160+ Free Graphic Design Software for Entrepreneurs and Startups (2019)
In business, presentation is everything.
You need to communicate about your product in a way that it captivates the audiences.
You need to present your ideas in a way that you look genuine, authentic and command authority in your industry.
Having said that, graphic design software and resources like stock photos, videos, graphics editors, icons, etc., are expensive products for a startup business owner or a solopreneur.
Based on that, we have created the ultimate resource of 160+ free graphic design software and resources containing everything from PSD files, stock photos, videos, icons, fonts, patterns, mockups, colors, infographics, graphic design editors, and more.
At the time of making, all the tools in the list have a free forever option and are updated for 2019.
Take advantage of this goldmine.
All-In-One
1. Graphic Burger
A collection of high-quality flat designs, photos, and mockups that are free for both personal and commercial use.
2. Freebiesbug
Get a ton of free PSDs and website templates.
3. Designer Mill
Go for this site for some amazing PSDs and device mockups.
4. Creative Market
Sign up and get free design goodies.
5. PSD Repo
Get free PSD resources every week in your mail inbox.
6. Free Design Resources
Fonts, mockups, templates and more. Get top quality free resources daily with this site.
7. Pixelbuddha
Free UI kits, mockups, textures, layer effects, seamless patterns and even website templates for Photoshop and Sketch.
8. Pixeden
Use it to get a variety of product mockups for free.
9. UI Space
Free design resources for Photoshop, Illustrator and Sketch. Also contains code scripts.
10. CSS Author
The site is known for its vast collection of free icon sets.
11. GraphBerry
Get HD mockups that are pixel perfect for free.
12. GraphicPear
From dropper bottle to Yoghurt packs and everything in between, the site has free mockups for every imaginable product. Also has a great collection of Typefaces and UI kits.
13. Freebbble
Over 1000+ design freebies made by Dribbble users.
14. Sketch App Sources
More than 3683 design resources.
15. GFXNerds
An eclectic collection of stock images, mockups, and much-needed vectors.
16. Blugraphic
A set of quality design resources for creatives.
17. AllTheFreeStock
Get all the free stock images, videos and sound effects arranged in this directory.
18. CreativeBooster
Free fonts, PSDs and mockups.
19. InspirationHut
I love the free graphics this site offers. Seems great for Social Media posting.
20. Freepik
Browse both popular and latest vectors and download them for free. They create 100s of free vectors daily!
21. Dealjumbo
An eclectic mix of mockups and beautiful fonts.
22. ThisLooksGreat
Free web designs, UI kits, backgrounds, and icons. It even has a cat magazine mockup!
23. PSDTemplatesBlog
Self-explanatory by its name. Get tons of PSD templates for free.
24. FreeDesignFile
The site has over 119 categories including Photoshop actions, Vector backgrounds, brushes, and more.
25. 365PSD
This one has some great UI kits.
26. FreebiesJedi
I really like their resume and CV templates.
27. Media Loot
Thousands of fonts, icons, graphics, templates, interfaces, mockups and more.
Photos
1. Unsplash
Get some of the best free photos from a community of the world’s best photographers.
2. Pixabay
Over 1.6 million stock photos and videos to choose from. This is my go-to site for stock photos.
3. Image Finder
19226 high-quality stock images. A great option if Pixabay doesn’t satisfy you.
4. Pexels
Just take one look at Pexels and it will win you over with its collection of photos. These photos tell a story of their own.
5. StockSnap
The site adds 100s of high res photos weekly.
6. Reshot
The site offers handpicked non-stocky looking images that are free.
7. Rawpixel
The site has safe to use royalty free images, Mockups, and vectors.
8. Gratisography
Fan of quirky images that stand out? Want them for free? This is the site for you.
9. Burst by Shopify
Stock images presented by the Shopify brand.
10. Life of Pix
Insta-worthy images for free.
11. Free Stock
Another site with free insta-worthy photos.
12. Stockvault
The site has daily updates with new photos, textures, and illustrations.
13. MMT
The site has some awesome photos and videos for commercial use.
14. Picography
Free license to use a huge collection of stock images.
15. Barnimages
Another site with a great collection of free stock images.
16. Picjumbo
Free high-resolution images for personal and commercial use.
17. Kaboompics
Enter your keyword and this site will find the perfect photo for you.
18. Shotstash
New free photos for your projects.
19. Negative Space
Their CCO licensed images are completely free to use.
