. Creator of One Million Checkboxes and other delightful web toys.

Curated list of Tailwind CSS resources. Plugins, tools, UI kits, and templates.

Curated classic and contemporary cinema. The gold standard for film preservation and curation.

Curated streaming service and film magazine. Hand-picked cinema from around the world.

Generate tables in LaTeX, Markdown, HTML, and more. Visual table editor.

Free, open-source font library. Over 1,500 font families to use in web and print projects.

Free fonts licensed for commercial use. Also offers a webfont generator for self-hosting.

Curated typography inspiration. See what fonts websites are using and get recommendations.

Matthew Butterick's guide to typography. Free online book covering everything from font choice to page layout.

A kerning game. Drag letters to achieve perfect spacing. Fun way to train your typographic eye.

Grant Sanderson's math animations. Beautiful visualizations that build genuine understanding.

Makes your writing bold and clear. Highlights complex sentences and suggests simpler alternatives.

Beautiful interactive web experiments. Includes Bubbles and an infinitely zoomable Game of Life.

The addictive sliding number puzzle game that took the internet by storm. Simple, elegant, endlessly replayable.

A new type of puzzle game that went viral on HN. Simple rules, surprisingly deep gameplay.

Multiplayer aerial combat HTML5 game. Fast-paced missile warfare in the browser.

Minimalist take on Pong with a twist. Part of a series of one-game-per-week experiments.

WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet. Beautiful aesthetic, relaxing gameplay.

Curated design resources. Tools, inspiration, typography, colors, and more for designers.

Curated list of design and UI resources. Stock photos, icons, fonts, colors, and templates.

Collection of free stock photography, video, and illustration websites.

Continuing Roger Ebert's legacy of film criticism. Thoughtful reviews and essays on cinema.

Beautiful free images. High-quality photos contributed by photographers worldwide.

Free stock photos and videos. High quality, no attribution required.

Photography community and marketplace. Discover and license stunning photography.

Photo sharing community since 2004. Billions of photos organized by groups and tags.

National Novel Writing Month. Write 50,000 words in November with community support.

Resources for writers since 1920. Craft advice, markets, and publishing guidance.

Self-publishing platform. Print and distribute your own books worldwide.

Julia Evans' illustrated zines on technical topics. Git, SQL, Linux, and more.

Showcase platform for digital artists. Game art, concept art, and illustration.

Art community since 2000. Traditional and digital art from millions of artists.

Adobe's creative portfolio platform. Design, illustration, and photography.

Design inspiration and community. UI/UX, illustration, and branding.

Indie games, animation, and art since 1995. Where Flash games lived.

NASA's daily astronomy image with expert explanation. Running since 1995, a treasure trove of space imagery.

Image hosting platform built for astrophotographers. Deep sky objects, planets, and equipment details from a passionate community.

Ableton's interactive music course. Learn beats, melody, and production basics in your browser.

Interactive introduction to synthesizers. Play with oscillators, filters, and envelopes in the browser.

Online music studio. Record, collaborate, and produce music entirely in your browser.

Collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Field recordings, synths, and effects.

Search multiple dictionaries at once. Reverse dictionary, thesaurus, and pattern matching.

NYT's approach to intuitive cooking. Teaches techniques over rigid measurements.

What if YouTube had actual TV channels? Curated playlists that autoplay like traditional television.

3D scan of the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Explore ancient architecture from your browser.

Markdown for timelines. Write dates and events in plain text, get a beautiful timeline visualization.

Explore the relative sizes of emoji objects. Scroll through a visual comparison from atoms to galaxies.

List of open source games. Play and learn from game source code across all genres.

Curated list of open source games organized by genre. From FPS to puzzle games.

Free hosting for Twine interactive fiction. Many mental health and personal story games.

Free audio courses teaching thinking methods for languages. Spanish, French, German, and more.

Challenging mathematical/programming problems. 800+ problems requiring code and math.

Free browser games. Thousands of indie games playable instantly.

JavaScript games in 13KB or less. Annual competition pushing constraints.

PICO-8 game community. Thousands of tiny games with source code.

Celebrate messy, creative game-making. Game jams and experimental games.

Curated short films and videos. Higher quality than YouTube's algorithm.

Free audio archive. Live concerts, old radio, audiobooks, and podcasts.

Creative Commons music remixes. Free music for your projects.

Kevin MacLeod's royalty-free music. Thousands of tracks for any project.

Royalty-free music for videos and projects. Quality background tracks.

Icon library and toolkit. Thousands of icons for web projects.

Icons for everything. Millions of icons from global creators.

Free vector icons database. Millions of icons in multiple formats.

Curated color palettes for designers. Fresh palettes daily.

CSS gradient generator. Create beautiful gradients with code.

CSS easing function generator. Visualize and create animation curves.

The definitive board game database. Reviews, rankings, and community.

Tabletop RPG database and community. D&D, Pathfinder, and thousands more.

The demoscene's community hub. Database of demos, intros, and digital art pushing hardware to its limits.

Create and share shader programs in the browser. Mind-bending procedural graphics in real-time.

Social network for creative coders. JavaScript demos in 140 characters or less. Constraint breeds creativity.

