Open Source Resources for Web Application Developers

Batch is a lovingly designed and crafted suite of 300 icons for web and user interface design. Each icon is a single Photoshop shape layer meaning they can be scaled up – and down – without loss of quality. Adding layer styles and blend modes is also a breeze.

Batch is completely free because Adam Whitcroft wants to see Batch in as many designs as possible. He wants it to be a resources designers will revert to happily and often, and without the fear of forgetting a silly attribution link.

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Demo: http://adamwhitcroft.com/batch/
License: License Free

An emoticon or smiley is a pictorial representation of a facial expression to express a person’s feelings or mood. They are massively use in e-mail, chat, text messages and other forms of communication to dramatize the plain text.

Web Icon Set has released a set of Free Emoticons & Smilies Icons. There are total 72 transportation icons in 32px size. They come in PNG and PSD format. Simply Click the Download button and enter $0, and then you will get them for free if you want. They are free for personal and commercial projects. They are suitable for chat applications.

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Download Link: http://www.webiconset.com/emoticons-smilies-icon-set/
License: License Free

It is hard to find various browser icons in vector format, therefore Fabio Basile from Dribbble has designed Browsers Glyphs himself and would like to share them with us.

You can change the color and the size of the browser icons easily. I am sure they are pretty useful when designing web applications, so that you can show users what type of browsers your application supports. You can download the PSD directly here if you could not find the download link.

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Download Link: http://dribbble.com/shots/649058-Browsers-Glyphs…
License: License Free

Using Gesture icons is a wise way to guide your users through your applications. With the help of a nice set of gesture icons, you can design a professional tour guide for your applications easily. However, it is difficult to look for a high quality set of gesture icons on the internet.

To ease of your life, Mobile Tuxedo provides you a nice set of “Touch Gesture Icons” for free. Touch Gesture Icons includes 30 most popular gesture icons for multi-touch devices. This icon set contains five different sizes such as 48px, 64px, 128px, 256px and 512px in PSD and EPS vector files. You can use the royalty-free icons for any personal, commercial projects.

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Demo: http://www.mobiletuxedo.com/touch-gesture-icons/
License: License Free

Crisp Icon Set is a free icon set includes 108 pixel perfect icons that come in 3 different sizes, 16×16, 32×32, and 48×48. These are entirely vector and all of the icons can literally be scaled to any size if needed, just keep the aspect ratio when resizing to keep them pixel perfect. It also includeds a Photoshop PSD like always, a retina version, a CSH (custom shape) file, and the PNG icons!

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Demo: http://www.icondeposit.com/theicondeposit:108
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License

Iconmonstr released over 600 vector icons for your next project. All of them are very clean and nicely-designed. You can download PNG and SVG format for each icon. You can easily sort by Recent, Popular or Random. You can also search specific icons by entering keywords.

All these icons are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. The icon can be used freely in both personal and commercial projects with no attribution required.

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Demo: http://iconmonstr.com/
License: Creative Commons License

30 Toolbar Icons aims to provide a library of free icons that can be used in user interfaces, for example on toolbar buttons. The toolbar icons are designed in a consistent and simple style.

These icons come in PNG format in 32×32 pixels along with layered Photoshop PSD file of the icons. You can use them on both personal and commercial projects.

Click here to download 30 Toolbar Icons

These icons are designed by WebIconSet.com exclusively for WebAppers readers, and are delivered in both Photoshop and PNG formats. If you like these icons, you can also check out the Mini Icons we have released some time ago too.

A set of 350 pixel perfect glyphs icons, perfect for apps, websites or just about anything you can think of. You may use this icon set for both personal and commercial use, which means this resource can be used in any project without worrying about licensing.

They provide high-quality source of PSDs that are free for download. Just spread the word. It’s not too much to ask, don’t you think?

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Demo: http://brankic1979.com/icons/
License: License Free

Visual Idiot is a top-notch designer and developer with great sense of humor. He has recently released a set of beautiful pictograms and free for download. They look very clean and sharp.

All of them come with 32px size, however you can resize them to other sizes without losing the quality of the icons. And best of all, you can use them on both of your personal and commercial projects.

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Demo: http://dribbble.com/shots/587469-Free-16px-Broccolidryicons…
License: License Free