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24 alternatives to Empty States

Delight users by designing the empty states

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Empty States launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Endless Icons▲201

   A collection of free flat icons and creative stuff

   2014 · endlessicons.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hover States▲135

   New, interesting, and weird in web and design

   2016 · hoverstat.es · its alternatives →

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   Desinion ▲115

   The place to give and get opinions on design.

   2015 · desinion.com · its alternatives →

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   FreshDesign.io▲219

   A curation of beautiful websites and designer resources

   2016 · freshdesign.io · its alternatives →

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   Once UI 1.5▲299

   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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   UI Parade▲137

   User interface design tools and design inspiration

   2014 · uiparade.com · its alternatives →

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   Designers MX▲143

   Curated playlists by designers, for designers.

   2014 · designers.mx · its alternatives →

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   Cycles▲179

   Visual feedback and approvals for web development

   2016 · cycleshq.com · its alternatives →

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   Hello Many▲196

   The best UI assets from around the web

   2015 · its alternatives →

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    Designing the Invisible▲69

    Create great web experiences

    2015 · fivesimplesteps.com · its alternatives →

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    Layout - No One's Trying to Make a Shitty Website▲67

    How to work and collaborate with developers

    2016 · layout.fm · its alternatives →

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    Ocean▲208

    A Community of designers sharing feedback

    2014 · ocean.ink · its alternatives →

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    Designspiration▲135

    Discover and share design inspiration

    2014 · designspiration.com · its alternatives →

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    UI Design System▲180

    Starter kit for Sketch to create awesome user interfaces.

    2017 · uidesignsystem.com · its alternatives →

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    Atomic Free▲190

    Learn to prototype for free

    2017 · atomic.io · its alternatives →

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    Researchers.io▲203

    Product Hunt for UX research

    2014 · researchers.io · its alternatives →

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    Mapbox▲128

    Design and publish beautiful maps

    2014 · mapbox.com · its alternatives →

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    Novapattern▲181

    Curated directory of well-designed patterns to download

    2017 · novapattern.com · its alternatives →

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    DesignCue▲152

    On-demand web design from talented UI designers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Strange House Resources▲120

    A curated collection of free design resources.

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Perspective Mockups▲149

    Hipster-as-f*** perspectives for your designs

    2014 · vexus.digital · its alternatives →

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    Nicely Done▲126

    Curated showcase of the best digital products.

    2016 · nicelydone.club · its alternatives →

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    Minimal Wikipedia▲97

    Minimal redesign of Wikipedia by Moe Silah

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Design Review - Ep. 43 - UI vs No UI▲69

    Is no UI really the best design?

    2016 · designreviewpodcast.com · its alternatives →

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