Platform for indie games and game jams. Discover weird, wonderful games from independent developers.

Fantasy console for making, sharing, and playing tiny games. Strict limitations spark creativity.

Open-source puzzle game engine. Make Sokoban-like games with a simple scripting language.

Tiny game maker for tiny games. Create small narrative experiences with simple pixel art.

Geography guessing game. Drop into Street View and figure out where in the world you are.

Check color contrast accessibility. Real-time WCAG compliance checking for foreground/background pairs.

Creative technologist. Built Bop Spotter, a device that listens to music in SF and identifies it using Shazam.

Factory building game with fanatical attention to detail. Build and optimize automated production chains.

Stable Diffusion fine-tuned to generate music via spectrograms. AI music generation through images.

Magazine of ideas. Accessible philosophy for the general public.

Daily food magazine. Recipes, tips, and inspiration for home cooks.

Book reviews and recommendations. Track what you read, find new books.

Catalog your books and connect with readers. Book lover's social network.

Music database and marketplace. Catalog your collection, buy vinyl.

Music database with community ratings. Discover albums by genre and era.

Track your music listening. Scrobble from any player, discover similar artists.

Creative code golfing. Write a function to control a 16x16 grid of dots. Minimalist creative coding playground.

Thousands of old programs, games, and operating systems playable in your browser. Computing history preserved.

Award-winning data visualization. Complex information made accessible through beautiful graphics.

Explore art and history from institutions worldwide. Virtual museum tours and high-resolution artwork.

Infinite canvas of text. Place characters anywhere, see what others have written.

Fictional operating system that never was. Art project, game collection, and absurdist software.

Generate ASCII art from text. Dozens of fonts, preview in real-time.

Interactive tutorial transforming plain HTML into a beautiful page. Learn CSS fundamentals step by step.

Collection of visual design rules you can safely follow. Practical tips for making things look better.

A page that is its own source code. Brutalist, self-documenting HTML that displays itself.

Photography and technical experiments. Famous post on what unprocessed camera photos actually look like.

Protein folding game. Play to help scientists understand diseases.

Essays on philosophy, science, and society. Deep thinking for curious minds.

Literary and cultural essays. Some of the best long-form writing.

Essays and reviews on books and ideas. Intellectual discourse since 1963.

Run classic adventure games on modern hardware. LucasArts, Sierra, and hundreds more preserved and playable.

The original free ebook library. Over 70,000 public domain books, started in 1971.

Free public domain audiobooks read by volunteers. Thousands of classic books in audio format.

Archive of digital art from 1999 to present. Net art, software art, and born-digital works preserved.

Minimalist typing test. Track your speed, practice with custom texts, compete with others.

Independent music platform. Artists sell directly to fans, keeping most of the money.

Guitar, bass, and drum tabs with playback. Learn songs with interactive notation.

Understand music theory through popular songs. Learn how hit songs are constructed.

Largest collection of guitar tabs. Chords, tabs, and bass tabs for millions of songs.

Literary magazine since 1953. Fiction, poetry, and legendary author interviews.

Book reviews and literary criticism. Intellectual weekly since 1902.

Digital comics platform. Thousands of free webcomics to read.

Webcomics and novels platform. Indie creators publishing serially.

Digital comics store. Marvel, DC, indie, and manga.

Internet leisure radio. Retro-styled streaming radio with vacation vibes and excellent curation.

Literary magazine with long-form interviews and essays. Thoughtful writing on books, art, and culture.

Retro gaming database. Information on classic games and consoles.

Curated longform journalism. The best feature stories from around the web.

Smart PNG and JPEG compression. Reduce file size without visible quality loss.

Remove image backgrounds automatically. AI-powered, fast, and surprisingly good.

Free online photo editor that rivals Photoshop. Runs entirely in the browser, supports PSD files.

Button that takes you to random useless websites. Celebrate the weird, creative, pointless corners of the internet.

Web collage of text and images excavated from GeoCities. A memorial to the early web's creative chaos.

Pioneering net art collective. Glitchy, confrontational, and influential since 1995.

Spin a 3D globe and listen to radio stations worldwide. Thousands of stations, one elegant interface.

A small studio aboard a sailboat making open source tools, games, and documenting off-grid creative computing.

Interactive explorable explanations of complex topics. Game theory, anxiety, social networks visualized.

Google but for colors. Type a word and get a palette based on image search results.

Fast color scheme generator. Press spacebar to generate, lock colors you like, export anywhere.

Retro-styled music player with summer vibes. A nostalgic trip to 80s/90s aesthetics.

Curated mixes designed for coding. Ambient, electronic, and minimal music to help you focus.

Visual bookmarking for creative research. Build collections, discover connections, no algorithms.

Collection of delightful interactive experiences. Spend Bill Gates' money, explore the deep sea, draw perfect circles.

Free, carefully formatted ebooks of public domain literature. Beautiful typography, meticulous proofreading.

Visual essays that explain ideas through data and design. Journalism meets data visualization.

Award-winning data visualizations on everything from science to pop culture.

A showcase of websites that embrace raw, unpolished design. Against the homogenization of web aesthetics.

Marketplace for independent games. Pay-what-you-want model, creator-friendly revenue split, vast catalog of experimental work.