20. Foodiesfeed
Stock images dedicated to food theme.
21. Alegriphotos
2890 free stock photos.
22. Death To Stock
Make your projects look the best with these non-stocky looking stock photos. Every month get 20 new stock photos in your inbox.
23. Pickwizard
A free image library. Another great resource.
24. Styled Stock
Feminine styled stock photos.
25. Flickr
A popular site for getting the perfect photos.
26. Canva
Free stock photos from the Canva brand.
27. Albumarium
Browse their albums and find the perfect images.
28. Dreamstime
230,953 photos to choose from.
29. Public Domain Pictures
Select pics from public domain.
30. StockPhotos 4 Free
Another hub for high-quality stock photos. Get a freebie every month.
31. Morguefile
Over 350,000 stock photos, free for commercial use.
32. Creative Commons
The home of creative commons.
33. Epicantus
Photographer Daria’s free to use photos.
34. Little Visuals
The site gives you 7 hi-res images when you sign up. Also, the site supports a very noble cause of providing portable defibrillators to schools and sports areas. Support them if you can.
35. PhotoPin
Search millions of Creative Commons photos and add them to your blog posts.
36. New Old Stock
If you are a fan of vintage photos and want to use them for free, use this site.
37. Jay Mantri
Photographer Jay Mantri offers free pics with CCO license.
38. Wylio
Over 100 million photos available.
39. Free Range Stock
Browse photos and illustrations from across a variety of categories.
40. Wikimedia Commons
50.963,750 freely usable media files.
41. Free Photos Bank
Choose photos from a variety of categories like abstract, architecture, objects and life.
42. RGB Stock
More than 100,000 photos available for free.
43. Designerpics
Free pics without any attribution requirement.
44. Skitterphoto
A huge collection of public domain photos.
45. ISO Republic
A curated directory of high-resolution CCO licensed images.
46. Magdeleine
Get a free hi-resolution photo every day.
47. FreeDigitalPhotos
Their most popular categories are pictures of people and business related pics.
48. Stock Up
Over 25000+ free stock photos.
Videos
1. Videvo
Thousands of free stock videos. Sort them based on keywords.
2. Pexels
Collection of completely free stock videos.
3. Videezy
Collection of free HD stock footage and 4K videos.
4. Pixabay
Over 1.6 million stock photos and videos to choose from.
5. Pond5
Pond5 claims to have the world’s largest royalty-free video collection.
6. Vimeo
Free HD stock footage from the Vimeo brand.
7. Life of vids
Choose from a collection of videos based on categories like city, clouds, drone, food, office, people, water and more.
8. Coverr
Best beautiful free videos for your homepage.
9. Stock Footage 4 Free
Get premium stock footage for free across a variety of categories.
10. Dissolve
Get over 1.1 million video clips.
11. SplitShire
Free videos for your use.
Icons
1. Flaticon
A curated directory of 1,268,000 vector icons grouped in 25.860 packs.
2. Icons8
Get 86,300 flat icons in any format, size, and color. All in 20 seconds flat.
3. Tilda Icons
700+ icons in 43 themes. Use the icons for landing pages.
4. Noun Project
Get over a million curated icons.
5. Behance
A massive curated list of icons with a bunch of additional filters to get to the perfect icon pack.
6. Dribbble
Another great variety of icons brought to you by Dribbble.
7. Nucleo
Their free icon pack includes 60 high-quality icons.
8. SmashingMagazine
Icons, brushes, templates, PSDs, vector kits and tools that you can use without any restriction.
9. Icon Finder
14,911 free icons.
10. Material
Get beautifully crafted symbols for common actions and items.
11. Fontello
A huge icon repository.
12. Ego Icons
100 free radical geometric icons.
13. Flat Icons
More than 2500 free icons to customize.
14. to [icon]
Beautiful icons to use for free.
Mockups
1. Mockupworld
A large collection of free mockups. Use this site to get iPhone mockups, iPad mockups, MacBook mockups, Fashion and apparel mockups, magazine mockups, food mockups and more.
2. Mockups
Another set of classy looking mockups.
3. Behance
A third option for mockups you can try.
Infographics
1. Hubspot
Get 15 beautifully designed infographic templates in Powerpoint and 5 more in Illustrator. All ready-made and free.
2. Hongkiat
A collection of 40 free infographic templates.
3. Google Chart
Turn your site data into charts and infographics.
Fonts
1. Google Fonts
A huge collection of free fonts from Google.
