Free Wireframing Kits, UI Design Kits, PDFs and Resources
- By Aquil Akhter
- August 27th, 2010
- 108 Comments
To mock-up the user interface of a website, software or any other product, you’ll need some basic UI elements. And this is where wireframing kits and UI design kits come in handy. When you want to create a low-fidelity prototype for your projects, you can use these kits to give your idea a certain shape, keeping it abstract and not losing yourself in details.
In this post, we’ve prepared an overview of useful web and mobile user interface kits, handy PDFs and resources that you can use in your projects. We’ve carefully selected the most useful kits and resources to get you going in the early stages of a project.
You may also be interested in the following related posts:
- 50 Free UI and Web Design Wireframing Kits, Resources and Source Files1
- The Wireframe Perfectionist’s Guide2
- 35 Excellent Wireframing Resources1223
Free Mobile GUI PSD Link
Android GUI PSD4
This Android GUI PSD is based on elements of the Android 1.5 GUI and was made to help the open-source community with its Android application mock-ups. Most of the elements and phone illustrations are done in vector paths and so are easily resizable. Android Sans was used for the text.
RIM Blackberry PSD6
A complete PSD file with layer styles, this has 135 layers of Photoshop goodness.
Android Sketch Stencil Version 1.08
A Sketch-style Android OmniGraffle template. The purpose of the sketch style wireframe is to prevent the audience from thinking about visual design and encourage them to focus instead on functionality and behavior.
All elements of Maemo 5 GUI in PSD10
This downloadable PSD file contains GUI template elements for the Maemo platform. These are indispensable for prototyping GUI applications running on Maemo devices.
iPhone 4 GUI PSD (Retina Display)
GUI PSD kit for creatives who design for the retina display (640×960). The file is huge, both in file size (62.7MB) and dimension (4074×2986). You’ll need to work at 25% – 50% even on the largest screens to roughly grab elements before zooming into 100% for the actual work.

iPad GUI Kit in PSD
This version offers a canvas size true to the iPad at 768×1024. In addition, most of the graphical elements are provided in vector format, allowing you a lot of room to scale up for high-resolution presentations. This version is layered in Photoshop, making it easy for you to go nuts with your mock-ups and client presentations.

Android 1.6 Wireframe stencil for Omnigraffle12
Download this beautiful wireframe stencil add-on for OmniGraffle 5.x. Use this toolkit to wireframe Android-based apps and websites on the 1.6 Donut SDK.
Google Android GUI PSD14
Here are the GUI elements of Android, built using vectors to scale.
iPad GUI PSD Kit16
This pack includes full size graphics, as well as 256, 128 and 64 pixel icon sizes. The pack includes four sizes of the iPad graphic in PSD, PNG and Mac ICNS formats.
Google Android PSD18
A stencil set for Google Android prototyping.
Fireworks template for Android20
In this Fireworks template, Android UI elements have been redrawn as vector images. In the folders, the elements have been mostly labeled according to the Android vocabulary.
Sexy Vector Cell Phone
This phone can be scaled to any size. Easily add your own image to the screen with the included object mask. All objects are layered, grouped and labeled for easy customization.

iPad Stencil for Omnigraffle
Contains backgrounds, title bars, buttons, selectors and other iPhone UI elements. The text is fully editable in lists, title bars, buttons and scroll wheels.

iPhone App Wireframe Template

iPhone GUI Elements24
Some beautiful iPhone elements. All graphics are layered Photoshop files.
iPad and iPhone Design26
Design your application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad with this exhaustive set of stencils. All stencils were created by hand with native OmniGraffle shapes, and groups and can be scaled, resized and exported to other vector formats in Graffle.
Design Stencil for iPhone and iPad
A stencil for designing OS applications for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The stencil for now is targeted at developers familiar with the default characteristics of the views and controls provided by UIKit.

Apple iPad fully editable PSD
A fully editable Apple iPad in PSD format. Every element you see is editable via vector masks, and everything is scaleable.

Palm Pre GUI PSD
This set contains a PSD to help designers pitch and develop polished concepts using Photoshop.

iPhone UI Vector Elements28
Most visuals for applications start out as vector mock-ups in Adobe Illustrator. So, here are some cool iPhone UI vector elements. And there are even a few good Photoshop resources and even a nice OmniGraffle iPhone UI file or two in there.
iPad Vector GUI Elements: tabs buttons menus icons30
This set contains almost all of the iPad UI elements, including buttons, tabs, menus, keyboard and balloons. Useful for designers and developers, it includes scalable and totally editable vector versions (AI).
Free Social Networking GUI PSD Kits Link
Free Full-Layered Facebook GUI PSD Kit32
The idea behind this kit is to speed up the prototyping of Facebook application UIs and Facebook fan pages, sparing you from drawing all the comps and letting you customize all the text, buttons and data as you need. The kit is free to use in all projects, without any restrictions.
Facebook GUI Free PSD Resource34
A Facebook graphic user interface (FBGUI) resource kit for Photoshop to make your work easier.
Facebook Applications36
A sizable collection of elements for creating wireframes for Facebook applications.
Omnigraffle Twitter Widget Stencil
This set includes a selection of useful Twitter widgets and badges.

