BlurHash Alternatives

BlurHash is described as 'A very compact representation of a placeholder for an image' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to BlurHash for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Self-Hosted, Google Chrome and Apple TV apps. The best BlurHash alternative is Unsplash, which is free. Other great apps like BlurHash are Lummi, Lorem Picsum, placekitten and freeimages.

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  1. PlaceCage icon
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    Sizable, dynamic placeholder images featuring Nicolas Cage, with additional variations for grayscale and crazy/insane.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    A simple way to use pictures of tasty meat as placeholders in your design. Just put your image width and height in our url and you’ll get some meat. Inspired by the awesome placekitten .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Wordpress
     
  3. P-Hold icon
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    It's another placeholder service. Only this one is more configurable and returns the most interesting CC-licenced images on Flickr.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    The internet was missing the ability to provide custom-sized placeholder images of Bill Murray. Now it can.

    20 Fill Murray alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Retna icon
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    Retna is a free library of high-quality photos of Africa and Africans contributed by the continent's most brilliant creators.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. FPOImg icon
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    FPOImg.com provides easy to use FPO (For Placement Only) placeholder images for use in web development. The goal of FPOImg.com is simple—-provide an easy way to generate placeholder images for your designs whether it be for web development, print, or a school paper.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. FPOIma.ga icon
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    Just put the fpoima.ga url in your code like this:<img src="//fpoima.ga.com/300/200"> (with or without http ref) to get your FPO image.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Image placeholders generated automatically from the URL. Edit the location and save the resulting image, or use curl. The URL contains the following parts, of which only the size is not optional.

    21 Image Placeholder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Ipsum Image is a placeholder image generator running completely on Google services. Available through simple and intuitive urls, the service is accessible and based on open-source code for easy self-hosting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Returns URL of an image or animated GIF created from a text according to given style parameters.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • RiteKit Text to image / gif API is the most popular commercial alternative to BlurHash.

    • RiteKit Text to image / gif API is Paid and ProprietaryBlurHash is Free and Open Source
  11. LoremFlickr icon
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    LoremFlickr provides placeholder images for every case, web or print, on almost any subject, in any size. It's simple and free.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Flickr
     
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