Free tools for design, print and packaging
Tools for design, print, packaging, diemaking and production. Everything runs right in your browser: nothing to install, no files sent to a server, no sign-up. It’s free. Actually free.
33tools
- SoonCalendarer
- SoonPreflighter
- SoonMarker
- SoonConverter
- SoonFoamer
- SoonTemplater
- SoonStylizer
- SoonBrailler
- SoonInstructor
- SoonMapper
- SoonCharter
Beta- Design
Engraver
Line engraving
- Effects from line screens to halftone
- Tone carried by the width of every mark
- SVG and PDF, one ink or four separated plates
- Production
- Packaging
Nestizer
Shape nesting
- DXF and SVG import
- Nesting by outlines, not bounding boxes
- Automatic filling of several sheets
- Part allowance and sheet margins
- An iterative search for the nest
- Export a sheet or the full PDF guide
Beta- Packaging
Barcoder
Barcode & QR generation
- EAN, UPC, Code 128, GS1 and others
- Size, color, caption and margins
- Vector export to SVG or PDF
- Batch generation from a list of codes
Beta- Design
Guillocher
Guilloche pattern generator
- Rosettes, ovals, frames, ribbons and backgrounds
- Interlaced hairlines that photocopy into moiré
- Backgrounds that tile exactly, not nearly
- SVG and PDF, in RGB, CMYK or one ink
BetaPersonalizer
Variable data printing
- A PDF design plus a spreadsheet
- Names, numbers, barcodes and pictures
- Checked before a sheet is printed
- One PDF with every copy in it
Beta- Production
- Packaging
- 3D
Moulder
Moulds and forming tools
- Cavities with draft, floor radius and vent
- Grids that stay centered on the tool
- Bolt holes, channels and pockets besides
- Everything placed from the center, as a drawing is
- Weight in the panel before the file is sent
- STL out, in millimeters, Z up
Beta- Design
- Packaging
Tiler
Seamless patterns
- Your own SVG, tiled with no seam to find
- Straight, half drop, half brick or mirror
- A seeded strew that holds its spacing across the edge
- SVG, PNG, or a page filled with the repeat
Beta- Design
Signer
Add signatures and stamps to documents
- A photograph of your signature, paper removed
- Multiply, so the ink darkens rather than covers
- Drag it into place, size it from a corner, turn it
- The PDF keeps its text; nothing is redrawn
Beta- Design
- Packaging
Puzzler
Jigsaw puzzles
- Lattices to divide the board and joints to cut it
- Cut to a circle, a heart, a star or your own SVG
- Every joint one shared line — a laser cuts it once
- SVG, PDF, DXF and PNG, in millimeters
Beta- Design
Fonter
Type
- Your word in every font in the folder
- No installing — drop the client's archive in
- x-height in millimeters, against the label rule
- Glyphs, license and a specimen sheet to print
Beta- Design
- Video
- 3D
Wrapper
Text on a body
- Text or your own SVG wrapped around a body
- The seam closes: no word is ever cut in half
- Paint, metal or see-through, lit in the browser
- A still, a film, or code you can paste into your site
Beta- Design
Gradienter
Raster gradients
- Color as a field: points, mesh and many engines
- Flow, grain, dither and CMYK halftone
- Exact print sizes with PPI and bleed
- Seeds, locks and variations
Beta- Design
- Packaging
- Production
Labeler
Labeler
- Silhouettes from rectangle to cartouche
- Concentric frame lines that never cross
- Scalloped, cogged, pinked and waved edges
- A die line as a CutContour spot
Beta- Design
- Video
Parallaxer
Camera moves
- A flat picture in real perspective, unbent
- Camera moves, or a timeline with keys of your own
- Blur put where you point, as a spot or a tilt-shift band
- PNG and WebM, framed as you will post it
Beta- Design
- Video
Watermarker
Watermarks
- A phrase or your own logo, over a picture or a PDF
- One in a corner, or repeated over the whole page
- PDF pages are drawn on, never rasterized
- Read and written in your browser, never uploaded
Beta- Design
- 3D
Reliefer
