Article by Jerry Low
Geek dad, SEO data junkie, investor, and founder of Web Hosting Secret Revealed. Jerry has been building Internet assets and making money online since 2004. He loves mindless doodling and trying new food.
70+ Handy Web Generators for Smart/Lazy Developers
- Web Tools
- Updated: Oct 06, 2018
Here’s a list of 70 hand-picked, easy to use, and free web generators that will save you tons of time and energy.
Quick navigation – Types of Generator:
I have grouped these tools into 10 categories:
- Color Palettes
- Robots.txt
- Website Screenshots
- Favicons
- Web Backgrounds
- Webpage Elements (buttons, tabs, etc)
- Memes
- Forms
- Logos
- Dummy Texts
The best part about these tools is that they are completely free (some need you to signup though).
If you are looking ways speed up your work and channel more time and energy to new content ideas and marketing strategies, I believe the list is a must-bookmark. According to my last check on WordPress.com stats, there were more than 42 million blogposts published in May 2014 – and that’s just WordPress.com alone.
Who has the time to create everything from scratch these days?
Category #1: Color Palettes Generator
Functions/Details:
- To generate color palettes based on image input.
- Allow users to compare, review, and select color combination at ease.
Palette Generator
Pictaculous
Kuler
Kuler is a cloud-based application for making color themes using an iPhone or your browser. The tool helps capture colors from a mural, garden, or wherever you happen to be and creates your own color combinations. You also get to browse thousands of themes from the Kuler community (like image above) and sync these color themes right into Adobe Illustrator CC.
Other Alternatives
A few other not-to-miss color tools are Color Hunter, Colour Lovers, CSS Drive Colors Palette Generator, Color Scheme Designer, as well as Colrd. Note that although these tools work more or less the same (create color palette based on image input) but the auto-generated the color codes may be different due to difference in color extraction algorithm. I suggest you to try each for at least once.
Category #2: Robots.txt Generator
Functions/Details:
- To generate robots.txt file based on user’s input.
- All these tools come with a set of preset list of bots – which is quite limited if you ask me. You will need a longer list of bots in order to do more with your robots.txt.
SEO Cleo Robots.txt Generator
What’s a robots.txt?
Robots.txt is a simple text file (that you can just create on a notepad) located in your server root directory. When a search engine bots come to your site, they will first look for this robots.txt to learn which web pages of your site should be indexed or followed; and which web pages should be ignored. If you screw up your robots.txt accidentally (ie, request the search engine to ignore your entire site), you’ll screw up your website’s search rankings. The robots.txt file is also used to block certain undesired bots from your website (surprisingly many of these bad bots to obey the rules).
Other free robots.txt generators
Some other robots.txt generators worth looking at are: IM Ninja, SEO Book, Submit Shop, Clickability and Yellow Pipe. These tools normally come with a default list of search robots – this allows you to set rules specifically for certain bots in just a few clicks.
Category #3: Website Screenshots Generator
Functions/Details:
- To quickly create website screenshots for inspection or content purposes.
- To create thumbnail of a website at ease.
Shrink The Web
Personally I find Shrink The Web is the best screenshot tool online. It’s quick, scable, user-friendly, and most importantly, it creates watermark-free screenshots.
Page Peeker
Capture Full Page
Thumbalizr
Websnapr
Web Thumbnail
Am I Responsive
Am I Responsive is not really a webpage screenshot generator. However it’s a tool that must not be missed – The app checks the responsiveness on any site with a single click. It’s a huge time saver for those who are developing a responsive theme.
Category #4: Favicon Generator
Primary function:
- To generate favicon based on user’s input – be it an uploaded image or in-app drawing.
Favicon CC
De Graeve
Iconfier
Other Similar Icons and Favicon Tools
Category #5: Web Backgrounds Generator
Functions/Details:
- To generate background images in various styles.
- Some of these tools require you to download the background image; some will provide you the CSS codes only.
Strip Mania
Tartan Maker
Zen BG
Colorzilla
Dotter
Alternatives
Category #6: Web Elements Generator
Functions/Details:
- To generate web elements like buttons, custom designed texts, ribbons, or tabs at ease.
- This type of generators are less popular these days – mainly due to changes in web design trends.
Generate CSS
Textures 4 Photoshop
Tabs Generator
Quick Ribbon
GR Sites Button Generator
Alternatives
Category #7: Meme Generator
Functions/Details:
- To generate customized meme at ease.
- A meme is a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc. that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.
Meme Generator
Quick Meme
Other meme generators
Category #8: Form Generator
Functions/Details:
- To generate easy-to-embed forms for websites.
Form Logix
PHP Form
Formoid
More form tools
Category #9: Logo Generator
Functions/Details:
- To create logo at ease.
- Some of these sites provide customization service at extra cost.
Design Evo
Online Logo 24/7
Square Space Logo
Hipster
Logaster
Your other choices:
More logo tools: Logo Type Maker, Logo Type Creator, Graphic Spring, Logo Genie, and Zillion Designs.
Category #10: Dummy Texts Generator
Functions/Details:
- To create filler texts for all layout needs.
Blindtext Generator
Baconipsum
There are quite a lot of good dummy texts generators around. So besides picking some of the best, I have also included a few funny ones in this list. For example, Baconipsum generates only texts related to meat. For example, here’s what I have generated seconds ago:
Bacon ipsum dolor sit amet flank sausage jerky fatback, andouille ham shankle kielbasa pork loin tri-tip beef ribs. Tail meatball ham, pork belly porchetta hamburger flank salami ground round shoulder meatloaf swine filet mignon capicola. Tail porchetta pancetta, salami bresaola t-bone brisket corned beef fatback short ribs landjaeger chuck. Tri-tip chicken pastrami ham ball tip, ham hock shankle jowl. Shank boudin doner, leberkas hamburger tenderloin pancetta ham brisket ball tip spare ribs prosciutto beef chuck.
Fatback leberkas swine filet mignon cow pork chop landjaeger turkey shoulder sausage pancetta. Leberkas chuck shankle kielbasa porchetta pork. Meatloaf porchetta brisket bresaola, ham tail flank frankfurter pork corned beef. Brisket pancetta hamburger beef, tenderloin ground round pork belly.
Meatloaf tri-tip spare ribs, shoulder ham kielbasa brisket sausage tenderloin capicola shank. Landjaeger spare ribs fatback biltong pork belly flank hamburger swine chuck bacon kielbasa capicola turducken. Corned beef pork belly tail, shank tri-tip jowl turkey flank cow landjaeger drumstick chicken. Shankle pork drumstick venison turkey.
Feeling hungry yet? :)
Other text generators
- TV Ipsum – Generates cheesy quotes from 70s and 80s tv shows as dummy text.
- Cupcake Ipsum – Generates dummy texts with delicious cupcake-related treats.
- Veggie Ipsum – Creates fillet texts related to vegetables.
- Beer Ipsum – Nothing but beers-related dummy texts.
- Adhesion Text – Generate dummy texts in eight different languages.
- Lipsum – A normal dummy text generator.
- Fillerati – Filler text generator.
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