Where the screenshots are
45 libraries · 32 silent on licenceThe libraries the profession learns from, and what they will tell you about their own material.
The finding. Thirty-two of forty-five say nothing whatsoever about the copyright of the screenshots they host — thousands of images of other people’s commercial interfaces, with no stated basis. Eleven publish no capture date, which makes them undated claims about how software looked on an unstated day. Fourteen have stopped adding, and several of those still rank.
What it will tell you
| Library | Dated | Licence | Access | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CallToIdea Lightbox of interface ideas, undated. | — | nothing stated | free | active 2024-08 |
| Collect UI Daily UI shots, undated. | — | nothing stated | free | dormant 2021-06 |
| Component Gallery Component examples, undated. | — | nothing stated | free | active 2024-08 |
| Design Notes Bookmarks of sites, undated. | — | nothing stated | free | active 2024-08 |
| Dribbble Shots Design shots, many interfaces but not a referatory — undated and uncurated. | — | terms only | freemium | active 2024-08 |
| Empty States Empty states, undated. | — | nothing stated | free | dormant 2020-06 |
| Form Design Inspo Forms, undated. | — | nothing stated | free | dormant 2021-01 |
| Inspired UI Mobile patterns, undated. | — | nothing stated | free | dormant 2020-04 |
| Laws of UX Reference, not referatory — included as boundary case, undated screens. | — | nothing stated | free | active 2024-08 |
| Savee Moodboard that hosts many interface screenshots, undated. | — | nothing stated | free | active 2024-08 |
| UXUI Monster · affiliate link Screens, undated, affiliate. | — | nothing stated | free | active 2024-08 |
| App Animations Motion captures, dated by upload. | month | nothing stated | freemium | dormant 2021-11 |
| Awwwards · affiliate link Award sites, dated, affiliate-heavy. | exact_date | terms only | freemium | active 2024-08 |
| CSS Design Awards · affiliate link Award sites, dated. | exact_date | nothing stated | freemium | active 2024-08 |
| Dark Patterns TI · adversarial Academic dark pattern library, dated. | exact_date | terms only | free | dormant 2022-01 |
| Deceptive Design · adversarial Dark pattern collection, dated case studies — adversarial. | year | CC licence | free | active 2024-05 |
| Design Vault Library of web and mobile screens, dated by week. | year | nothing stated | freemium | active 2024-06 |
| Emails Design Email screenshots, dated. | exact_date | nothing stated | freemium | active 2024-08 |
| FlowMapp Flow captures, export permitted. | exact_date | asserts a licence | freemium | active 2024-07 |
| HTTPster Websites, dated, now dormant. | month | nothing stated | free | dormant 2019-04 |
| Japanese UI Cafe Japanese web/app screens, dated. | month | nothing stated | free | active 2024-06 |
| Korean UI Archive Korean apps, dated, non-English. | exact_date | nothing stated | free | active 2024-07 |
| Land Book Landing pages, dated. | exact_date | nothing stated | freemium | active 2024-07 |
| Lapa Ninja Landing pages, dated by day with Japanese coverage. | exact_date | nothing stated | free | active 2024-08 |
| MattBoldt Gallery · historical Early web gallery, historical. | year | nothing stated | free | archived 2015-01 |
| Mobbin Library of iOS, Android and web flows with dated captures. | exact_date | terms only | paid | active 2024-08 |
| Mobile Patterns iOS patterns, dated year. | year | nothing stated | free | dormant 2019-04 |
| Nav Nav Navigation patterns, dated month. | month | nothing stated | free | active 2024-06 |
| Nicely Done Product screens, dated. | exact_date | nothing stated | freemium | active 2024-07 |
| Nippon Colors · historical Historical color interface, dated year. | year | nothing stated | free | active 2024-01 |
| Onboarding Rocks Onboarding flows, dated. | exact_date | nothing stated | paid | active 2024-07 |
| One Page Love · affiliate link Landing pages, dated by submission. | exact_date | terms only | freemium | active 2024-08 |
| Page Flows Web and mobile user flows, each screen dated. | exact_date | terms only | paid | active 2024-08 |
| Pttrns · affiliate link iOS screens and patterns, dated by upload. | month | nothing stated | freemium | dormant 2021-04 |
| Really Good Emails Emails, dated by send date. | exact_date | terms only | freemium | active 2024-08 |
| Refero Tagged web and mobile references, dated. | exact_date | CC licence | freemium | active 2024-07 |
| SaasFrame SaaS screens, dated, paywalled. | exact_date | terms only | paid | active 2024-08 |
| Screenbit Paywalled flow library, dated. | exact_date | terms only | paid | active 2024-08 |
| Screenlane Hand-picked mobile flows, dated by day. | exact_date | nothing stated | freemium | active 2024-07 |
| Site Inspire Websites, dated by day. | exact_date | terms only | paid | active 2024-08 |
| The FWA Award sites, dated. | exact_date | nothing stated | freemium | active 2024-08 |
| UI Garage Daily mobile screenshots, dated. | exact_date | nothing stated | free | dormant 2022-03 |
| UX Archive · historical iOS flows, dated, now archived. | exact_date | nothing stated | free | archived 2017-04 |
| UX Library · historical Historical screens, dated year. | year | nothing stated | free | archived 2018-04 |
| Web Design Museum · historical Archive of websites 1990s–2000s, dated by year. | year | nothing stated | free | dormant 2023-12 |
32 of 45 state nothing about the copyright of what they host. 11 publish no capture date. 14 have stopped adding. 5 carry affiliate links and say so on the row.
Source. each library’s own about, pricing and terms pages · various · recorded per row · retrieved 2026-08-26. This collection is derived · one register.