Relief patterns
- Prisms, domes, pyramids, rings, flutes, cells and folds
- Page size in pixels, straight down or isometric
- Clear a panel and the relief flattens into it
- Rendered in your browser, never uploaded
Beta- Design
- Video
- 3D
Extruder
3D fonts, logos and shapes
- Text or SVG cut into a real thickness
- Separate face and cut edge: plywood, paint, metal
- The packaging editor’s lighting, soft shadows
- PNG and a looping fly-around film
Beta- Design
Texturizer
Raster pattern generator
- Skies, and a view from inside a cloud
- Marbles, veins branching as a level set does
- Wood, paper, terrazzo, leather, fabric and more
- A mask that clears room for a headline
- Any size at any resolution, from a seed
- PNG, JPEG or a PDF with trim and bleed
Beta- Design
- Video
Asciizer
ASCII art
- Each cell gets the glyph that matches its ink
- Edges drawn with the stroke that runs along them
- PNG, SVG, text, ANSI or MP4, every frame
- A snippet that does the same on your own page
Beta- Design
Worder
Word clouds
- A passage counted, the commonest words largest
- Poured into a circle, a heart, a letter or your own SVG
- Any font on your machine, cut to outlines
- SVG or PDF in millimeters, every word a filled path
- Design
Calendarer
Calendarer
- A year to a sheet, a month to a page, or a planner
- Week numbers by ISO or by the New Year week
- Your own holidays, in your own color
- Set in outlines: no font to go missing
Soon
Preflighter
Prepress checks
- Bleed, trim boxes, artwork past the knife
- Resolution, fonts, spot inks, hairlines, overprint
- Your printer's thresholds, and a report to send
Soon
- Packaging
- Design
Marker
Marker
- The ISO 780 handling marks, drawn rather than traced
- The Mobius loop, resin codes, the crossed-out bin
- A slot for any other mark: drop your SVG in
- Size in millimeters, as the standard states
Soon
- Design
Converter
Image conversion
- Raster and vector in and out, PDF among them
- Resize by pixels or by printed size, at a set dpi
- Silhouettes traced out to SVG or DXF for a cutter
Soon
- Production
Foamer
Foam cutting
- A drawing becomes one continuous cut
- The wire never lifts — the route is worked out for it
- Says where a slit is needed before you cut
- G-code in the dialect the machine already runs
Soon
- Packaging
- Design
Templater
Die lines
- Templates from leaflets to point of sale
- Quoted size, with bleed outside and safety in
- Folds that close, cut-outs that do not tear
- How many fit on your press sheet, both ways around
Soon
- Design
Stylizer
Photo effects
- A photo and a mask in, an effect over them
- Numeric: the subject rebuilt from figures
- Every dial live, in any installed font
- PNG or JPEG out, nothing uploaded
Soon
- Packaging
- Production
Brailler
Braille
- A product name as braille, at embossed size
- Marburg Medium, per ECMA for folding cartons
- Distance to a crease checked as you type
- SVG or PDF holding the dots and nothing else
Soon
- Packaging
- Design
Instructor
Instructions
- One step per picture, with arrows and callouts
- Fold, rotate, insert: the action picks the arrow
- Parts lettered A, B, C and counted into every step
- A4, Letter or a square post: PDF, SVG, PNG
Soon
- Design
- 3D
Mapper
Maps
- Every country, in three honest projections
- Paste figures from a spreadsheet and the map fills in
- Extruded, bevelled and lit, or flat vector for Illustrator
- SVG, PDF, PNG and GLB — nothing uploaded
Soon
- Design
- 3D
Charter
3D charts
- Paste a table — columns, pies, radial, waffles, maps
- Blocks, capsules, icons or your own SVG, in 3D
- Isometric in one press, with light and shadow
- PNG, SVG, PDF, GLB, STL and a page that turns
Soon
Why it is free
A tool, not another service with a price plan
We make BoxLab, a packaging editor. These tools grew out of the same work and solve the jobs that come up here every day. So we opened them in full, to everyone.
