Weekly Web Design & Development News: Collective #604
Everything you need to know in development & design this week, rounded up for you (Week 20, 2025).
You'll find the most essential things right now: Javascript & CSS libraries, useful code snippets, crucial web dev news & resources, curated AI tools, free design assets, and plenty of other good stuff we found!
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JavaScript & CSS
UAplus.css - A Better CSS Reset for Modern Devs. (Live Demo)
unverceled-nextjs - The All-in-One Next.js Starter Kit for Cloudflare Deployment.
starwind-ui - Accessible Astro Component Library with Full Code Control. (Live Demo)
tnks-data-table - Add Canvas Confetti Effects to Any Website. (Live Demo)
9ui - Copy-Paste UI Component Library for Next.js with Base UI and Tailwind. (Live Demo)
NanoJSON - Lightweight JS JSON Editor for Web. (Live Demo)
DropDrawer - Responsive Dropdown/Drawer Component for shadcn/ui. (Live Demo)
Diaper - iOS-Style Bottom Sheet Component for Svelte. (Live Demo)
Browserux.css - UX-First CSS Foundation for Modern Web. (Live Demo)
Coverflow Card Carousel - Coverflow Card Carousel with JavaScript and CSS/CSS3. (Live Demo)
snapDOM - Fast & Accurate DOM to Image Capture. (Live Demo)
Speakrandom - A modern, responsive chat and messaging UI.
Feather - A lightweight, DX-first web framework for Rust
mono-jsx - A JSX runtime that renders <html> element to Response object in JavaScript runtimes like Node.js, Deno, Bun, Cloudflare Workers, etc.
FEAScript-core - A JavaScript finite element simulation library.
AutoForm - Automatically render forms for your existing data schema. (Live Demo)
harvester - JavaScript library for "fuzzy" HTML data extraction based on templates.
lexgui.js - CA pure JavaScript library to create web editor interfaces and components. (Live Demo)
gpui-component - UI components for building fantastic desktop application.
optic-react-native - Lightweight Performance Profiling Tool For React Native.
aberdeen - A TypeScript/JavaScript library for quickly building performant declarative user interfaces without the use of a virtual DOM.
Discover more JavaScript & CSS Libraries →
Web Dev Tools & Resources
vectorvfs - Your filesystem as a vector database.
kit- A production-ready Python toolkit for codebase mapping, symbol extraction, code search, and building LLM-powered developer tools, agents, and workflows.
rybbit - Open-source and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics that is 10x more intuitive.
Simple Site Monitor - A robust web application for monitoring website uptime, performance, and SSL certificate expiration.
arkflow - High-performance Rust stream processing engine, providing powerful data stream processing capabilities.
VERT - The next-generation file converter. Open source, fully local* and free forever.
Tianji - Insight into everything, Website Analytics + Uptime Monitor + Server Status. not only another GA alternatives.
DBOS Transact - A Lightweight Durable Execution Library Built on Postgres.
Biyo - A browser extension for rapid prototyping that allows you to inject Vue.js or React applications into any existing webpage.
EnvGuard - An NPM package that validates your environment variables.
Graphic Design Freebies
WOOBLY Font - A free bold display font.
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Curated Free AI Tools
Figma Make - Turn ideas into reality with AI-powered design tools—generate, iterate, and build faster, all in one creative space.
Figma Sites - An all-in-one tool for you to design and build custom, responsive websites.
Pablo.Design - Generate a Branded Site or App from Just Your Logo.
Website AI Grader - Check Your Site’s AI Readiness Score.
Cursor v0.5 - Cursor (The #1 AI Code Editor) v0.5 dropped with unified pricing & Max Mode across all models.
Windsurf Wave 8 - Integrates AI-assisted app building directly into the IDE. Update tailored for Teams & Enterprises.
Void AI Code Editor - An open source Cursor alternative. Write code with the best AI tools, use any model, and retain full control over your data.
Zed - A next-generation code editor designed forhigh-performance collaboration with humans and AI.
Cloi CLI - Local debugging agent that runs in your terminal.
Docling - Get your documents ready for gen AI.
Open Computer Agent - HuggingFace's free Open AI operator like Computer Use agent.
News & Articles
Orbital Mechanics (or How I Optimized a CSS Keyframes Animation) (Link)
Masonry In CSS: Should Grid Evolve Or Stand Aside For A New Module? (Link)
Easier layout with margin-trim (Link)
How To Launch Big Complex Projects (Link)
What Does "use client" Do? (Link)
Why performance optimization is hard work (Link)
JavaScript & CSS Snippets
Draw Random Underline (DrawSVG)
See the Pen Draw Random Underline (DrawSVG) by Osmo (@osmosupply) on CodePen.
flair cursor follower
See the Pen flair cursor follower by GSAP (@GreenSock) on CodePen.
Ripple distortion effect
See the Pen Ripple distortion effect by Kevin Grajeda (@kevin-carlos-grajeda-a) on CodePen.
CSS Carousel
See the Pen CSS Carousel by Arby (@mobalti) on CodePen.
ScrollSynced Carousel V3 (Gsap + Swiper)
See the Pen ScrollSynced Carousel V3 (Gsap + Swiper) by Luis Alberto Martinez Riancho (@luis-lessrain) on CodePen.
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