--- title: The 60 Hottest Front-end Tools of 2021 | CSS-Tricks description: The Web Tools Weekly newsletter archives have been compiled into a list of the 60 most popular front-end tools of the past year. I’m sure there are at least... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-60-hottest-front-end-tools-of-2021-css-tricks-he-fmztrl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The 60 Hottest Front-end Tools of 2021 | CSS-Tricks | daily.dev og:description: The Web Tools Weekly newsletter archives have been compiled into a list of the 60 most popular front-end tools of the past year. I’m sure there are at least... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-60-hottest-front-end-tools-of-2021-css-tricks-he-fmztrl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/He-FMzTRL.png og:image:alt: The 60 Hottest Front-end Tools of 2021 | CSS-Tricks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The 60 Hottest Front-end Tools of 2021 | CSS-Tricks **[CSS-Tricks](https://daily.dev/sources/css_tricks)** · [@louislazaris](https://daily.dev/louislazaris) · 18 min read · 548 upvotes · 36 comments ## Summary The Web Tools Weekly newsletter archives have been compiled into a list of the 60 most popular front-end tools of the past year. I’m sure there are at least one or two listed here that you can start using in your projects today. Some of these tools are super-practical, while others probably only made this list due to curiosity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@waroi** · 3 upvotes > 👍 **@daveyjake** · 3 upvotes > Love this annual roundup! Really cool tools to check out! **@gul** · 2 upvotes > Thanks 👍🏻 > A lot of resources in one post **@kareemdabbeet** · 1 upvotes > I'd like to share with you another useful tool is CSS Gradient text Generator: > > https://www.cssgradienttext.com/ > > You might find it useful and add it the Post ! **@lorezz** · 1 upvotes > That's a lot of tools Louis 😍 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#tailwind-css](https://daily.dev/tags/tailwind-css) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-60-hottest-front-end-tools-of-2021-css-tricks-he-fmztrl) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The 60 Hottest Front-end Tools of 2021 | CSS-Tricks","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-60-hottest-front-end-tools-of-2021-css-tricks-he-fmztrl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-60-hottest-front-end-tools-of-2021-css-tricks-he-fmztrl"},"datePublished":"2022-01-17T16:15:06.034Z","dateModified":"2022-01-17T16:15:06.042Z","description":"The Web Tools Weekly newsletter archives have been compiled into a list of the 60 most popular front-end tools of the past year. 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