2. MyFonts
Over 2000 free fonts to choose from.
3. FontSquirrel
A collection of handpicked typefaces presented in an easy to use format.
4. FontFabric
Over 113 free fonts to choose from
5. Canva
An awesome type parings site.
6. Adobe Edge Web Fonts
Another great font collection brought to you by Adobe.
7. Dafont
Another huge collection of fonts.
8. Ufonts
Over 3254 pages filled with free fonts.
Patterns
1. Toptal
Choose from a huge variety of modern design patterns. The Collection boasts of patterns like Moroccan blue, folk pattern, wheat pattern and more.
2. Unsplash
9595 free patterns spread across a variety of categories.
3. The Pattern Library
One of the largest collection of free patterns submitted by some of the top designers.
Logo Creator
1. Signature Maker
A SaaS tool which recreates your handwritten business signature.
2. Hipster Logo Generator
Generate cool and hip looking logos for free .
3. Logo Squarespace
Get logos for free but in low resolution with this tool.
4. Logaster
A SaaS which creates professional online logos.
5. Logo Crisp
Create your logo in just 3 simple steps. Choose from 10,000 free logo pre-made designs and then customize.
6. Logomakr
A free logo making tool with 100% customizable options.
Wireframing
1. InVision
Design, prototype, and animate. All in one place.
2. Figma
Turn your ideas into products with this tool which allows you to design, prototype, and get feedback.
3. Wireframe CC
A clear and simple wireframing tool.
4. Fluidui
Create web and mobile prototypes in minutes.
5. Balsamiq
One of the most popular wireframing tools which replicates a whiteboard.
6. Mockflow
A quick and rapid way to brainstorm UI ideas.
7. JustInMind
This free tool lets you make unlimited wireframes with unlimited users.
8. Jumpchart
The tool has sitemaps that builds itself as you add more pages.
9. Mockplus
Create faster prototypes.
10. Lucidchart
Create easy flowchart diagrams and assign different shapes.
11. Framebox
An easy frame sharing tool.
UI
1. JustInMind
4000+ UI elements for designing web and mobile apps.
2. Figma
Create, collaborate, prototype, and handoff all on the cloud.
3. UI Names
Generate fake names to use in designs and mockups. A lot of fun too.
4. Marvel
Everything you need to bring ideas to life. With the Marvel design platform, access all the core functionality you need to build digital products — wireframe, prototype and generate design specs in one place.
5. Webfx
20 free UI kits to download.
6. Origami
A tool for designing modern interfaces, used by designers at Facebook.
Web Template Designs
1. HTML5 UP
Super responsive HTML templates that are customizable and 100% free under creative commons.
2. Templated
A total of +867 CSS and HTML responsive templates that are released for free under creative commons.
3. Strikingly
Jazz up your web presence with these free uber cool web templates, especially suited for small businesses.
4. Bootstrap Zero
The largest collection of open source bootstrap templates.
5. Colorlib
400+ Free HTML & Bootstrap Website Templates collected by Colorlib.
Color Picker
1. Coolors
An ultra fast color schemes generator.
2. BrandColors
Browse through biggest collection of official brand color codes around.
3. Adobe Color CC
Create color themes.
4. Bootflat
Get the perfect colors for flat design.
5. Colorful Gradients
Use these awesome gradients automatically created by A.I. 48 times daily.
6. Material Design Colors
Choose from a wide set of colors for use in your next project.
7. Colorrrs
Simply press the spacebar to generate interesting color shades for your next project.
Design Creation
1. Visme
Edit a large variety of infographic templates from Visme’s free plan.
2. Snappa
A simple but powerful graphics editor where you can quickly create social media images from pre-made templates.
3. Piktochart
This is a must-have in every budding designer’s toolkit. The templates offer a large variety of flexibility, making the final product look like its done by a highly professional designer.
4. Befunky
Design beautiful infographic in seconds with their ready-made templates.
5. Infogram
Create infographics from 37+ chart types and 13 map types on their basic free plan.
6. Mind the Graph
Use scientific illustrations on your infographic with this tool.
7. Canva
One of the best graphic designing tools. Perfect for freelancers who are non-designers.
8. Easelly
Turn boring data into attractive infographics.
9. Vizualize.me
Stand out as a freelancer. Use this interesting tool which converts your resume into an infographic.
The article was co-written with the help of Weronika Wysocka (Chief Design Officer of The Starting Idea)
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