refern.
refern keeps your images, videos, working files, and saved web pages in one library.
refern keeps your images, videos, working files, and saved web pages in one library.
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- Who is it for?
- Illustrators who need reference images in view while they draw, because refern pins any file on top of the drawing app
- Pricing
- unknown
Product information
What this product does
refern keeps your images, videos, working files, and saved web pages in one library. Find any reference by tag or color, put any file on a board, and pin it on top of your drawing app. Your files stay in your own folders. Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Company & Maker
Who built refern.?
- Product
- Every visual reference you work from, in one place.
- Live since
- Nov 2026
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refern is a desktop library for visual references that keeps images, videos, working files and saved web pages in one place on Windows, macOS and Linux. Artists and designers use it to find references by tag or color, arrange them on boards and pin them over a drawing app.
Who should use
Buyer-fit is derived from approved personas and use-case evidence. Search-volume noise stays labeled separately.
Best-fit workflows
- Pins a reference image on top of a drawing app while sketching
- Finds a reference photo by tag or color in a large library
- Builds a mood board from images, videos and saved web pages
- Collects working files and saved web pages for one project in a single library
- Illustrators who need reference images in view while they draw, because refern pins any file on top of the drawing app
- Concept artists who need large reference collections sorted, because refern finds files by tag or color across images, videos and saved web pages
Pricing reality
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Pricing reality
Last updated Nov 2026
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