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24 alternatives to Don't code your UI, draw it

"Don't code your UI, Draw it !". Contribute to karanchahal/DoodleMaster development by creating an account on GitHub.

This developer tool lets users draw user interfaces rather than writing code to build them. Launched in 2018, it targets developers and designers who want to create UIs visually instead of through traditional coding… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Don't code your UI, draw it launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Make your ideas look awesome, without relying on a designer

    2018 · refactoringui.com · its alternatives →

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    21st.dev▲1,211

    I originally built this app to organize and reuse interesting React + Tailwind components I came across on Twitter, inspired by the shadcn/ui approach. Later, a friend started contributing their own components, and it got me thinking—this could grow into something bigger, like an NPM for design engineers to share and use components. Would love to hear your thoughts!

    2025 · 21st.dev · its alternatives →

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    OpenUI▲543

    Describe UI and see it rendered live

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    When I started my career and built my first design system, I was beyond excited. It took a lot of iterations, learning and 6 months of work to launch it internally. In the next job, I did it again, then at the following job, again… And no matter which company I worked for, 80% of the design system was the same. I’ve decided to work full-time on the design system I’ve always wanted, and today I’m launching and open-sourcing it. You can use it to build Next.js apps faster, and I’ve designed it in a way that it’s hard to go wrong with it: you can choose any settings, and you’ll end up with a…

    Dec 2025 · once-ui.com · its alternatives →

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    Starter kit for Sketch to create awesome user interfaces.

    2017 · uidesignsystem.com · its alternatives →

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    Draw a mockup and generate html for it. Contribute to SawyerHood/draw-a-ui development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    MakeUI▲145

    The world’s first Sketch UI kit generator with themes

    2019 · makeui.design · its alternatives →

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    Enhance your design workflow by creating a Sketch plugin

    2018 · designcode.io · its alternatives →

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    Transform your ideas to design & code instantly with AI 🚀

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    I'm enthralled with using pen plotters to make generative art. Last August at SIGGRAPH, I built an interactive experience for others to see how code can be used to make visual art. The linked blog post is my trials and tribulations of linking a MIDI controller to one of these algorithms and sending its output to a plotter, so that people may witness the end-to-end experience.

    2024 · lostpixels.io · its alternatives →

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    BentoHub▲273

    Make your GitHub profile cool

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Hello. This year I dived into UI/UX area and at the same time I work as a web developer. I sincerely love making good UI. But at my full time job it's not always possible due to different reasons =\ So I've been posting random UI/UX staff on Twitter, then I made a free book that had 50 tips (posted it here as well). I decided to finish this year by collecting everything I learned and here it is: https://akcium.gumroad.com/l/ui-ux-tips. This time it's a paid one. But, you can check ~20 pages of it, just go to…

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Allows you to draw in your github heatmap. Contribute to ben174/git-draw development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Show your UX/UI Design instantly on a clients device 📲

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    UIUI▲180

    UI collection for developers

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Last week's post from Thariq "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of HTML" went viral in X. He made a good point about HTML being the more expressive and human friendly alternative to markdown files. I completely buy in where he's coming from, I've been asking Claude Code to create me HTML files to better understand what we're planning and building together. What Thariq didn't address was the part of sharing and collaborating on these HTML artifacts (he proposed uploading to S3). While I've been heavy user of HTML artifacts to share quarterly plans, implementation specs, technical guides and…

    May 2026 · display.dev · its alternatives →

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    UI design tool to build captivating front end with no code.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Turn UI to Swift iOS code

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Learn UI and UX design with Codecademy and Figma

    2022 · codecademy.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi, I'm Will. I'm 24, autistic, and have OCD tendencies. I'm learning to code and this is my first public project. I’d really appreciate your feedback and encouragement! This project lets me solve some of my OCD problems online. There are a couple of parts of the forums that I visit – Space Battles, Sufficient Velocity, and Questionable Questing – that I want to remove. Specifically, I hate seeing indicators of how much is left in a forum thread, because I keep thinking about how much content is left. It stops me from immersing myself in the story. It stressed me out. Before I learned to…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    YouiDrawfree tier, from $9.99/mo▲105

    Online vector graphic design app. Free online logo creator.

    2020 · drawtify.com · its alternatives →

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    Create your own Codecademy style lessons

    2021 · codeamigo.dev · its alternatives →

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    Your code is art - git contributions on your wall

    2021 · codeprints.dev · its alternatives →

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    Learn to code with AI-powered tutorials from Codeamigo.

    2021 · codeamigo.dev · its alternatives →

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