Wireframing Kits Link
Best Practice UX Forms Stencil v1.138
A comprehensive release of stencil that follows best practices for UX form design, providing three different ways to lay out forms, each with its own benefits. This version also provides different button layouts, a progress indicator, a Captcha code input field, labels and more.
Form Elements UI Kit40
Form elements stencil from the Design Stencil kit in the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library.
Wireframe Shapes42
Here is a set of shapes for making wireframes in OmniGraffle version 5.x ( forMac OS X). It consists of most of the basic elements you’ll need to create user interface specifications.
Wireframe kit for UI Designers44
A set of various wireframes, such as product details, list of items, front page, mobile phone.
MBTI sketching paper for ideation46
MBTI sketching paper for ideation sessions. It helps you think inside the box of four personality traits. Describe a design challenge and the problem to solve on every piece of paper. There’s also space for annotations.
A4 sketching paper48
This sketching paper can be used after generating ideas for functionality. Design preliminary screens based on the ideas you come up with.
Wireframe Magnets (DIY Kit)50
This DIY magnet template is based on the Konigi wireframe stencils, and it includes three sheets of elements that might be useful for whiteboard prototyping. Simply download and print the PDFs onto magnet sheets, optionally laminate them if you intend to use with dry-erase markers, and then cut them out.
Paper wireframe templates52
The finished product include seven variations, as well as PSDs.
Wireframe template54
A useful print-and-sketch template available for downloading.
iPad Idea Sheet56
A total of three sheets: one full size (landscape), one at 70% reduction (vertical) and one at 50% reduction (landscape). The 80 tiny dots make it easy to split the screen horizontally and vertically.
Scenario, Taskflow and Grid Sketch Sheets58
A set of beautiful printable sheets for ideas and sketching
Free Photoshop browser template60
Need a clean browser screenshot for a design presentation? Look no further. These free professional Photoshop browser templates come in 1024×768 and 800×600 pixel sizes and all kinds of flavors.
Interactive Sketching Notation 0.162
The idea behind this notation is to visualize user interface states as well as user actions in a clear and rapid manner.
MobileMe Full iPhone GUI64
For use with WinterBoard, this is a beta release, so there may be unthemed elements.
Android Wireframe Templates (PDF)66
Advertising Stencil Kit70
A set of very useful advertising stencils.
Dragnet website wireframes kit v 0.9
Dragnet website wireframes kit v0.9 is a common library for Adobe Fireworks and contains over 25 objects that are useful for rapid prototyping of websites. It is completely free to download and use. The kit contains common Web design elements, such as scrollbars, buttons, menus and alerts.

User Interface Design Framework72
This pretty and comprehensive design framework contains a GUI library of hundreds of vector elements for interface design. This minimal UI icon set has 260 vector icons and a library of 200 styles for Illustrator.
Browser Form Elements PSD
Included here is a set for Firefox 3 for Mac and another for IE7 on Vista.

Sketching and Wireframing Kit74
Here is a free set of elements for sketching and wireframing. It consists of form elements, icons, indicators, feedback messages, tooltips, navigation elements, image placeholders, embedded videos, sliders and common ad banners.
Photoshop Form Element Templates76
This set includes all common form fields and mouse and link pointers, optimized for ease of use.
Web Browser Elements78
This excellent and useful kit contains pull-down menus, input fields, radio buttons, check boxes, buttons, text fields and scroll bars, all in an easily editable PSD file.
UI Design Kit80
This Web UI template kit is made completely with shape objects, which in some cases convert to SmartObjects, so they’re totally scalable.
Wireframe Symbols
This download contains a symbols library and a full Adobe Illustrator file, with all of the elements spread out on the art board. To install this library, just drag and drop the Wireframe Symbols.ai file into your Illustrator Symbols directory. Once you are in Illustrator, go to your Symbols palette, and load the library.

