2016 Revisited: Best Resources for Web Developers – Plugins, Tools and Solutions

One of the easiest ways to add to your website some outstanding features is to find and apply a proper plugin. For example, there is a ton of sites out there that leverage dynamic effects for giving each section a pleasant entrance. To obtain the same result, you can opt for an AOS plugin that stands for “Animation On Scrolling.” It has a bunch of tiny effects in its arsenal. Simply add necessary classes to the desired "div" and your interface will get a subtle touch of dynamics and user experience a lovely cutting-edge feel. If you need a parallax that is still popular these days, then there is a great solution called Parallax.js or Jump.js. The same goes to incorporating little enhancements like enjoyable pop-up modal windows, rich tooltips or full-screen videos: there are time-tested methods to adopt. Even such things as duotone effect, particles animation, or responsive navigation can be worked into your project just with several simple manipulations. You do not even need to get to the bottom of the technique - just enjoy its benefits; plugin with its carefully encapsulated functionality will do all the heavy lifting. In one word, there is a solution to any problem all you have to do is to search a little. Though, of course, in some cases, these searches may be pretty exhaustive. To save you from such unfortunate outcomes, each year we assemble a list of 100 useful plugins from different areas that give you a freedom of maneuver and let you introduce the desired improvements to the interface. This year is no exception, and we have prepared a collection of free plugins that may assist you in adding dynamic effects, creating animations, applying CSS-based filters to images, and much more.

AniJS

Creator: dariel_noel. License: MIT.

Bideo

Creator: Rishabh License: MIT.

AOS

Creator: Michal Sajnóg License: MIT.

Jump.js

Creator: Michael Cavalea License: MIT.

Bonsai

Creator: David Aurelio License: MIT.

Mo.js

Creator: Oleg Solomka License: MIT.

Snabbt

Creator: Daniel Lundin License: MIT.

Philter

Creator: Liudas Dzisevicius License: MIT.

CSSFilter

Creator: Indrashish Ghosh License: MIT.

CSSGram

Creator: Una Kravets License: MIT.

Materialize

Creator: Alan Chang License: MIT.

Grapes.js

Creator: Artur Arseniev License: BSD 3-clause.

Descartes

Creator: Jon H.M. Chan License: MIT.

Absurd.js

Creator: Krasimir Tsonev License: Read the License.

Picnic CSS

Creator: Francisco Presencia License: MIT.

Intense Image Viewer

Creator: Tim Holman License: MIT.

Zingtouch

Creator: Zingchart License: MIT.

Loud Links

Creator: Mahdi. License: See the LICENSE file for license rights and limitations (MIT).

jQuery FormBuilder

Creator: Kevin Chappell License: MIT.

Snap.js

Creator: jakiestfu License: MIT.

Dynamics.js

Creator: Michael Villar License: MIT.

Create.js

Creator: Grant Skinner License: MIT.

Grade.js

Creator: Ben Howdle License: MIT.

Umbrella.js

Creator: Francisco Presencia License: MIT.

Modal

Creator: Humaan License: MIT.

Mobile Editing

Creator: Ben Pines License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Blend

Creator: Colin Keany License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Free CSS Generator

Creator: simplecss.eu License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

FormLinter

Creator: thoughtbot inc. License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

LostGrid

Creator: Peter Ramsing License: MIT.

Bootstrap 4 Classes List Reference

Creator: Bootstrap Creative LLC License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Headroom.js

Creator: Jeferson Koslowski License: MIT.

PaymentFont

Creator: Alexander Manfred Pöllmann. License: MIT and SIL OFL 1.1.

DIV Table Generator

Creator: wwweeebbb License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Hammer.js

Creator: Alexander Schmitz, Chris Thoburn, Jorik Tangelder License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Kute.js

Creator: dnp_theme License: MIT.

Cleave.js

Creator: Max Huang License: Apache License Version 2.0.

Numeral.js

Creator: Adam Draper License: MIT.

PatternsLib

Creator: Cornelis G. A. Kolbach License: Read the License.

