DIMAS' TOOLBOX

CHANGELOG

Every tool that's shipped, and every change worth telling you about. No inside-baseball, no "refactored the internals" — just what's different for you.

  1. 2026-09-18

    • •Fixed CSS CRT / Scanlines / VHS Generator: the flicker toggle and phosphor tint presets now actually change the preview.
    • •CSS Clip-Path Generator: double-click anywhere on the shape to add a new point on the nearest edge, not just via the Add point button.
    • •CSS Gradient Border Generator: added an Animate gradient toggle with a speed control, so the border's colors can flow instead of staying static.
    • •Fixed CSS Animated Glowing Border Generator: the glow no longer balloons out and distorts on wide cards — the gradient now spins in place instead of rotating the whole rectangle.

  2. 2026-09-17

    • •Added CSS Wave & Shape Divider Generator: build a wave, curve, slant, zigzag, or arc divider between page sections and copy the HTML and CSS.
    • •Added CSS Starfield / Dots Generator: scatter hundreds of points from a single box-shadow into a drifting, parallax starfield background.
    • •Added CSS CRT / Scanlines / VHS Generator: build a retro screen overlay with scanlines, vignette, phosphor tint, and flicker animation.
    • •Added CSS Clip-Path Generator: drag points directly on a live preview to build a clip-path polygon shape from a preset or from scratch.
    • •Added CSS Gradient Border Generator: build a rounded gradient border with 2-5 color stops and any angle.
    • •Added CSS Animated Glowing Border Generator: build a rotating conic-gradient border that chases around a card.
    • •Added CSS Mask / Fade Edge Generator: fade out the top, bottom, sides, or all edges of an image or block with a mask gradient.
    • •Added CSS Speech Bubble Generator: build a chat-style speech bubble with a tail on any side.
    • •Added CSS Squircle Generator: build an iOS-style continuous-curve squircle shape and copy the clip-path CSS.
    • •Added CSS Link Underline Effects Generator: browse a gallery of 10 hover underline effects for links and copy the CSS for the one you pick.

  3. 2026-09-11

    • •Added Glitch Text Generator: animate an RGB-split, scan-line glitch effect on headline text, with adjustable offset, speed, and colors.
    • •Added Neon Glow Generator: build a glowing neon-sign effect for text or a box, with stacked shadow layers and an optional flicker animation.
    • •Added Animated Gradient Text Generator: fill text with a multi-color CSS gradient that drifts across the letters.
    • •Added Text Stroke / Outline Generator: build hollow or filled outlined headlines with a live preview and a cross-browser fallback.
    • •Added 3D Extruded Text Generator: give flat text a solid, extruded look with adjustable depth, angle, and color.
    • •Added Typewriter Effect Generator: animate text typing itself out with a blinking caret — no JavaScript required.
    • •Added Shimmer / Metallic Text Generator: sweep a bright highlight band across text for a metallic or shimmer effect.
    • •Added Animated Gradient Background Generator: build a slow-moving, multi-color gradient background for hero sections and banners.
    • •Added Mesh Gradient Generator: blend several soft color blobs into a mesh-style gradient background.
    • •Added Aurora Background Generator: create a drifting northern-lights background from blurred, animated color blobs.

  4. 2026-09-09

    • •Added Responsive Breakpoint Generator: design a named set of responsive breakpoints from a preset or your own values and export them as CSS variables, SCSS, or ready-made media queries.
    • •Added CSS Noise Background Generator: add a subtle film-grain texture to a background using a pure-CSS filter — no image file — with adjustable grain size, strength, and blend mode.
    • •Added Font Pairing Generator: browse curated heading + body Google Font pairings with a live, editable preview and copy the CSS and font link.
    • •Added Typography Scale Generator: build a modular font-size scale from a base size and a ratio like Minor Third or Golden Ratio, with a live preview of every step.
    • •Added Letter Spacing Calculator: preview letter-spacing live against your own text, convert between em and px, and pick tight/wide/all-caps presets.
    • •Added CSS Font Generator: design a complete text style — family, size, weight, italic, line-height, and spacing — on a live preview and copy the CSS.
    • •Added CSS Text Gradient Generator: fill headline text with a multi-color gradient and copy the CSS.
    • •Added Font Size Calculator: convert a font size between px, rem, em, pt, and % with a live size preview.
    • •Added Line Height Calculator: preview line-height on real paragraph text and check it against the WCAG minimum for body text.
    • •Added CSS Escape Generator: escape text for a safe CSS class/ID selector or string literal using the browser's built-in CSS.escape().

