Openverse Alternatives

Openverse is described as 'Tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone' and is a popular image search engine in the online services category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Openverse, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Google Chrome and iPad apps. The best Openverse alternative is DuckDuckGo, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Openverse are Startpage, SearXNG, Brave Search and Ecosia.

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  1. Pexels icon
     40 likes

    The best free stock photos & videos shared by talented creators.

    65 Pexels alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone, in their own language.

    27 Wikimedia Commons alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • MediaWiki
     
  3. 4get icon
     24 likes

    This is a metasearch engine that gets results from other engines, and strips away all of the tracking parameters and Microsoft/globohomo bullshit they add. Most of the other alternatives to Google jack themselves off about being ""privacy respecting"" or...

    63 4get alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
     
  4. Public Work icon
     12 likes

    Public Work is a visual search engine for public domain content. Explore 100,000+ copyright-free images from The MET, New York Public Library, and other sources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Whoogle Search icon
     36 likes

    Ad-free, privacy-focused meta-search providing Google results without tracking, JavaScript, cookies, or AMP links, supporting proxies and autocomplete. Customizable, Docker-deployable, mobile-ready, with theme options and additional privacy features.

    90 Whoogle Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Meta-search engine acting as a privacy-preserving proxy without persistent user tracking or targeted ads, providing domain blocklists, advanced operators, switchable future backends, custom themes, link controls, and a clean interface for private results.

    53 Waterfox Private Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Lummi icon
     21 likes

    AI stock images that won't make you cringe. A collection of 20,000+ free images made by AI creators who are tired of boring, overused stock photos.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Open access is a unique opportunity to bring Smithsonian collections to people in new ways, to engage with the public, and provide important context for challenging 21st-century issues. Smithsonian Open Access increases the public’s ability to use millions of digital assets—2D...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. freeimages icon
     3 likes

    Browse over 300,000 free stock photos and find the perfect royalty-free image quickly. Download free, high quality stock images, for every day or commercial use. No purchase required.

    57 freeimages alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. LibreStock icon
     18 likes

    Need stock photos that you can alter however you need? LibreStock searches various photo sites for images that are released under the CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. Meaning you can use the photo any way you like so long as you abide by the few, very liberal rules of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Avopix.com icon
     10 likes

    Boost your creativity! Avopix.com is a cutting-edge photo bank that provides access to hundreds of thousands of high-quality, royalty-free photographs contributed by talented photographers from around the world, all available for free download.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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