Openverse AlternativesImage Search Engines & Stock Photo Services like Openverse

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 Searx.

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  1. DuckDuckGo icon
     1561 likes

    Experience a privacy-focused search engine that doesn't track you, featuring Zero-click Info, instant answers, !bangs, and more, built from open-source software for a transparent, user-friendly online search experience.

    112 DuckDuckGo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • F-Droid
    • Yandex Browser
    • Tor
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  2. Startpage icon
     280 likes

    Privacy-focused search engine that uses Google results minus trackers and ads, it stores no personal data, offers Anonymous View, and breaks filter bubbles for diverse results, built by Surfboard Holding B.V., Startpage is committed to privacy by controlling user data.

    104 Startpage alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Tor
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  3. SearXNG icon
     127 likes

    SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.

    104 SearXNG alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Docker
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Cloudron
     
  4. Searx icon
     294 likes

    Searx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, searx can be used over Tor for online anonymity.

    101 Searx alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Ecosia icon
     151 likes

    Eco-focused search engine donating most profits to reforestation, with funding from search ads and online shopping, supporting millions of trees planted, transparency, and mobile app access for users to contribute to climate action through daily searches.

    110 Ecosia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  6. Qwant icon
     176 likes

    Qwant is a European web search engine, launched in July 2013 and operated from Paris. It uses Bing in order to provide people with web search results. It claims not to employ user tracking and doesn't personalize search results in order to avoid trapping users in a filter...

    106 Qwant alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
     
  7. YaCy icon
     145 likes

    YaCy is a free search engine that anyone can use to build a search portal for their intranet or to help search the public internet. When contributing to the world-wide peer network, the scale of YaCy is limited only by the number of users in the world and can index billions of...

    89 YaCy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Stract icon
     37 likes

    Stract is an open source search engine where the user has the ability to see exactly what is going on and customize almost everything about their search results. It's a search engine made for hackers and tinkerers just like ourselves.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Pixabay icon
     53 likes

    Over 1.6 million royalty free stock photos and videos shared by our generous community.

    60 Pixabay alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  10. MetaGer icon
     58 likes

    MetaGer is an open source metasearch engine focused on protecting users' privacy. Based in Germany, and hosted as a cooperation between the German NGO 'SUMA-EV - Association for Free Access to Knowledge' and the University of Hannover, the system is built on 24...

    89 MetaGer alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Tor
     
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