- No sign-up
- Open the page, type the figures in, take the result. No account needed.
- No settings to wade through
- Each tool is built around one job — from laying parts on a sheet to working out a pallet.
- No paid features
- Everything a tool can do is there from the first run. No PRO, no limits, no trial period.
boxlab.io
Where the box itself comes from
Pick a template, set the sizes in numbers, add your artwork and take away a dieline a factory will accept. Corrugated and rigid boxes, tubes, bags, folding cartons, cups, cans and flexible packaging.
Open boxlab.io- Parametric
- templates, not drawings
- 3D
- preview with your artwork
- PDF, SVG, DXF
- dieline export
- 9
- sections in the catalog
Comparison
How this differs from the usual software
The same jobs are covered by desktop programs — with a license, an install and a learning curve. Here the same thing opens from a link and costs nothing.
The job
What people usually reach for
BoxLab Tools
Rectangular cutting
- OptiCutter onlineFree up to 5 stocks and 500 parts, then from EUR 9 a month
- Cutting Optimization Pro WindowsPrice on request
Imposer no cap on parts or sheets
Free
Contour nesting
- SigmaNEST industrial packagePrice on request
- Deepnest desktop, abandoned by its authorFree
Nestizer DXF and SVG, nesting by outlines
Free
PDF imposition
- Imposition Wizard Appsforlife, Acrobat or standaloneUSD 599 permanent or USD 264 a year
- Quite Imposing Plus Adobe Acrobat plug-inPrice on request
- Montax Imposer WindowsPrice on request
PDF Imposer N-up, Booklet, Step & Repeat
Free
Pallet stacking
- Cape Pack EskoFrom EUR 750 a year, Prime at EUR 280 a month
- TOPS Pro enterprise packagePrice on request
- Quick Pallet Maker Mac and WindowsPrice on request
Palletizer stacking algorithms, 3D preview
Free
Barcodes
- Barcode Generator AppsforlifeUSD 199 permanent, updates USD 99 a year
- Barcode Studio TEC-ITEUR 75 a year for Lite, EUR 249 a year for Pro
- BarTender Seagull ScientificFrom USD 199 a year
Barcoder every common symbology, vector out
Free
PDF personalization
- Ticket Wizard AppsforlifeUSD 299 permanent, updates USD 199 a year
- XMPie personalization and variable dataPrice on request
- FusionPro VDP Marcom CentralPrice on request
Personalizer a template and a table, one PDF out
Free
Page-size patterns
- SymmetryWorks Artlandia, Adobe Illustrator plug-inUSD 249 permanent
- SymmetryShop Artlandia, Adobe Photoshop plug-inUSD 315 permanent
Patterner exact page size, mask to clear space
Free
Callouts and annotations
- Snagit TechSmith, Mac and WindowsUSD 39 a year
- CleanShot X MacUSD 35 permanent
Callouter leader lines that never cross
Free
Text around 3D objects
- Blender Blender Foundation, desktopFree
- Vectary online 3D designFree up to 5 projects, then USD 25 a month
Wrapper text round many kinds of body
Free
3D relief patterns
- Spline online 3D designFree with watermark, then from USD 12 a month
- Blender Blender Foundation, desktopFree
Reliefer lit 3D relief, a family for every look
Free
Layered paper cut art
- Envato paper-cut Photoshop actionsFrom USD 16.50 a month, billed annually
- Spline online 3D designFree with watermark, then from USD 12 a month
Papercutter one sheet to each color, lit
Free
Procedural textures
- Filter Forge desktop and Photoshop plug-inFrom USD 59 permanent
Texturizer surfaces sized in millimeters
Free
3D text
