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24 alternatives to Founders & Friends: Jeff Smith of Facebook

Giving back to the design community

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Founders & Friends: Jeff Smith of Facebook launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Facebook Design▲812

   Articles, videos, & resources made by designers at Facebook.

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Ocean▲208

   A Community of designers sharing feedback

   2014 · ocean.ink · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Facebook Design Resources▲793

   A collection of free resources made by designers at Facebook

   2015 · meta.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Facebook Creator▲208

   Video tools for influencers

   2017 · creators.facebook.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Bridge▲78

   Connecting designers with top startups

   2014 · designerfund.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Help Me Build▲107

   Discover high quality tools to build awesome things

   2015 · led24.tv · its alternatives →

7. 7
   2015 Design Tools▲237

   Results from survey of 4,000+ designers on their fave tools.

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Scaling a Design Team - 3: Melissa Hajj, Design Manager at Facebook▲65

   A talk with Melissa Hajj, Design Manager at Facebook

   2016 · hackingui.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Designspiration▲135

   Discover and share design inspiration

   2014 · designspiration.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    VR Resources — Facebook Design▲215

    Stories and resources from the VR design team at Facebook.

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Web Designer News▲108

    Curated stories for designers

    2015 · webdesignernews.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Facebook Desktop Kit▲28

    a GUI for building web and desktop applications

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Designer Chat▲148

    The Designer News community in a private Slack chat.

    2014 · designerchat.co · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Dwell▲267

    A social network for the design-obsessed

    2016 · dwell.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Relate▲199

    Free social UI kit for Sketch and Photoshop

    2016 · miro.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    QritiQ.me▲120

    A community for designers to share and learn

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Digital Design Talks▲177

    Learn from design leaders from around the world

    2021 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    FreshDesign.io▲219

    A curation of beautiful websites and designer resources

    2016 · freshdesign.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Layout - No One's Trying to Make a Shitty Website▲67

    How to work and collaborate with developers

    2016 · layout.fm · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Designer News▲60

    Hacker News for designers

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Digital and Computer Arts▲122

    Stories behind your favorite projects and designers

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    PixelKit▲117

    Share, discuss and find your team's design work. It’s free!

    2016 · pixelkit.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Cycles▲179

    Visual feedback and approvals for web development

    2016 · cycleshq.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Based Mobile: Social UI Kit for Sketch▲165

    UI Kit for feeds on iOS, Android and Web

    2017 · getstream.io · its alternatives →

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