15 Free Wireframing Tools for Visualizing Ideas

Wireframing tools are commonly used by many designers, developers and project managers to visualize application flow and sitemaps. While it is hard for a team or clients to understand the written description of the look and feel of the website or application,wireframing tools make it easy for the team and the clients to imagine what the structure of the website or application should look like.

The prototyping process should be fast and does not take away much time from the project, because it can be edited and modified many times until reaching the final project structure. Therefore, many designers and developers look for free wireframing tools and online mockup tools to be able to create a project wireframe quickly and share it with the client or the rest of the team.

Here, you can find 15 free wireframing tools for visualizing ideas and project structures. Some of these tools are totally free, while others provide a trial or limited version of the paid one. You can review these wireframe tools and share with us your feedback and ideas. If you know other wireframe and mockup tools, share it with us in the comments below.

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Mocking Bird

Mockingbird is an online wireframing tool for creating and linking mockups to your projects, such as websites and applications. Also, it allows you to share it with your team and clients.

 

Cacoo

Cacoo allows you to create diagrams online. It is one of the fully free wireframing tools that gives you the capability to create wireframes, charts and UML, using a web browser-based application.

 

Lumzy

This is another fully free wireframing tool that allows you to create charts, interfaces and diagrams easily and share it with your team members. Also, it includes an image editor and online chat features.

 

Gliffy

Gliffy supports creating free wireframing and prototyping for websites and applications. You can use Gliffy online or as a plugin for different applications, such as Google Apps and Confluence. It also supports previewing the wireframes in HTML5.

 

Mock Flow

One of the wireframing tools that lets you create wireframes for applications online or through desktop and mobile. It also provides collaborative services for designers and usability experts.

 

 Tiggzi

Tiggzi is mobile app builder with which you can create wirframes and applications for mobile devices. This tool is cloud-based and lets you create apps for HTML5, jQuery Mobile and PhoneGap. You can also export apps for Android, iOS and Mobile Web.

 

Frame Box

This is one of the easiest wireframing tools to create wireframes online through a simple drag and drop tool. The prototype is very simple and it does not need much exploration to understand it.

 

iPhone Mockup

iPhone Mockup is another wireframing tool that allows you to create mockups for your iPhone applications. This tool is very simple and easy where you can just drag and drop the required modules from the tools section.

 

Pencil Project

Pencil Project is another GUI prototyping tool that helps you create wireframes for websites, applications and mobile devices and supports exporting the prototype in different formats, such as HTML, PNG and PDF.

 

iPlotz

This is a free tool that allows you to create navigable wireframes for websites and applications. It is based on components that you can use to build your project prototyping.

 

Creatly

Creatly supports creating diagrams, flowcharts and mockups for different type of projects using charts and wireframe elements. Also, it allows you to manage multiple projects.

 

Naview

Naview is more specialized in building wireframe navigation and visualizing navigation ideas and testing before applying them to the main project.

 

Flair Builder

This is another commonly used wireframe tool that allows you to create mockups for websites and rich internet applications. It supports different platforms, such as Windows, Mac and Linux. This tool has been built using Adobe AIR for better integration and easy installation.

 

Simple Diagrams

This is another simple wireframe and diagram tool that allows you to create mockups easily without having to make much effort to understand it. You can directly open it and start building your mockup.

Finally, I hope you will find these wireframing tools useful and helpful in your project prototyping. If you know other similar tools, feel free to share it with us in the comments section below.