AlloyFinger

Creator: dntzhang License: MIT.

In-view.js

Creator: Cam Wiegert License: MIT.

Choreographer.js

Creator: Christine Cha License: MIT.

Zenmix.io

Creator: Logan Nickleson License: Non-commercial use.

Coverr

Creator: CodersClan and Veed.Me teams License: CC0 1.0 Universal.

Granim.js

Creator: Benjamin Blonde License: MIT.

Plottable.js

Creator: Palantir Technologies. License: MIT.

Eg.js

Creator: YongWoo Jeon License: MIT.

Shave

Creator: Dollar Shave Club Engineering. License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

CSSNano

Creator: Ben Briggs License: MIT.

Useful.ly

Creator: Tim Moreton Jr License: MIT.

JsPsych

Creator: Josh de Leeuw License: MIT.

TableFilter

Creator: koalyptus License: MIT.

Blueprint

Creator: Palantir Technologies License: BSD.

McGriddle

Creator: Jonathan Suh License: MIT.

Choo

Creator: Yoshua Wuyts License: MIT.

Cesium

Creator: Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) and Bentley Systems. License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Huebee

Creator: Metafizzy License: open-source, commercial, and OEM.

Textpression

Creator: Takeshi Takahashi License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Timeline.js

Creator: KnightLab License: Mozilla Public License Version 2.0.

Brick.js

Creator: Michael Cavalea License: MIT.

CSSCo

Creator: Lauren Waller License: MIT.

Particles.js

Creator: Vincent Garreau License: MIT.

okayNav jQuery Plugin

Creator: VPenkov License: MIT.

List.js

Creator: Jonny Strömberg License: MIT.

Balloon.css

Creator: Claudio Holanda License: MIT.

Tasty CSS-animated hamburgers

Creator: Jonathan Suh License: MIT.

Imagehover.css

Creator: Ciaran Walsh License: MIT.

Aleut.css

Creator: Knut Melvær License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

GRD

Creator: Shogo Sensui License: MIT.

Rich.css

Creator: Richardson Dackam and numerous contributors License: MIT.

Bricklayer

Creator: Adem Ilter License: Read the License.

SweetAlert 2

Creator: Limon Monte License: MIT.

Feature.js

Creator: Viljami Salminen License: MIT.

Isomer

Creator: Jordan Scales License: MIT.

Stage.js

Creator: Ali Shakiba License: MIT.

Circles

Creator: Lugo Labs License: MIT.

Progress.js

Creator: Afshin Mehrabani License: Read the License.

Turntable.js

Creator: Polar Notion License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Flexbox Patterns

Creator: CJ Cenizal License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Blaze.css

Creator: Greg License: MIT.

Push.js

Creator: Tyler Nickerson License: MIT.

Wait!Animate

Creator: Will Stone License: MIT.

Simple Grid

Creator: Zach Cole License: MIT.

Flexbox Grid

Creator: Kristofer Joseph License: Apache License, Version 2.0.

Force.js

Creator: René Tanczos License: MIT.

Driveway

Creator: jhey tompkins License: MIT.

Timesheet.js

Creator: Sebastian Müller License: MIT.

Epoch

Creator: Ryan Sandor Richards and contributors License: MIT.

Vis.js

Creator: Almende B.V. License: Apache 2.0 and MIT.

Responsive Nav

Creator: Viljami Salminen License: MIT.

Popper.js

Creator: Federico Zivolo & Contributors License: MIT.

Sly

Creator: darsain License: MIT.

Family.scss

Creator: Patrik Affentranger License: MIT.

Image Hover Effects

Creator: Michael Young License: MIT.

Starability.css

Creator: Anna Migas License: MIT.

Repaintless.css

Creator: Anna Migas License: MIT.

Timedropper

Creator: Felice Gattuso License: MIT License, CC BY 4.0.

Progress Bar.js

Creator: Kimmo Brunfeldt License: MIT.

Tabslet

Creator: Dimitris Krestos License: Apache License.

Cutestrap

Creator: Tyler Childs License: MIT.