Holder.js Alternatives

Holder.js is described as 'Holder renders image placeholders entirely in browser. Placeholders can have custom colors, fonts, resizing behavior, and rendering engine (Canvas/SVG)' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Holder.js for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Self-Hosted, Google Chrome and Apple TV apps. The best Holder.js alternative is Unsplash, which is free. Other great apps like Holder.js are Lummi, Lorem Picsum, placekitten and freeimages.

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  1. Unsplash icon

    Unsplash

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    Access millions of free high-resolution photos on Unsplash for any use without subscription or licensing restrictions. Create an account to like, download, and organize favorite images with collections, and even contribute your own to the growing library.

    62 Unsplash alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Mac
    • Apple TV
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    Holder.js is a JS library that creates images on the client side, based on the options provided. Unsplash is a photography website that provides free stock photos.

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    • Unsplash is the most popular Web-based, Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Holder.js.

    • Unsplash is the most popular free alternative to Holder.js.

    • Unsplash is Freemium and ProprietaryHolder.js is Free and Open Source
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    Lummi

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    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

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. Lorem Picsum icon

    Lorem Picsum

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    Lorem Picsum provides an easy way for web developers to get elegant placeholder images. API access is available through simple and intuitive urls like picsum.photos/200/300 for a random 200px x 300px image.

    22 Lorem Picsum alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • Lorem Picsum is the most popular Open Source alternative to Holder.js.

    • Lorem Picsum is Free and Open SourceHolder.js is also Free and Open Source
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    freeimages

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. satyr.dev icon

    satyr.dev

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    (Formerly satyr.io) Free API for dummy placeholder images supporting delay, aspect ratio, resolution, themes, country flags and offline mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • satyr.dev is the most popular SaaS alternative to Holder.js.

    • satyr.dev is Free and ProprietaryHolder.js is Free and Open Source
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    BlurHash

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    A very compact representation of a placeholder for an image.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • BlurHash is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Holder.js.

    • BlurHash is Free and Open SourceHolder.js is also Free and Open Source
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    placebear

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    A quick and simple service for getting pictures of bears for use as placeholders in your designs or code. Just put your image size (width & height) after our URL and you'll get a placeholder.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. Dummy Image icon

    Dummy Image

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    DummyImage.com serves dynamic placeholder images for use in web development. It's a free service and the code is open-source and available for download.

    23 Dummy Image alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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    LoremFlickr

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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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  13. Image Placeholder icon

    Image Placeholder

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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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  14. BaconMockup icon

    BaconMockup

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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
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