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Excalidraw

Infinite-canvas whiteboard with a hand-drawn style, free real-time collaboration, and an open-source core.

Milanote

Milanote organizes notes, images, links and files on visual boards for creative projects, with real-time board sharing.

Framer

Framer is a no-code visual website builder with a built-in CMS, staging environment and AI-assisted design and content features.

Whimsical

Wireframes, flowcharts, mind maps and docs on infinite canvas with AI.

Magic Patterns

AI-powered UI component and prototype generator from prompts.

FlowMapp

FlowMapp builds collaborative sitemaps, user flows and wireframes for planning a website before high-fidelity design.

Balsamiq

A fast, intentionally low-fidelity wireframing tool for sketching app and website flows before full-fidelity design.

FigJam

Collaborative digital whiteboard by Figma for brainstorming, team alignment, and planning. Included free with all Figma plans, no additional cost.

Spline

Spline is a browser-based tool for building interactive 2D and 3D scenes, with AI-assisted media generation and export options that scale by plan.

Visily

AI-powered wireframing tool for agile teams, simple and collaborative.

Blender

A free, open-source 3D suite covering modeling, animation, rendering and compositing, usable commercially without registration.

Miro

Online collaborative whiteboard.

SketchUp Pro

SketchUp Pro is Trimble's 3D modeling software for architecture, interior and product design, spanning desktop, web and mobile.

Revit

Autodesk Revit is subscription-only BIM software for architecture, structural and MEP design, coordinating a single parametric building model across disciplines.

Adobe XD

UI prototyping and design (discontinued).

Inspo AI

AI visual search across a 200,000+ screen index, collaborative moodboards and text-to-interface generation.

Origami

Free interactive prototyping toolkit for Mac, created by Meta.

Pterocos

Free browser-based code editor with local execution and instant preview.

Rhino

Versatile NURBS-based 3D modeling software. Used in architecture, industrial design, jewelry, marine design, and VFX. Extensible via Grasshopper (visual programming) for parametric design.

Midjourney

Subscription AI tool that generates images from text prompts, billed by monthly fast GPU hours, with no free plan.