- Element 3D Video Copilot, After Effects plug-inUSD 349.95 permanent
- Spline online 3D designFree with watermark, then from USD 12 a month
Extruder real fonts, real depth in millimeters
Free
Thermoforming moulds
- Rhino 8 Robert McNeel & Associates, Windows and MacUSD 995 permanent
- 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Standard Dassault SystèmesUSD 2,820 a year
Moulder drafted, vented cavities, STL out
Free
Stamp and seal design
- CorelDRAW Graphics Suite Corel, Windows and MacUSD 269 a year or USD 549 permanent
- Adobe Illustrator Adobe, Windows and MacUSD 22.99 a month
Stamper the impression and the mirrored plate
Free
Poster tiling
- Adobe Acrobat Pro Adobe, poster print optionUSD 19.99 a month
- Poster Printer RonyaSoft, WindowsUSD 19.95 home license, USD 29.95 business
- The Rasterbator onlineFree
Splitizer overlap, cut lines, assembly map
Free
Vector word clouds
- WordArt.com onlineFree in low resolution, vector from USD 4.99 per image or USD 29.99 for a month
- WordClouds.com Zygomatic, onlineFree
Worder every word a filled vector path
Free
Font preview
- FontBase Windows, Mac and LinuxFree, Awesome from USD 3 a month
- Typeface MacFree, Pro USD 44.99 permanent
Fonter x-height in millimeters, missing glyphs
Free
Hot-wire foam cutting
- devFoam 3 devCad, WindowsEUR 115 a year or EUR 290 permanent
- FoamWorks 4.0 Designed Computing Systems, WindowsUSD 49 permanent
Foamer one-stroke route, costed before cutting
Free
Guilloche security patterns
- Arziro Design Agfa, Adobe Illustrator plug-inPrice on request
- GS Layout Plus JURA, security design suitePrice on request
Guillocher whole periods, backgrounds that tile
Free
Image conversion for print
- Adobe Photoshop Adobe, Windows and MacUSD 22.99 a month
- XnConvert XnSoft, Windows, Mac and LinuxFree for private use, EUR 15 per business license
Converter keeps the print size in millimeters
Free
Label shapes and frames
- Adobe Illustrator Adobe, desktopUSD 22.99 a month
- Maestro Label Designer OnlineLabels, onlineFree with a label order from USD 9.95
Labeler label silhouettes, frame lines never cross
Free
Print-ready calendars
- Photo Calendar Creator AMS Software, WindowsUSD 27.50 a year, Pro USD 85 permanent
Calendarer drawn in millimeters, true to print
Free
Signing documents
- Adobe Acrobat Standard Adobe, desktop and webUSD 14.99 a month
- DocuSign eSignature onlineFrom USD 11 a month, billed annually
Signer paper background removed
Free
Photo dispersion effects
- Numeric Photoshop Action GraphicRiver, needs PhotoshopUSD 6 permanent
- Adobe Photoshop Adobe, Windows and MacUSD 22.99 a month
Stylizer figures from your photo and mask
Free
Animated product shots
- Rotato MacFrom USD 79 permanent
- Previewed online mock-up animatorFree with attribution, then USD 9.99 once or USD 19 a month
Parallaxer looping camera moves, artwork stays flat
Free
Seamless repeat patterns
- SymmetryWorks 6.5 Artlandia, Adobe Illustrator plug-inUSD 249 permanent
- Adobe Illustrator Adobe, Pattern OptionsUSD 22.99 a month
Tiler your own SVG, no seam
Free
Packaging symbols
- ISO/IEC SYMBOL Database IEC webstore, ISO 7000 and IEC 60417CHF 1,000 a year
- 200 Label Symbols Creative Market vector packUSD 9 commercial license
Marker ISO 780 and recycling marks, SVG and PDF
Free
Print preflight
- Adobe Acrobat Pro Adobe, Windows and MacUSD 19.99 a month
- callas pdfToolbox Desktop callas software, Acrobat plug-in or standaloneEUR 625, upgrades extra