  5. 2026-08-28

    • •Launched the Blog: guides and how-tos for getting more out of the tools on this site, starting with cleaning up messy JSON, printing QR codes that actually scan, and telling a strong password from a merely long one.
    • •Added Zip Path Puzzle: a procedurally generated path puzzle — draw one line through every cell, hitting numbered checkpoints in order, with Easy/Medium/Hard difficulty and a new grid every time.
    • •Added CSS Hamburger Menu Generator: design an animated hamburger-to-X menu icon in Spin, Squeeze, Arrow, or Collapse style and copy the CSS and HTML.
    • •Added CSS Navbar Generator: design a responsive navigation bar with alignment, sticky positioning, and shadow options and copy the CSS and HTML.
    • •Added CSS Accordion Generator: design a collapsible accordion panel with custom colors and transition speed and copy the CSS and HTML.
    • •Added CSS Tooltip Generator: design a hover tooltip with position, colors, and an optional pointer arrow and copy the CSS and HTML.
    • •Added CSS Modal Generator: design a modal dialog with a fading overlay and copy the CSS and HTML.
    • •Added CSS Card Generator: design a UI card with shadow intensity and hover lift and copy the CSS and HTML.
    • •Added CSS Container Generator: design a centered, max-width page container and copy the CSS.
    • •Added CSS Checkbox Generator: design a custom checkbox built on a real input and copy the CSS and HTML.
    • •Added CSS Radio Button Generator: design a custom radio button built on a real input and copy the CSS and HTML.
    • •Added CSS Pattern Generator: design a repeating background pattern — dots, grid, stripes, checkerboard, or diagonal lines — from pure CSS gradients and copy the CSS.

  6. 2026-08-24

    • •Added AI Background Remover: cut a person out of a photo's background using an AI model that downloads once and then runs entirely on your device — download the result as a transparent PNG, transparent WebP, or a JPG with a solid background color.

  7. 2026-08-22

    • •Added XML Sitemap Generator: paste a list of URLs, set changefreq, priority, and lastmod globally, and download a ready-to-upload sitemap.xml.
    • •Added UTM URL Builder: build UTM-tagged campaign URLs with quick-fill buttons for Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Email, and Instagram, plus a history of your last 5 built URLs.
    • •Added Mortgage Overpayment Calculator: enter your loan details and a monthly overpayment to instantly see how many months you save and how much less interest you pay.
    • •Added Interest Rate Calculator: find the interest rate behind a loan from its payment and term, or calculate the monthly payment from a known rate.
    • •Added PDF Page Extractor: select individual pages or ranges from any PDF and download them as a new PDF — runs entirely in your browser.
    • •Added Company Name Generator: generate business name ideas by industry and style — tech, consulting, creative, and more — with click-to-copy results.
    • •Added Fake Data Generator: generate realistic fake names, emails, addresses, phone numbers, and more for testing, with a count control and one-click copy.
    • •Added APR Calculator: enter loan amount, nominal rate, term, and upfront fees to see the true Annual Percentage Rate — and how much fees widen the gap.
    • •Added Investment Return Calculator: calculate total return, CAGR, and profit from an investment — enter the final value you have, or project growth from an expected annual return.
    • •Added ROI Calculator: calculate Return on Investment from cost and profit (or initial and final values), with an optional annualized rate for multi-year investments.

  8. 2026-08-21

    • •Added Unix Timestamp Converter, PDF Compressor, HTML/CSS/JS Beautifier & Minifier, CSV ⇄ JSON Converter, YAML ⇄ JSON Converter, IP Subnet / CIDR Calculator, Wheel of Names, Favicon Generator, Text Similarity Checker, and Business Days Calculator.
    • •Added Negative Film Scanner: use your screen as a light table to backlight film, then invert and color-correct the photo into a positive.
    • •Added Random Word Generator, XML Formatter & Minifier, XML to JSON Converter, YAML Validator, HTML Encoder / Decoder, UUID Validator, Cron Expression Generator, Image Rotator & Flipper, Image Metadata Viewer, and Nickname Generator.
    • •Added Image to Base64 Converter, Base64 to Image Converter, PDF to Text Converter, PDF Metadata Viewer, Business Name Generator, Domain Name Generator, Random String Generator, Random Date Generator, Barcode Generator (Code 39, download as SVG), and Invoice Number Generator.
    • •Barcode Generator: added Code 128B, EAN-13, and UPC-A formats; added PNG and JPG download alongside SVG (3× resolution).