Web UI Element Pack82
This pack, in PSD format, contains 19 elements including loading bar, default and clicked-state buttons, button toggle, icons for “Close,” “Next” and “Previous,” paging icon and slider.
Wireframe Kit for Google Drawings84
OmniGraffle Stencil for Ext JS v3.086
This updated version of Ext JS Omnigraffle stencil contains many improvements and additions, namely the recreation of most Ext JS elements as Graffletopia shapes or groups, especially helpful for resizing titles, tables cells and so on.
Flex 3 Stencil88
Includes all Flex components from the Flex 3 Style Guide: panels, data grid, buttons, fields, links, toggle, menu, scrolls, accordion, tabs, list, data picker, tooltips and errors.
Aqua GUI90
A series of elements inspired by the GUI Design Palette 1.2 and the Mac OS X interface stencils, based on Aqua, and mainly intended to make simple window designs.
Flex Darkskin PSD UI92
A beautiful set of 16 PSD files.
Web Wireframe Kit94
Here is a simple way to plan a layout and a cost-effective, time-saving wireframe kit for Web designers.
UI Buttons and Icons96
This set contains 165 high-quality UI icons and buttons in five different colors. Available in AI, JPEG and SVG formats.
Quommunication Stencil Kit98
This beautiful set contains design elements for wireframing, RSS feeds, colors, advertising units, browser windows and grids.
Mac OS X Interface 2100
A Leopard-y interface stencil kit that makes extensive use of tables for maximum flexibility while maintaining pixel precision.
OmniGraffle UX Template102
The OmniGraffle Pro (v. 5) template for interface design. Includes shared layers for basic UX document needs (e.g. title page, wireframes, storyboards).
Template for Blueprint CSS Comps
This template allows you to create visual design comps to be implemented using a CSS layout framework. The Adobe Illustrator document features a 24-column grid for CSS frameworks such as Blueprint.

Apple Elements for OmniGraffle104
Stencils of Apple hardware and miscellaneous networking components. Excellent for creating physical diagrams.
DeviantART ID PSD Kit106
These 15 professionally designed, fully customizable templates include MINI and Original ID templates.
Browser Screens and Website Elements108
Here is a useful set of vector assets you can use to mock up client projects, present your work or get a quick visual while laying out a website.
960 Grid Template for OmniGraffle

Control of different browsers for designers (download link)
A PSD library of controls in browser interfaces of Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer and Safari.

Useful Articles Link
- The Importance of Wireframing110
A comprehensive article on how wireframing plays an important role in information architecture - The Future of Wireframes
As we move into the next decade of Web design, it’s time to re-evaluate our understanding of wireframes, a tried and tested user experience staple.
- Wireframing Is Not a Religion111
Wireframes are an indispensable tool for design thinking, a digital sketch pad ready to be drawn and erased, scrapped or resurrected at any moment. - Five Commandments for Wireframing112
Paul Boag is a wireframes fanatic and believes they are an indispensable part of the development process. He espouses five unbreakable rules. - 20 Steps to Better Wireframing113
Possibly the biggest mistake made in any development project is failing to plan. This article goes over why.
Resources and Round-Ups Link
- I Love Wireframes114
A tumblog dedicated to wireframes, prototypes and mock-ups. - Wireframe Showcase115
This site is a place to look at websites based on wireframes and analyze how the designers transformed mock-ups into working designs. Because the wireframes and designs were submitted by their creators, Wireframe Showcase includes a short explanation of each piece. Most of the websites grew out of digital mock-ups, which have the advantage of being easy to tweak and rearrange. The result is a pleasing and informative collection of wireframes.
</a116 - Standard Screen Patterns for Web Interface Design117
Here are some principles and patterns for rich interactions. - 50 Free UI and Web Design Wireframing Kits and Resources118
This post focuses on wireframing tools and standalone applications, as well as resources you need to build your own wireframe: wireframing kits, browser windows, form elements, grids, Mac OS X elements and mobile elements, which you can use in any graphics editor such as Photoshop or Illustrator, or with pen and paper. - A Collection of Printable Sketch Templates and Sketch Books for Wireframing119
Here are 20 resources that you can use in the sketching phase of application development. - A Collection of Printable Web Browser Sketching and Wireframe Templates120
All of these printable sketching templates have all been designed especially for Web designers. Each has an imprint of a Web browser (either Safari, Chrome or Firefox). - Useful (Offline) Utensils and Toolkits for Designers121
Why start completely from scratch when you can use one of these pre-made guides to save time and better direct your creative energies? In this article, you will find a great list of free downloadable tools, as well as a collection of notepads and other products to purchase for offline planning and design.
Related Posts Link
- 35 Excellent Wireframing Resources1223
Here are more than 35 resources for creating better wireframes, including tutorials on different methods and a variety of tools available. - Free Printable Sketching, Wireframing and Note-Taking PDFs123
In this article, you will find a concise collection of ready-to-print sketching, wireframing and note-taking templates. Most are geared to the design community, but some could be used in any industry for any purpose.
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