Can I Use UI Design Daily Resources in Commercial Projects?

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UI Design Daily describes its library as "100% free UI components and design source files," and the site includes a dedicated License page alongside its About and Contact pages. That wording points toward permissive use, including commercial projects, but the site's own License page is the only place that states the actual terms. Before you ship anything built from these files, open that page and read it — the description "free" and the legal license are not automatically the same thing.

What the site itself says

The homepage and page metadata repeat the same claim: a large database of 100% free UI components and design source files in industry-standard formats. The site is credited to a single creator, Ildiko Gaspar, and offers a newsletter that reports 19,000+ subscribers and a library of 1,500+ open source UI resources.

Two things follow from that:

  • "Free" and "open source" are the site's own labels, applied to the resources as a whole.
  • The License page exists as a separate destination, which is where any conditions — attribution, redistribution limits, commercial use — would be spelled out.

Why you still need to check the License page

A "free" label on a design resource site can mean several different things in practice:

What "free" might mean What it allows
No cost, no conditions Use anywhere, including client work, no credit needed
No cost, attribution required Commercial use allowed, but you must credit the creator
No cost for personal use only Commercial projects need separate permission
No cost to download, restricted redistribution You can use the design, but not resell or repackage the files

The page evidence here does not resolve which of these applies. The safe move is to read the License page directly and match it to your situation.

Questions to answer from the License page

When you open it, look specifically for:

  1. Commercial use — is it named as permitted, restricted, or unmentioned?
  2. Attribution — is credit to Ildiko Gaspar or UI Design Daily required, and in what form?
  3. Redistribution — can you share the source files themselves, or only the finished product?
  4. Modification — can you alter the components, and do altered versions carry different terms?

If the License page permits commercial use without attribution, you can drop the files into client work directly. If it requires attribution, plan where the credit goes — a footer, an about page, or a comment in the source — before you build it into a deliverable.

Practical approach for a commercial project

  • Treat the License page as the source of truth, not the homepage tagline.
  • If the terms are unclear or silent on commercial use, contact the site through its Contact page before shipping.
  • Keep a record of the license version you relied on, in case terms change later.
  • If attribution is required, add it at the start of the project rather than retrofitting it after launch.

For personal or learning projects, the risk is lower and the "100% free" description is usually enough to proceed. For paid client work or a product you sell, confirm the license first — that single page decides whether the resources are usable as-is or need a credit line attached.