  9. 2026-08-20

    • •Added CSS Animation Generator, CSS Button Generator, CSS Triangle Generator, CSS Media Query Generator, CSS Spinner & Loader Generator, CSS Toggle Switch Generator, CSS Progress Bar Generator, CSS Glassmorphism Generator, CSS Neumorphism Generator, and CSS Blob Generator.
    • •CSS Spinner & Loader Generator: added 10 more styles — gradient ring, ellipsis, wave, pulse, ripple, square, orbit, grid, bar swing, and heartbeat — for 14 total.
    • •CSS Spinner & Loader Generator: added 20 more styles — dashed ring, half moon, radar, circle progress, comet, triad, iOS activity, windmill, chase, double bounce, fold, blink, ping, flip, triangle spin, hourglass, bounce ball, shimmer, barber pole, and indeterminate bar — for 34 total.

  10. 2026-08-17

    • •Added Remove Extra Spaces, Remove Line Breaks, Text Diff Checker, Slug Generator, Email Extractor, URL Extractor, Number Extractor, Text Cleaner, Find & Replace Tool, and Text Statistics Analyzer.
    • •Added a Text Tools hub page grouping every text utility in one place.
    • •Added Bionic Reading: paste text or upload a PDF, FB2, or EPUB, read it bionic-formatted, and download the result as PDF, FB2, or EPUB.
    • •Added PDF, EPUB & FB2 Converter: upload a PDF, EPUB, or FB2 file and convert it to either of the other two formats.
    • •Added HMAC Generator, Query String Parser & Builder, JWT Generator, Password Strength Checker, PIN Generator, Hex Converter, Binary Converter, Base32 Converter, Base58 Converter, and Data URI Generator, plus a Developer Tools hub page grouping every developer utility in one place.
    • •Added CMYK Converter, Color Blindness Simulator, Accessible Color Palette Generator, Color Temperature Converter, CSS Transform Generator, CSS Variables Generator, CSS Flexbox Generator, CSS Grid Generator, CSS Text Shadow Generator, and CSS Filter Generator, plus a Color & CSS Tools hub page grouping every color and CSS utility in one place.

  11. 2026-08-14

    • •Added Resume Builder: build a resume with 6 templates, rename or reorder sections, add custom or Markdown blocks, and download it as a PDF — free, no signup, no watermark, autosaved in your browser.

  12. 2026-08-13

    • •Added Fuel Cost Calculator, Unit Price Calculator, Currency Converter, Time Zone Converter, Mortgage Calculator, VAT Calculator, Tax Percentage Calculator, Markup Calculator, Margin Calculator, and Break-Even Calculator.
    • •Added a pin button to every tool card. Pinned tools show up in a new "Pinned tools" section at the top of the home page, saved in your browser.
    • •Added Discount Calculator, Sort Text Lines, URL Encoder / Decoder, Random Color Generator, Robots.txt Generator, Sales Tax Calculator, Leap Year Calculator, ROT13 Encoder / Decoder, HTTP Status Code Lookup, and CSS Clamp Generator.
    • •Robots.txt Generator: added an "Import existing robots.txt" option — paste a file's contents and it parses the rules, sitemap, and crawl-delay for you.
    • •Added a search box to the home page to quickly find a tool by name or description.
    • •Added Tip Calculator, Age Calculator, Date Difference Calculator, Time Calculator, Average Calculator, Fraction Calculator, Compound Interest Calculator, Loan Payment Calculator, Salary Calculator, and GPA Calculator.
    • •Added a Calculators hub page grouping every calculator and converter by category.

