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Openverse

Effortlessly discover and utilize openly licensed media from a vast compendium of shared human knowledge and creativity.

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  • Stock Photo

  • Search Engine

  • creative-commons

What is Openverse?

The Openverse search engine empowers users to discover and utilize an extensive collection of openly licensed media, including over 500 million Creative Commons-licensed images and a vast trove of diverse digital works. Developed by Creative Commons, this innovative platform addresses the growing need for a centralized tool that simplifies the discovery, attribution, and reuse of content from the expansive and decentralized Commons

Highlights

  • Aggregates content from hundreds of public repositories into a unified search experience
  • Supports curation, tagging, and remixing of diverse media types, starting with a focus on photographs
  • Provides one-click or automated attribution to facilitate proper acknowledgment of source materials
  • Enables users to save searches, create custom collections, and trace the provenance of content

Platforms

  • Online
  • Opera
  • Firefox
  • Google Chrome

Languages

  • English

Social

Features

    • Search by license

    • Built-in search engine