About The Asset Drawer
The Asset Drawer started as a shared bookmarks folder between two product designers who were tired of downloading UI kits with detached components and fonts with 'free' licenses that ruled out client work. The folder became a spreadsheet, and the spreadsheet became this site.
We list fewer resources than most directories on purpose. Every one has been opened, used in a real file and checked against its license. The descriptions say what's inside, who it suits and one thing we'd change, because every resource has a weak spot and you should hear about it before you find it on a deadline.
The site is independent and supported by a handful of clearly marked affiliate links and newsletter sponsors. Neither buys a listing, a badge or a featured spot.
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- hand-picked resources
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- free or open source
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- licenses read in full
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- resources listed right now
Can I use these resources in client and commercial projects?
Usually, but check the License line on each listing. MIT, OFL and CC0 items can go into commercial products. CC BY needs a credit. Paid fonts are licensed per desktop seat and per website or app, so a five-person team needs a five-seat license. When terms are unusual, we spell it out in the description.
How are resources picked?
An editor downloads the files and uses them in a real design: a dashboard, a marketing page, an app flow. We check components for broken auto-layout, icons for consistent strokes, fonts for kerning and missing glyphs, and we read the whole license. Roughly one in six submissions gets listed.
Do you get paid to list something?
No. Listing is free and no position on The Asset Drawer can be bought. Some paid resources link through an affiliate program, which pays us a small share of the sale at no cost to you. Those links are marked, and affiliate status never affects whether something gets in.
What do free, freemium and open source mean here?
Free means no payment, under the creator's own terms. Open source means a recognized license such as MIT or the SIL Open Font License, with source files you can modify. Freemium means a usable free tier plus a paid upgrade; we describe what the free part includes so you know where the line is.
How do you keep listings up to date?
Each listing shows the date the resource was last updated. Every quarter we recheck links, prices and licenses, and we remove anything abandoned for more than two years or whose license got worse. Creators can email us when they ship a major version.