  13. 2026-08-12

    • •Added Pomodoro Timer, a focus timer with Classic (25/5), Deep Work (50/10), and Quick Sprint (15/5) presets, or your own custom minutes. It keeps running as you browse other pages via a small floating widget.
    • •3 Tasks: each daily task now has a 🍅 button to start a Pomodoro focus timer linked to that task.
    • •Added Markdown Notepad: write Markdown with a live preview, autosaved to your browser, and export it as a .md file or a formatted PDF.
    • •Added Text Reverser: reverse text by character, word, or line, right in your browser.
    • •Added UUID Generator: generate random v4 UUIDs, one at a time or in bulk, in standard, uppercase, no-hyphen, or braced format.
    • •Added Morse Code Translator: translate text to Morse code and back, and play any message as audible beeps.
    • •Added Color Palette Generator: pick a base color and a harmony (monochromatic, analogous, complementary, and more) and get a five-color palette to copy.
    • •Added BMI Calculator: calculate Body Mass Index from height and weight in metric or imperial units, with a category breakdown.
    • •Added Hash Generator: generate SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 hashes from any text, live as you type.
    • •Added CSS Border Generator: build a border with width, style, color, and per-corner radius, with a live preview and one-click CSS copy.
    • •Added Random Number Generator: generate random integers or decimals in a range, one at a time or in bulk, with an optional no-duplicates mode.
    • •Added Regex Tester: test a JavaScript regular expression against a string with live match highlighting, capture groups, and named groups.
    • •Added Yes or No Generator: can't decide? Get a random Yes or No with one click, with a running history of your last 20 answers.
    • •Added Percentage Calculator: find X% of Y, what percent X is of Y, or the percentage increase or decrease between two numbers, all live as you type.
    • •Added Remove Duplicate Lines: paste text and strip out repeated lines, with case-sensitivity, whitespace trimming, and keep-first/keep-last options.
    • •Added Base64 Encoder: encode text to Base64 or decode it back to text, with correct UTF-8 handling for emoji and accented characters.
    • •Added Username Generator: generate random adjective + noun usernames, with optional numbers, separators, and case styles, ready to copy.
    • •Added Meta Tag Generator: build title, meta description, canonical, Open Graph, and Twitter Card tags from a form, with a live Google search preview.
    • •Added Word Frequency Counter: paste text and see every word's count and percentage, sorted most to least frequent, with stopword filtering and a minimum word length.
    • •Added Passphrase Generator: generate a diceware-style passphrase from a built-in word list, with word count, separator, and capitalization options, plus an estimated entropy in bits.
    • •Added Days Until Calculator: pick a target date and see days, weeks, and approximate months until (or since) it, plus the day of the week it falls on.
    • •Added Contrast Ratio Calculator: check the WCAG contrast ratio between a foreground and background color, with AA/AAA pass/fail results and a live text preview.
    • •Added BMR Calculator: calculate Basal Metabolic Rate and Total Daily Energy Expenditure with the Mifflin-St Jeor formula, in metric or imperial units, with an activity level dropdown.

  14. 2026-08-10

    • •Added 3 Tasks, a weekly planner: set 3-5 goals for the week, add 3-5 tasks per day, optionally link daily tasks to a weekly goal, track To Do/In Progress/Done, and download a PDF of your week.

  15. 2026-08-07

    • •Added Lorem Ipsum Generator, a tool to generate placeholder text by paragraphs, sentences, or words, in classic or themed variants.
    • •Added Case Converter, a tool to convert text to UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, Sentence case, camelCase, PascalCase, snake_case, kebab-case, CONSTANT_CASE, and dot.case.
    • •Added Word & Character Counter, a tool to count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs, with reading time and keyword density.
    • •Added Box Shadow Generator, a tool to build single or layered box-shadows with a live preview, presets, and one-click CSS copy.
    • •Added CSS Gradient Generator, a tool to build linear, radial, and conic gradients with a live preview, presets, and one-click CSS copy.
    • •JSON Visualizer: string values that are URLs now render as clickable links that open in a new tab, and image URLs show a small thumbnail you can click to view full-screen.

  16. 2026-08-06

    • •Added Password Generator, a tool to generate a random, cryptographically strong password with the length and character set you choose.
    • •Added Unit Converter, a tool to convert length, weight, volume, area, and temperature between common units.
    • •Added Color Picker, a tool to pick a color and get it in HEX, RGB, and HSL.
    • •Added JSON Visualizer, a tool to validate JSON and explore it as a collapsible tree, a table with drill-in nested tables for object/array cells, or an interactive mindmap — any view can go fullscreen.
    • •JSON Formatter: added line numbers to the input and output, and a clickable error location that jumps your cursor straight to the bad line.
    • •Added JSON Formatter, a tool to validate, pretty-print, sort, or minify JSON.
    • •QR Code Generator and PDF to SVG: added a one-click button to swap the foreground and background colors.
    • •Added PDF to SVG, a tool to render every page of a PDF to a downloadable SVG file.

  17. 2026-08-05

    • •Sped up page loads sitewide.

  18. 2026-08-04

    • •Added Crop & Resize, a tool to crop images to an exact area and resize to any dimension.
    • •Added Annotate, a tool to add text, arrows, and shapes on top of an image.
    • •Added Meme Generator, a tool to add classic top/bottom meme text to an image.
    • •Added Watermark Generator, a tool to stamp a text or logo watermark onto a photo.
    • •Added an About page.

  19. 2026-08-03

    • •Launched Dimas' Toolbox with the QR Code Generator.
    • •Added JWT Decoder, a tool to inspect a JWT's header, payload, and claims, and verify its signature.
    • •Added PDF Tools: PDF Merge & Organize, PDF Splitter, Images to PDF, and PDF to Images.
    • •Added QR Code Scanner, a tool to decode a QR code from your camera or an uploaded image.
    • •Added Image Compressor and Image Converter, tools to shrink and convert JPG, PNG, and WebP images.