Top 20 FREE Navigation Menu Bars PSDs for Designers

The navigation menu is the most important element in a website. It structures the content, tells the visitors where to look for information and allows them to navigate on your website easily. It’s very important to have a well-designed navigation menu, and that is why we’ve selcted for you 20 of the best, most beautiful designed nav menu bars. Which ones do you like?

Simple navigation menu

Simple navigation menu

Nice, simple navigation menu with dark sub menu – perfect for complex websites, bigger blogs, etc

Simple Tabbed Navigation

Simple Tabbed Navigation

Included in the file are styles for dropdown menus, the tabs themselves and a nice little home icon.

Dark Button Navigation

Dark Button Navigation

The dark tone and style of the buttons are perfect for an application type website, however this menu would fit into a variety of designs.

Pretty dropdown menu

Pretty dropdown menu

Dropdown menus are useful when you need to save some space. Will look great in web apps dashboards.

Checkout Process Navigation

Checkout Process Navigation

If you’re creating a checkout system it is a good idea to let the customer understand how many stages there are in total and where they’re currently up to.

Clean & Simple Navigation Menu

Clean & Simple Navigation Menu

Complete with drop-downs, this menu will complement a vast amount of sites.

Simple Dark Navigation Menu

Simple Dark Navigation Menu

This is a clean and simple dark navigation menu, perfect for any type of website.

Sleek breadcrumb nav

Sleek breadcrumb nav

Sleek breadcrumb navigation panel – that could quite easily also double as a handy little navigation bar.

Mini Navigation

Mini Navigation

This is a clean and simple nav bar which comes on two different styles, dark and light.

Ribbon Menu

Ribbon Menu

Ribbons were a trend a while ago but they still look good. This is a great example of a cool ribbon nav bar.

Dark Button Navigation

Dark Button Navigation

This is a dark navigation menu made up from a series of buttons. The horizontal version is also on this list above.

Gloss Milk Navigation

Gloss Milk Navigation

This is a simple navigation element for conceptual designs.

Profile Menu

Profile Menu

This deisgn’s style is a bit retro and original. Great for a Vcard or community type website.

Minimalist Horizontal Navigation

Minimalist Horizontal Navigation

This is just a simple navigation with some subtle color and slick state designs.

Nour Navigation Menu

Nour Navigation Menu

This is a is a dark/light navigational menu.  PSD file is well grouped and layered so it is easy to use.

Drop Down GUI Menu

Drop Down GUI Menu

This is is a pixel perfect coded to web standards Dropdown GUI Menu. It requires jQuery and is extremely easy to implement.

Mini Drop-Down Menu

Mini Drop-Down Menu

The design includes the menu in its normal state and when clicked (or hover depending on how you implement).

Breadcrumbs Navigation

Breadcrumbs Navigation

A sleek breadcrumb-style navigation interface, in both a dark and light version.

Smooth Slider Navigation

Smooth Slider Navigation

This is a smooth little slider navigation that comes in 3 color choices.

Textured Header Design

Textured Header Design

This is a chunky, dark, textured nav bar design, perfect for any type of website.

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