Refbox is a floating reference app that keeps your inspiration in sight. Stop digging through folders and playing Tetris with windows. All of your references are automatically organized and float above all other apps, so you can see them while you work. Add images, videos, GIFs, and notes via drag & drop from the web or your desktop. It’s the perfect creative companion for illustrators, designers, 3D artists, animators, and visual creators.
Refbox
Refbox
Hey everyone, I’m Brett, solo dev behind Refbox.
I built this app along with my brother @bransshep to help designers and creatives stay in their flow; however, I ended up using it myself as a dev way more than I expected. The always-on-top notes, easy image pasting/zooming, and the color picker are all things I rely on daily now. Refbox runs on Electron + Vue, and instead of relying on native draggable windows, I built a custom region system so floating frames feel smoother and more flexible across operating systems. The goal was to make interactions snappy and the UI unobtrusive.
If you try it, I’d love feedback on performance, UX, or anything that feels rough around the edges. Thanks for checking it out!
@bransshep @brett_shepherd Performance is ON POINT during my quick testing on Apple M2! Hope I’m not jinxing it. 🤞🏻 It works almost suspiciously well
@bransshep, you’re a genius!! 🤯 This works so well! 2 min of playing around with the trial license in and I’m 100% sold! I’ll keep testing it for a day or so to make sure there are no deal-breaking bugs. My slight paranoia aside, this is an instant take-my-money purchase 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 One of those things that makes you go “how could this not exist until now?!” and “it feels like part of the OS now”
StreamPro
This is one of the slickest designs I've seen for collecting, cataloging and recalling design references.
Absolutely love what you've built here Brandon and love seeing the bar being raised thanks to designers building tools for designers.
Refbox
@designertom Many thanks man! Always great to have your support
Congrats on your launch 🎉🎉
I like the concept and design. The website is cute and pop, but I think the initial hurdle for adoption would be lowered if it were possible to try it out for free for just a few days.
Refbox
@d41 Thanks, and I agree. This is an app that really benefits from using it hands on which is why we introduced a 7 day free trial. It's available in our pricing section 🙂.
@bransshep Lovely! i"ll try it!! Thanks!
Swytchcode
Nice app. Do you have offer a trial?
Refbox
@chilarai We do! There's a 7 day free trial available in the pricing section of our site.