Developer Tools

Free developer tools that run entirely in your browser: CSS design studios, code utilities, generators and SEO helpers. No sign-up, nothing uploaded.

CSS Design Studio

Visual generators for shadows, gradients, borders, animations, hover effects and backgrounds. Tweak with live previews, start from presets and copy clean CSS, Tailwind or React.

  • CSS Component Kit Generator

    Combine a button, form field, card and badge from the studios into one consistent mini design system with shared CSS variables, Tailwind theme and tokens.

  • CSS Transform Generator

    Generate CSS transforms: translate, rotate and scale on X, Y and Z, skew, perspective and transform-origin. 2D and 3D presets; CSS export.

  • CSS Cubic-bezier Editor

    Design CSS easing curves: drag the cubic-bezier handles, compare your curve with ease and linear in a live race, and export CSS, Tailwind or JS.

  • SVG Shape Divider Generator

    Create SVG section dividers: waves, curves, tilts, triangles, arrows, zigzags, mountains and clouds. Flip, invert, layer; export HTML, CSS, SVG or React.

  • SVG Wave Generator

    Generate organic SVG waves: smooth, peaked or stepped outlines, layered with fading opacity or a gradient. Randomize, then export SVG, HTML, CSS or React.

  • SVG Pattern Generator

    Seamless background patterns: dots, grids, graph paper, diagonals, checkers, hexagons, waves, stars and more. Export as CSS, an SVG tile or Tailwind.

  • CSS Loader & Spinner Generator

    Over 100 pure-CSS loaders: spinners, dots, bars, pulses, progress bars, skeletons and more. Accessible markup, reduced-motion support and copy-ready code.

  • CSS Scrollbar Styler

    Style scrollbars in Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox: width, thumb, track, hover color, radius and inset, with fallbacks for every browser.

  • CSS Cursor Generator

    Try every CSS cursor keyword, or design a custom SVG cursor (dot, ring, crosshair, arrow, hand, pen, star) with the right hotspot and a fallback.

  • CSS Box Shadow Generator

    Build layered CSS box shadows visually: drag offsets, stack up to six layers, generate smooth eased shadows and export CSS, SCSS or Tailwind.

  • CSS Text Shadow Generator

    Create CSS text shadows layer by layer: soft lifts, neon glows, letterpress, emboss, outlines and retro stacks, with a contrast check and Tailwind export.

  • CSS Border Generator

    Design CSS borders: line styles, per-side widths and colors, outlines, gradient and animated borders. Checks UI contrast; exports CSS or Tailwind.

  • CSS Border Radius & Blob Generator

    Round corners, pills, leaves and drops, or drag four handles to build organic blobs from all eight border-radius values. Optional morph animation.

  • Glass Background Studio

    Design a whole glassmorphism scene: blurred blobs behind 1–3 glass layers, grain, a no-blur fallback and contrast checks. Export CSS, Tailwind or React.

  • CSS Glassmorphism Generator

    Create frosted-glass panels with backdrop-filter: blur, tint, saturation, edges and grain over colorful backgrounds, with a fallback and contrast check.

  • CSS Neumorphism Generator

    Generate neumorphic soft-UI styles: flat, concave, convex and pressed surfaces from one base color, with light direction and an accessible edge.

  • CSS Clip-path Generator

    Make CSS clip-path shapes visually: drag polygon points, add or remove them, or use circle, ellipse and inset. 36 presets incl. stars, arrows, hexagons.

  • CSS Text Effects

    CSS text effects: gradient, outline, long shadow, neon, glitch, typewriter, reveal, marquee, highlighter and 3D. 60 presets; export CSS, Tailwind or React.

  • CSS Hover Effects

    Over 200 copy-ready CSS hover effects for cards, images, links, menus and icon buttons. Tune timing and colors, then export CSS, Tailwind or React.

  • Animated Background Generator

    Create animated CSS backgrounds: aurora, gradients, waves, starfields, snow, grids and blobs. Stack layers, check performance, export CSS, React or HTML.

  • CSS Gradient Generator

    Design CSS gradients visually: drag color stops, mix in OKLCH, build mesh gradients and add grain. 300 presets; export CSS, Tailwind, SVG or PNG.

