Individual creativity support systems have been developed to facilitate creative work. This article reviews the various design requirements and approaches proposed for supporting individual creative work, as well as relevant creativity theories. Current creativity support systems use many approaches in supporting the collection of relevant information and the creation of ideas or artifacts. However, the designs are typically based on just a few creativity theories. Based on various creativity theories, we propose a new integrated framework for individual creativity support systems. This framework enumerates aspects, components, and features of creativity support systems. •A review of recent advances in individual creativity support systems.•A classification of creativity theories relevant to individual creativity support systems.•A new framework for individual creativity support systems grounded on creativity theories.