UIkit is a lightweight and modular front-end framework for developing fast and powerful web interfaces. UIkit gives you a comprehensive collection of HTML, CSS, and JS components which is simple to use, easy to customize and extendable. UIkit is developed in LESS to write well-structured, extendable code which is easy to maintain.
There is a collection of small, responsive components using consistent and conflict-free naming conventions. UIkit’s very basic style can be extended with themes and is easy to customize to create your own look. UIkit is open source and MIT licensed. It is absolutely free of charge and you can use, copy, merge, publish and distribute the framework without any limitations.
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Demo: http://getuikit.com/
License: MIT License
Ion.Range Slider is a nice, comfortable and easily customizable range slider with skins support. Also support events and public methods, has flexible settings, can be completely altered with CSS. It supports touch-devices which includes iPhone, iPad and etc. It has been tested on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, IE(8.0+). It is freely distributed under MIT licence.
Requirements: jQuery Framework
Demo: http://ionden.com/a/plugins/ion.rangeSlider/
License: MIT License
Cal-Heatmap is a javascript module to create a calendar heatmap. This module will help you to create a calendar, like the contribution calendar appearing on each github user’s page, but with navigation and more controls on the data formatting.
Cal-Heatmap works on most modern browsers supporting SVG, and was tested on Internet Explorer 9+, Firefox 4+, Chrome 14+, Safari 5.0+, Opera 10+. Calendar can be customized by setting various options as well. Cal-HeatMap is licenced under the MIT Licence.
Requirements: JavaScript enabled
Demo: http://kamisama.github.io/cal-heatmap/
License: MIT License
Phalcon PHP is a web framework delivered as a C extension providing high performance and lower resource consumption. Phalcon PHP is written in C with platform independence in mind. As a result, Phalcon PHP is available on Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, You can either download a binary package for the system of your choice or build it from sources.
You don’t need learn or use the C language, since the functionality is exposed as PHP classes ready for you to use. Phalcon also is loosely coupled, allowing you to use its objects as glue components based on the needs of your application. Phalcon is not only about performance, it is pretty robust, rich in features and easy to use. Phalcon is open-sourced software licensed under the New BSD License.
Requirements: PHP 5.x and GCC compiler
Demo: http://phalconphp.com/
License: New BSD License
File Type Icons is a set of 62 different file extension icons. They are designed in long shadow flat design style. You can see some of the most popular filename extensions like .png, .jpg, .exe, .dmg and .txt. If you need an icon that is not in the list, you can easily make or add one by yourself by modifying the AI source file.
File Type Icons come with AI, ICO and PNG format. They can be resized and can easily change colors. You can use the royalty-free icons for any personal, commercial project including web design, software, application, advertising, film, video, computer game, gui design, illustration, for you or for your clients for FREE.
Requirements: Illustrator
Demo: http://www.webiconset.com/file-type-icons/
License: License Free
Chance is a random generator helper for JavaScript. It is a minimalist generator of random numbers, characters, strings, names, addresses, dice, and pretty much anything else, in order to help reduce some monotony particularly while writing automated tests.
It includes the basic building blocks for all these items and is built on top of a Mersenne Twister so it can generate these things with repeatibility, if desired. Chance is open source software and is released under the developer and business-friendly MIT license.
Requirements: JavaScript enabled
Demo: http://chancejs.com/
License: MIT License
WebdesignerDepot has released a set of 200 vector icons free for download. They are fantastic for use on all manner of sites. With subjects ranging from science to entertaining, the vast scope of the icons means that you’re bound to find something useful.
This vector icon pack includes 200 vector shapes, meaning you can scale them up as much as you like and they’ll stay sharp. Each file includes AI, EPS, PSD and JPG files. They’re good for use on both personal and professional projects.
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Demo: Download for Free
License: License Free
Anchor is a super-simple, lightweight blog system, made to let you just write. Anchor weighs in smaller than a standard JPG image (~150kb). Anchor gives you full freedom over your words. Just write in Markdown or HTML, whatever you prefer. If you want to add some custom CSS, JavaScript, or an image to your post, you can simply drag the file over to Anchor.
Creating and modifying a theme is as simple as knowing some very simple PHP and HTML/CSS. Make every article unique with the ability to add custom CSS, JavaScript, and HTML to any blog post or page. Best of all, Anchor has been, is, and always will be 100% free of charge to everyone.
Requirements: PHP, MySQL
Demo: http://anchorcms.com/
License: License Free
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skelJS is a lightweight frontend framework for building responsive sites and apps. Consisting of only a single JS file (weighing in at just 18kb as of this version), it gives designers and developers access to four powerful components: CSS Grid System, Responsive Handler, CSS Shortcuts and Plugin System.
A sophisticated 12 column CSS grid system with a concise, uncluttered syntax, adjustable gutters, unlimited nesting support and many more cool features. A streamlined replacement for CSS media queries designed to handle all of your responsive needs. Simple to configure, built to handle any number of breakpoints, and capable of doing much more than simply shuffle stylesheets.
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Demo: http://skeljs.org/
License: MIT License