  • CSS Animation Generator

    Build CSS keyframe animations visually with a timeline, springs and scroll-driven triggers. 140+ ready animations; export CSS, SCSS, Tailwind or React.

  • CSS Button Generator

    Design CSS buttons visually with 16 styles, 35+ hover effects, every state and 160 presets. Export CSS, SCSS, Tailwind, React or Shopify Liquid.

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Layout & Components

Build grids, flexbox layouts and responsive rules visually, then style accessible cards, form fields, toggles, tooltips and badges that respect focus and contrast.

  • CSS Grid Generator

    Build CSS grid layouts visually: set column and row tracks, paint named areas cell by cell, or make auto-fill grids. Export CSS, Tailwind or React.

  • CSS Flexbox Playground

    Learn and build flexbox layouts: direction, wrap, justify-content, align-items, gap and per-item grow, shrink, basis, order, align-self. CSS and Tailwind.

  • Aspect Ratio Calculator

    Simplify aspect ratios, find the missing width or height, and get CSS aspect-ratio code, Tailwind classes or image markup that prevents layout shift.

  • CSS Media & Container Query Generator

    Build CSS media and container queries: width ranges, modern range syntax, dark mode, reduced motion, hover and contrast, with a live 'matches now' check.

  • CSS Card Generator

    Design CSS cards: vertical, horizontal, image overlay, profile, pricing and stat layouts with shadows, borders and hover effects. Export HTML, CSS, React.

  • CSS Input & Form Field Styler

    Style accessible form fields: outlined, filled, underline, floating-label and pill inputs with focus, error and disabled states, plus contrast checks.

  • CSS Tooltip Generator

    Accessible CSS tooltips: four positions, arrows, fade, scale or slide animations and delays. Opens on hover and focus, stays hoverable, closes with Escape.

  • CSS Badge & Tag Generator

    CSS badges, tags and chips: solid, soft, outline, dot, gradient, icon, removable chip and count styles in six tones with readable contrast.

Color & Typography

Pick palettes in OKLCH, convert color formats, check WCAG and APCA contrast, pull colors from images and set fluid type scales with readable font pairs.

  • Color Palette from Image

    Extract the main colors from any photo or logo in your browser. Choose 2–12 colors, see each one’s share, and export CSS, SCSS, Tailwind or JSON.

  • Color Converter

    Convert colors between HEX, RGB, HSL, HWB, OKLCH and OKLab. Paste any CSS color, adjust it with OKLCH sliders and check contrast with black and white text.

  • Color Palette Generator

    Generate a color palette from one base color: harmonies plus a 50–950 OKLCH shade scale. Text-safe shades; export CSS, SCSS, Tailwind or JSON tokens.

  • Color Contrast Checker

    Check text and UI color contrast against WCAG 2.2 (AA, AAA, 3:1 for UI), see the APCA score (draft), and get the nearest passing color in one click.

  • Font Pairing Tool

    Pair heading and body fonts from 13 system font stacks (no downloads), preview them in an article, tune size and line height, and copy CSS or Tailwind.

  • Fluid Type Scale Generator

    Generate a fluid type scale with clamp(): set base sizes and ratios for small and large screens, preview any width, and export CSS, SCSS, Tailwind or JSON.

Code Utilities

Format, convert, encode, decode and compare data in your browser: JSON, YAML, CSV, Base64, URLs, JWTs, regular expressions, hashes, UUIDs and more.

  • JSON Diff – Compare Two JSON Files

    Compare two JSON documents structurally: see every added, removed and changed value by path, ignore array order, and export an RFC 6902 JSON Patch.

  • Base64 Encode & Decode

    Encode text or files to Base64 and decode Base64 back, with full UTF-8 support, the URL-safe alphabet, optional padding and MIME line wrapping.

  • URL Encode & Decode

    Percent-encode text for URLs, decode %XX sequences, and parse any URL into its parts and query parameters, with tracking parameters flagged and removed.

  • JWT Decoder

    Decode JSON Web Tokens in your browser: header, payload and claims with readable dates, expiry and safety checks, plus optional HS256 verification.

  • Regex Tester

    Test JavaScript regular expressions live, with highlighted matches, named groups, replacement preview, a plain-language explanation and common patterns.