- Enfocus PitStop Pro Enfocus, Acrobat plug-inUSD 50 a month or USD 432 a year
Preflighter bleed, dpi, fonts, overprint
Free
Photo to line engraving
- Vexy Lines FontLab, Mac and WindowsUSD 99 permanent
- Engraver III AlphaPlugins, Photoshop plug-inUSD 74.95 permanent
Engraver tone carried by line width
Free
Watermarking photos and PDFs
- Visual Watermark Windows, Mac and mobileUSD 39.95 permanent or USD 19.95 a year
- uMark Photo Uconomix, Windows and MacUSD 29 permanent
Watermarker text or logo, photos and PDFs
Free
ASCII art from pictures
- Video ASCII Art Nuclear Nova Software, MacUSD 11.99 permanent
- Crate's ASCII ProductionCrate, After Effects and Premiere plug-inFree, needs After Effects or Premiere Pro
Asciizer characters matched by shape
Free
Bento feature grids
- Adobe Illustrator Adobe, desktopUSD 22.99 a month
- Figma browser and desktopFree plan, then from USD 16 a month
Bentoizer pictures packed into a keynote grid
Free
Braille on packaging
- PharmaBraille fonts Marburg Medium OpenTypeUSD 175 per country font set
- Sensus PharmaBraille Sensus, braille by e-mailPrice on request
- GVD braille inspection GlobalVision, desktopPrice on request
Brailler Marburg Medium grid, checked before the die
Free
Color palettes
- Coolors web and appsFree, Pro from USD 3 a month
- Pantone Connect Pantone, web and Adobe plug-inFrom USD 30 a month or USD 95 a year
Swatcher contrast and CMYK shift checks
Free
Print item templates
- ArtiosCAD Esko, desktopPrice on request
- Kasemake AG/CAD, packaging and POSPrice on request
Templater parametric templates
Free
Jigsaw puzzle cut files
- Cuttle jigsaw template, onlineFree up to 10 downloads a month, then USD 24 a month
Puzzler shared edges, every line cut once
Free
Data maps for design
- MAPublisher Blue Marble, Adobe Illustrator plug-inFrom USD 1,199 a year, with Global Mapper Advanced
- Datawrapper onlineFree, then from USD 21 a month
Mapper maps that stand up, vector out
Free
Step-by-step instructions
- Snagit TechSmith, Windows and MacUSD 39 a year
- SOLIDWORKS Composer Dassault Systèmes, WindowsPrice on request
- Canvas Envision Canvas GFX, onlinePrice on request
Instructor arrows and callouts in one style
Free
3D data charts
- Datylon for Illustrator Datylon, Adobe Illustrator plug-inFrom EUR 21 a month, billed annually
- Infogram onlineFree up to 10 projects, then from USD 19 a month
- Flourish Canva, onlineFree, paid plans on request
Charter charts with depth, material and light
Free
Prices are the ones the vendors publish themselves, as of October 2026.
The job
What people usually reach for
boxlab.io
Packaging editor
- Pacdora online, templates and 3DFree with a watermark; Lite $14, Pro $29 a month
- ArtiosCAD Esko, WindowsPrice on request
- Origami Appsforlife, Illustrator plug-in$349 perpetual, $199 a year for updates
BoxLab online, templates and 3D
Free tier; full access $10 a month or $80 a year
What this costs elsewhere
You save more than USD 5,000
Add up the table above, taking the cheapest paid option for every job — the yearly plan, a year of a monthly one, or the one-off license — and the first year comes to more than USD 5,000. That is the low end: the professional editions on the same list come to about USD 16,000, and the programs that quote only on request are left out.
Here it is nothing. All the services are open in full, with no account and no limits.