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CodePen is a playground for the front end side of the web. It's all about inspiration, education, and sharing.


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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

9 reviews

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Good for beginners but..

Good however it can be kinda tricky to navigate especially the new update. Also I've seen reviews about sketchiness which I don't know if it is true but still nevertheless good for beginners and amateurs like myself

March 21, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unethical company

This company relies on you forgetting your subscription and silently renewing it every year without warning you. This is very shady and just destoyed all the trust I had for them. There are toms of good (better!) alternatives now. Avoid them.

May 14, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Codepen.io gaining profit from stolen content

I liked codepen.io but it turned out that they make their profit by distributing stolen content and wash their hands of it.
Unfortunately, they share stolen content (both code and texts), which their users and bots then use. Despite several urgent requests, they do not respond and the content of the entire stolen website is already copied to other junk websites, which makes it impossible to achieve good results
in search engines. These are real losses.

October 26, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A must have for any frontend developer

A must have for any frontend developer. With CodePen, you can quickly create concepts for your projects and practice your skills. You can even use frameworks like React and tools like Pug and Sass. The community is also great, you'll always get inspired by the crazy things people do with just CSS!

November 13, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Awesome customer support

This is a bit late of a review, but they deserve it, they provide an amazing service as well as amazing customer service. Something went wrong when I wanted to subscribe to their pro thingy and instead of monthly billing it went with annual billing, 99% sure I chose monthly though, but anyways, I was short on money and could not afford the annual option at that time, despite not having to they were really nice and gave me a refund for that, it might not sound like much but it was greatly appreciated and I am very grateful, I am now subscribing monthly and will continue to do so

September 14, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent platform

Excellent platform. I've created more than 70 pens so far, one has passed 110,000 views! It's a real playground where I can test all kinds of code snippets. Thanks, CodePen ^^

February 5, 2020
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