  • UUID Generator (v4, v7, ULID, NanoID)

    Generate random UUID v4, time-ordered UUID v7, ULID and NanoID values in bulk with your browser's secure random generator, and inspect any UUID's version.

  • Lorem Ipsum Generator

    Generate placeholder text by paragraphs, sentences or words in Latin, English, German, Spanish or Russian, with optional HTML paragraphs and word counts.

  • HTML Entity Encoder & Decoder

    Escape text for HTML with named, decimal or hex character references, or decode entities back to characters. Escape only special characters, or more.

  • px to rem Converter

    Convert px to rem and em (and back) with any root size, or convert a whole stylesheet at once. Export CSS variables, CSV or an SCSS rem() function.

  • Design Tokens Generator

    Generate design tokens from three brand colors: color scales, semantic aliases, spacing, type, radii, shadows. Export CSS, DTCG JSON, SCSS, Tailwind, JS.

  • Tailwind to CSS Converter

    Convert Tailwind classes to plain CSS, including hover focus dark and breakpoint variants and arbitrary values, or turn CSS into Tailwind classes.

  • CSS Specificity Calculator

    Calculate CSS selector specificity (a, b, c) with a breakdown of what counts. Handles :is(), :not(), :has(), :where(), :nth-child(of S), pseudo-elements.

  • Password Generator

    Generate strong random passwords in your browser with the Web Crypto API. Choose length and character sets and see the entropy. Nothing is sent or stored.

Code compressors

SEO & Web

Prepare a site for search and sharing: meta and Open Graph tags, robots.txt, sitemaps, structured data, favicons and optimized SVG and image assets.

  • Image to Base64 Converter

    Convert PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, AVIF or SVG images to Base64 data URIs with ready CSS, HTML img or Markdown snippets and size guidance. Images stay local.

  • Favicon Generator

    Create a full favicon set from an image, letters or an emoji: favicon.ico, PNG icons, Apple touch icon, maskable icon, SVG and web manifest in one ZIP.

  • Meta Tag & Open Graph Generator

    Generate SEO meta tags, Open Graph and X card tags with live search and link previews, character and pixel-width counters, and checks for common mistakes.

  • Robots.txt Generator & Tester

    Build a robots.txt file with presets for typical sites, WordPress and blocking AI crawlers, then test any URL against Google’s rules before publishing.

  • XML Sitemap Generator

    Turn a list of URLs into a valid sitemap.xml or sitemap index, with optional lastmod, duplicate and invalid URL removal, host checks and XML escaping.

  • JSON-LD Schema Markup Generator

    Generate JSON-LD structured data for articles, products, FAQs, local businesses, breadcrumbs, events, recipes, software and more, with required fields.

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Tools that respect your code and your time

Developer utilities have a reputation for being slow, cluttered with ads and careless with data. Paste a JWT, an API response or a draft config into the wrong site and it may be logged on someone else’s server. Every developer tool on Ali Tools Express runs entirely in your browser. What you paste stays on your device, the pages load fast, and the output is written to be copied straight into a real project.

What this category covers

  • CSS Design Studio: visual editors for buttons, gradients, shadows, animations and backgrounds, with live previews and export to CSS, SCSS, Tailwind and component code.
  • Layout & Components: generators for grid and flexbox layouts, cards, forms and navigation patterns.
  • Color & Typography: color conversion, palettes, contrast checks against WCAG 2.2, and fluid type scales.
  • Code Utilities: formatters, encoders, generators and validators for everyday tasks, from passwords created with the Web Crypto API to JSON tidying.
  • SEO & Web: meta tags, Open Graph previews, robots.txt, sitemaps and structured data.

New tools are added to this category regularly; each one appears here and in the menu as soon as it’s published.

How we build developer tools

We use standard browser features, such as the Web Crypto API for randomness and the Intl APIs for language-aware text handling, instead of home-made shortcuts. Each page documents its method, links to the relevant specification or MDN reference, and lists the limitations you should know about before using the output in production.

Generated code aims to be small, readable and accessible. Animations include a reduced-motion alternative, colors are checked for contrast, and interactive examples work with a keyboard.

Privacy and security notes

Because processing happens locally, the tools work offline once the page has loaded, and nothing you type is sent to us. Even so, treat production secrets with care: don’t paste live API keys, tokens or private keys into any website, including this one.