Weekly Web Design & Development News: Collective #644
Everything you need to know in development & design this week, rounded up for you (Week 8, 2026).
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!
Highlights:
- Weve audited and updated our massive "Top 10" lists (charts, scrolling, lazy loading) to get your 2026 stack ready.
- Explore Kumo, Cloudflares new accessible component library for React & Tailwind.
- Nostalgia trip: Build retro interfaces with a Warcraft III-themed UI kit.
- Create immersive stories with Scrolleo, a modern vanilla JS scrollytelling library.
- Visualize your data better with our picks for the best Pie, Donut, and Bar chart plugins.
- The State of JavaScript 2025 results are livesee where the ecosystem is heading.
- 18 other great resources and tools
- 11 fresh AI tools for developers
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The 2026 Top 10 Series
Get your tech stack ready for the year ahead.
We've started our massive annual audit. We are rewriting and updating our most popular "Top 10" lists to ensure every library recommendation is modern, maintained, and ready for 2026 projects.
Updated this week:
7 Best Youtube Lazy Loaders To Improve Page Speed (2026 Update)
7 best jQuery and/or Vanilla JavaScript based Youtube lazy loaders that help developers and bloggers bring a performant, fast, SEO-friendly lazy loading experience to your Youtube videos within the document.
10 Best Custom Popover Plugins In JavaScript (2026 Update)
10 best Popover plugins (sorted by clicks and downloads) to enhance and improve the tooltip experience on the web applications.
10 Best Mobile-friendly One Page Scroll Plugins (2026 Update)
10 best one page scroll jQuery & Vanilla JavaScript plugins that work perfectly on both desktop and mobile.
10 Best Momentum Scrolling Libraries In JavaScript (2026 Update)
10 best momentum scrolling libraries that can help you improve the scroll experience on your site - just like swiping on iOS and Android.
10 Best Scrollspy Plugins In JavaScript (2026 Update)
10 best jQuery and Vanilla JavaScript scrollspy plugins that can be used to keep track of what elements currently are on the screen.
10 Best Smooth Scroll JavaScript/jQuery Plugins (2026 Update)
10 best Vanilla JavaScript (and jQuery) Smooth Scroll plugins to bring the smooth scrolling experience on your long web page.
10 Best Scroll-triggered Animation Plugins With JavaScript (2026 Update)
10 best jQuery plugins and vanilla JavaScript animate on scroll (AOS) libraries that help developers to create awesome reveal animations on elements when they're scrolled into view.
7 Best Pull To Refresh Plugins In JavaScript (2026 Update)
7 best jQuery and Vanilla JavaScript pull-to-refresh libraries that provide a fast and convenient way to load more data or retrieve fresh data in your app by pulling down.
10 Best Pie/Donut Chart Plugins In JavaScript (2026 Update)
10 best JavaScript/jQuery charting plugins for plotting and visualizing your data in a pie- or donut-style circular statistical graphic.
10 Best Scroll-triggered Animation Plugins With JavaScript (2026 Update)
10 best jQuery plugins and vanilla JavaScript animate on scroll (AOS) libraries that help developers to create awesome reveal animations on elements when they're scrolled into view.
10 Best Bar (Column) Chart Plugins In Javascript & CSS (2026 Update)
10 best JavaScript and Pure CSS libraries that help you quickly generate bar (or column) charts from any data you provide on the webpage.
10 Best Dialog Plugins To Replace The Native JS Popup Boxes (2026 Update)
10 best jQuery and Pure JavaScript dialog popup plugins to help web developers create pretty, customizable Alert boxes, Confirm boxes, and Prompt boxes.
10 Best Table Of Contents JavaScript Plugins (2026 Update)
10 best (most downloaded) table of contents jQuery and Vanilla JavaScript plugins for your long web content to improve user experience and boost search engine rankings.
10 Best JavaScript Dark Mode Solutions (2026 Update)
The 10 best JavaScript solutions that help developers quickly and easily implement Dark Mode on theire websites, blogs, or web applications.
JavaScript & CSS
Oat UI - A lightweight UI component library that styles semantic HTML.
meeting-grid-layout - JavaScript Video Conference Grid Layout Library with Gallery & Spotlight Modes.
scrolleo - Modern Vanilla JS Library for Scrollytelling.
Grab-n-Drag Infinite Carousel - Infinite Scrolling Carousel with Momentum Physics.
EssealDatePicker - Vanilla JS Date Picker with Range Selection.
servercn - The backend component registry for Node.js inspired by shadcn/ui.
Discover more JavaScript & CSS Libraries →
NextGen JavaScript
Kumo - Cloudflare’s Accessible Component Library for React & Tailwind.
warcraftcn/ui - Warcraft III-Themed UI Components with shadcn/ui.
Vengeance UI - 26+ Animated React Components for Next.js.
Vue Frimousse - Unstyled Emoji Picker for Nuxt.js.
FormSCN - Visual Form Builder for shadcn/ui Projects.
shadcn-table-view - Create Feature-Rich Data Tables in shadcn projects.
sileo - React Toast Notifications with SVG Morphing Effects.
jelly-slider - A WebGPU-powered interactive jelly slider component built with TypeGPU.
reshaped - Professionally crafted React & Figma components for building beautiful products or starting your own design system.
tambo - The open-source generative UI toolkit for React.
Discover more Next.js & shadcn/ui resources →
Web Dev Tools & Resources
zvec - A lightweight, lightning-fast, in-process vector database.
chatkit-js - A batteries-included framework for building high-quality, AI-powered chat experiences.
actionbook - Browser action engine for AI agents. 10× faster, resilient by design.
k-id-age-verifier - Automatically verify your age on discord, twitch, kick, quora and more (k-id).
sql-tap - Watch SQL traffic in real-time with a TUI.
mdvi - A terminal markdown viewer with Vim-style navigation.
ats-resume-generator-html - Generate ATS-optimized resumes from structured JSON using a clean HTML workflow.
Graphic Design Freebies
MONOWIRE Geometric Font - A modern, geometric display font free for personal use.
20 Free Adobe App Icons - The Adobe Apps Icon Set contains the updated brand assets for 21 Creative Cloud applications. It includes the icons for Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and the full Substance 3D suite.
Abstract Shapes - 20 Free High-Res Abstract Shapes for SaaS UI.
Discover more Graphic Design Freebies →
Curated AI Tools for Developers and Designers
Agent Skills - 10 Best Agent Skills for Claude Code & AI Workflows.
ZeroClaw - Ultra-light Rust-based Alternative to OpenClaw.
Ordo - Free AI App to Organize Instagram Reels, TikToks, YouTube Shorts.
TinyClaw - Open Alternative to OpenClaw for 24/7 AI Assistan.
Prismer.AI - Open-Source Alternative to OpenAI Prism.
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark - An ultra-fast model for real-time coding in Codex.
Gemini 3 Deep Think - Google’s most specialized reasoning mode is now updated to solve modern science, research and engineering challenges.
GLM 5 - A new flagship LLM from (Z.ai), designed for advanced chat, coding, and agentic tasks.
MiniMax M2.5 - MiniMax’s latest LLM is now available!
The new v0 - Your collaborative AI assistant to design, iterate, and scale full-stack applications for the web.
GitHub Agent HQ - Run Claude, Codex & Copilot directly in GitHub & VS Code.
News & Articles
State of JavaScript 2025 (Link)
AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It (Link)
Trying to Make the Perfect Pie Chart in CSS. (Link)
New Safari developer tools provide insight into CSS Grid Lanes. (Link)
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