Open Source Resources for Web Application Developers

PatternCooler is a a free Seamless Pattern Background Design Resource. You can add your own colors to contemporary and retro pattern designs, or browse from thousands of pre-colored patterns in the seamless pattern background library.

All artworks on this site can be used freely for blogs, MySpace profiles, Twitter, mobile phone wallpapers, scrapbooking, personal artwork, and non-commercial web projects.

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Demo: http://www.patterncooler.com/
License: License Free

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Repper is a free-to-use pattern creator that turns your images into eye-catching designs. First of all, you can load a random example image or upload your own image. Resize & drag the box to change the pattern. And then save your design and download the pattern to your computer.

Patterns generated with the Repper tool are freely available to everybody under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. This means that you can use it for your own personal projects for free.

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Demo: http://repper.studioludens.com
License: Creative Commons License

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Pattern8 was created to make it easier to find high quality free seamless patterns. It offers free vector and pixel patterns you need. It keeps things simple and allows searching by color.

You can use Pattern8 files for personal and commercial work. You can also use Pattern8 files in your own design work. That includes web design, t-shirts, business cards, greetings card, stationery, posters, flyers, branding etc.

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Demo: http://pattern8.com/
License: License Free

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There are some pretty patterns for you again. Milleseicentopercento looks very simple with a full page of professional patterns. Simply right-click on the pattern and save it as an image file. You can easily decorate your background with these nice patterns. All of these patterns are released under Creative Commons License.

Feel free to view other free patterns on our Textures and Patterns Section.

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Demo: http://www.noqta.it/dromoscopio/
License: Creative Commons License

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Everybody loves free textures, and finding these and sharing is one thing that Abduzeedo staff loves to do. They have collected 29 Great Free Textures for designers. So check this great selection right now. From organic to metal rust, this list has lots of great textures.

Source: 29 Great Free Textures from Abduzeed

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You can find many really free seamless background on AVA7 Patterns. There are over 150 pages with 4 beautiful patterns on every single page. You can set the current background with that specific pattern if you clicked on “Preview”. So that you can have a look at what it will look like on the actual site. And simply click on “Download” in order to download the pattern on your computer.

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Demo: http://patterns.ava7.com/
License: License Free

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You can get great results and save considerable amounts of time by taking advantage of textures that are freely available. One excellent resources of textures (and other types of stock images) is Stock.xchng. Designm.ag  has shared us “60+ Free Textures from SXC.hu“, you’ll find more than 60 textures from Stock.xchng. Each image links to the page on sxc.hu where the image can be downloaded.

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Demo: http://designm.ag/resources/60-free-textures-from-sxchu/
License: See License Agreement from Stock.xchng

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7 different graph paper files to print and use for UX work are made for visual designers, interaction designers, and information architects. You’ll find styles for wireframing user interfaces, story boarding interaction, and plotting values on a two by two grid. Plus you’ll get a basic grid for drafting sitemaps or anything else that might come up.

These pages are great for sketching, but also work well when producing high fidelity drawings. The title bar and grid lines are photo-safe, so they won’t show up when you scan them into your computer. The thick black lines for boxes will show in scans and are 2px wide to match the weight of Pentel Sign Pens.

These PDF documents are formatted for 8.5″ x 11″ paper. They are free to use, but may not be distributed for commercial purposes without permission.

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Demo: http://konigi.com/tools/graph-paper
License: License Free

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Caleb Kimbrough knows what it’s like trying to scrounge around on the internet for copyright-free materials, and that it can be quite a hassle at times. Therefore, he has created Lost and Taken to help out his fellow designers and photographers.

Lost and Taken is a depository of copyright-free stock photographic textures that you can use…whether it be for a graphic design project or simply printing them out and staring at them for hours on end. You can use the images on Lost and Taken in any of your photographic or design projects, both personal and commercial. The only thing you can’t do with the images is use them in their original state as your own stock photography, don’t sell them as your own or host them elsewhere.

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Demo: http://www.lostandtaken.com
License: License Free

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CGTextures strives to be the worlds best texture site. It is hard to create textures without good photo materials. Making textures should be about creativity, not about spending hours looking for the right image on the internet. CGTextures supplies good quality textures in an organized manner, it makes your everyday work much easier and more enjoyable.

You are free to use the textures in your work. However, they have a quota system in place in order to save their bandwidth. The quota system looks at how much you have downloaded in the last 24 hours, there is no daily reset at a certain time. If you have downloaded more than 15MB, then you are out of quota and cannot download any more.

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Demo: http://www.cgtextures.com/
License: License Free

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