CARGO

// a workshop · est. 2026

Small tools for people who make things on the web.

A workshop of single-purpose utilities for designers and design engineers. Free, forever. Built one Saturday at a time.

ManifestCARGO / 2026
Tools shipped10 / 10 planned
LicenseMIT · free forever
Version0.1.0
// the workshop

What's being built.

CARGO/01

[ visual_creator ]

Shader Gradient Lab

Custom WebGL2 gradient generator, a faithful Neat port plus curated Shadertoy shaders. Tweak waves, colors, flow, and grain in real-time. Export as PNG.

webglgradientbackground
CARGO/02

[ learning_tools ]

Text Animation Library

146 curated CSS and JS text animations. Hover, copy, or pick several to bundle as one snippet.

cssanimationmotion
CARGO/03

[ reference ]

Moodboard Library

Hand-curated vibes with palette, fonts, and texture suggestions. From dusty Tokyo sunset to 90s Memphis.

inspirationcolorpalette
CARGO/04

[ inspiration ]

Loading States Gallery

Skeleton loaders, spinners, and empty states with copy-pasteable code. The thing every project needs.

uipatternsreference
CARGO/05

[ learning_tools ]

The Spec Pressure-Test

Learn to spot the gaps in a feature spec before an AI coding agent fills them in wrongly.

learningspecsai
CARGO/06

[ reference ]

UI Pattern Library

A searchable reference of UI patterns, what each one means, when to use it, when not to.

referencepatternsui
CARGO/07

[ learning_tools ]

The Type Field Guide

A short, hands-on guide to web typography. Learn the essentials and feel each one with a live demo.

typographylearning
AaAaAa
CARGO/08

[ visual_creator ]

Mockup Wrapper

Drop in a screenshot, get it framed in browser chrome or a clean card. Export as PNG.

mockupimage
CARGO/09

[ learning_tools ]

Easing Cookbook

Sixteen curated cubic-bezier easings, drawn and animated side by side. Click any card to copy its value.

animationreference
CARGO/10

[ production_tools ]

CSS Effect Lab

A lab for hard CSS effects: glow borders, layered glows, grain, and more. Tweak a recipe, copy the complete code.

csseffects

// the cargo principle

“Build the tool you wish existed, then ship it on a Saturday.”