The GUI meaning is “graphical user interface” and UI is just “user interface.” GUI is a subset of UI. UI can include non-graphical interfaces such as screen readers or command line interfaces which aren’t considered GUI. This article contain a 2013 round up of the best Adobe Photoshop resources for GUI and UI PSD kits and web elements. Few kits are available like layered png’s and can be edited using Adobe Fireworks.

Some UI kits cover basic elements like button, slider, text field, checkboxes and radio buttons, and other contain a large selection of different UI elements and web elements from logo to slider and mp3 players skins, banners and badges. These free PSD UI kits are well-layered and mostly vector-based so you can resize them at your will.

For what kind of projects can be useful this free GUI / UI kits library? If you are a graphic or web designer, then you know already the value of a proper mockup what will be shown to the client so that they can have an idea of how their user and admin interface or web design layout will look once it is completely designed. Most of the time is not worth to spend too much time creating such a mockup, but in same time, you need to catch the attention of the client and express in the most good way your vision about project.

On the other hand, if you are a GUI / UI designer, this article can inspire you regarding the style and elements used. Other UI kits provide you a good base of elements that are very useful when it comes to building a mobile application.

Dark Chart UI Kit by Melissa Phillips







Stats Elements (Free Fireworks PNG) by David Cristian







Free PSD – piano GUI elements







Dashboard UI Elements PSD Freebie







Youtube UI Design (free resource) by Jackie Tran







Poky Free PSD Ui kit by Rami McMin







Soft UI Kit (PSD)







Blue Milk UI Kit by Ryan Warner – Free PSD







Free iPhone Retina App Controls







Free Dark Admin Panel UI Kit







Dark and light free GUI PSD







Free Detailed UI Kit







Dynam UI: Incredibly User Interface Kit







Tactile UI Kit







Leather UI Elements PSD







Free Hand Drawn UI Kit







Free UI Kit for Android App (hdpi)







UI Blue web kit







Balio Web UI Kit







Free KICK-ASS GUI PSD by Jan Semle







Cream UI Pack







Inspire – Backend Admin PSD Template







Free PSD UI Kit for Web Applications







Free Web UI Elements Kit (PSD, HTML, CSS, jQuery)







Putty UI Pack – Free PSD







Free Full Layered Google+ GUI PSD Kit







Glasslike UI Kit







Hanna UI Kit by Amin Badiezadeh







Heads Up Display UI Kit







iPad Calulator UI kit







Kitchy Ui Kit – Restaurant & Food Theme – Free Psd







Knóbz FREE PSD by despoth







Leather Mac App UI Kit







Metrostyle Web UI







Dark music UI elements – Free PSD







Free Web Elements







Pizza UI Kit PSD by Boris Valusek







Ilumitouch UI Kit for download







Rams UI PSD by Matt Legrand







REDMILK UI Elements







Ruthenium GUI Kit – free PSD







Snow UI Kit







Stylish User Interface Kit – PSD







Toggle switches UI elements – PSD







Random UI elements – PSD







Total Retina UI / UX Kit







Transparent UI Kit







Light gray Uielements







Ui Kit by Mani







Polaris UI Kit + Linecons Icon Set (AI, PDF, PNG, PSD, SVG)







Free PSD UI Kit by Edgar Vargas







UI Kit – Free PSD by Rob Hendricks







Awesomeness UI Widgets – Free PSD by Luis M Ruiz







PSD UI Set







Free website ui kit







Aresio Free Web UI Kit







BlooBury GUI







Free Dark UI







Sticky Butterscotch UI Kit – Free PSD by Made By Thomas







Free Web UI Kit PSD







Blugraphic Dark Ui Kit V1.0 – Free PSD







Black UI Kit – free PSD by Jonathan Moreira







Free Ultimate UI Kit PSD







Clean Ui Pro Kit by Liam Wolf







Crisp UI Kit







CSS3 UI Kit (PSD+CSS)







You may be interested in some premium GUI / Ui designs as well:

Touch-Store Ecommerce GUI for Tablet Apps & Web







Audio Pro Ui Kt







Greentouch UI







iOS App GUI kit







Clinic UI kit







Controlled – GUi – Graphical User Interface







Blackpad Ui







Cobo UI Kit





