Stringer is an RSS reader for self-hosting, meant to replace the BIG_FREE_READER when it shuts down.

Stringer doesn’t have any dependencies and works like a charm. It also sports keyboard shortcuts and a super easy to use interface.

It can be deployed on any server that supports Ruby. Stringer is released under the MIT licence.

CSS Modal is a library for building CSS-powered modal dialogues.

CSS Modal uses bits of JavaScript for making the modal dialogues more accessible. CSS Modal is optimized for mobile phones and can be used as a SASS plugin as well.

It’s small and fast and makes for a welcome addition to a light and minimalist design.

Two.js is a drawing API that can render using canvas, WebGL and SVG.

Two.js uses Underscore.js and Backbone.js for event handling. While not supporting text and images, Two.js instead focuses on the vector+shape side and altogether makes for a great tool for creating animations with shapes.

It has many methods for handling vectors, polygons and their groups.

jQuery has gotten richer in features throughout the years — but it’s also gotten bigger and can contain many features a developer won’t want to use.

jQuery Builder helps making a custom build of jQuery, allowing developers to choose which modules to include or not.

The builder is also available for the Node.js command line tool. This is a very nice way of reducing the load time for your websites.

Bootstrap Magic is a theme generator for Bootstrap. It has a live preview which updates in real-time.

Bootstrap Magic supports LESS and all of its functions. The output is a minified (or not) CSS file which you can use for your very own hand-built Bootstrap design.

CSSCSS is a ‘redundancy analyzer’ which finds duplicate declarations in your code.

CSSCSS lets you know if there are any rulesets which have duplicate declarations. It makes your code much faster and lighter.

CSSCSS is available as a Ruby gem. It’s easy to use and doesn’t delete the duplicates so you don’t lose control over your code.